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Our garage doors haven't been installed yet and I just realized that they will be covering nearly half the ceiling when open. I understand the opener will have some sort of light on it. However,, I'm wondering what folks do about the hanging lights in the front of the garage considering the...

Detached new garage build with 60 amp subpanel from main house. Used UF 6/3 all the way. Neutral and equipment ground at the subpanel. Most of the threads discuss putting two grounding rods at the garage but we were told it wasn't necessary with this set up and since the house is already...

Running outlets in a new garage and have read the threads about daisy chaining (connect to the side screws) versus pigtailing with wire nuts and it seems simpler for our situation to daisy chain. However, we plan to install a GFCI as the first outlet on each circuit. Can this be done if we...

New 24 x 26 garage needs indoor lights. Plan to have a workshop in the back. Should I consider LED shop lights? If so, what lumens? Probably also need an outside light for the man door and spotlight type for the front by the garage doors. I'd like to have a motion light but in the past, our...

Just finished a new garage built beside a hill. The footer was excavated right at the foot of the hill. It has a three block foundation and the footer extends about a foot beyond the garage wall toward the hill. So I'm wondering what we might need to do to prevent problems from drainage runoff...

Help please! Adding a subpanel for a new garage build and thought we had enough wire pulled but its about 2-3 foot short. Its an underground feed that has already been backfilled. Are there any safe options for extending it?

Our garage build is in progress. Electric line was run underground through a pipe through the footer. The concrete floor is due to be poured tomorrow. I would have preferred that the electric line (and the water line also) were at the edge of the wall. However, they come up from the...

Have some leftover shingles from the garage build in process. Plan to run underground electric and water to the garage,, neither in conduit. Someone suggested putting the leftover shingles on top of the utilities to 1) protect from rocks with the backfill and 2) as an added barrier to any...

Running 1.125 underground yellow gas line to a new garage being built. As I understand it, recommendations are to bring the gas line up with an anodeless riser and then into the garage. Keep in mind its rural, no inspection, but want it to be safe and not be a sticking point if our heirs need...

Have a new garage under construction that is 24x26 with full floor attic above. The original plan was stick build with a center post but I was concerned that post would be a nuisance. I asked about options to eliminate the post and the builder recommended TJI's at an additional cost of $650...

For a rural garage build 50 ft from the house, we are planning to run the yellow natural gas PE line underground from the house foundation to the garage with anodeless risers on each end. Coming into the house, we plan to use a sleeve for iron pipe and then run it across the crawl space. There...

We are building a garage 50 ft from the house and plan to run a line from the house breaker panel through the length of the house (40-50') in the crawl space and then through the foundation and underground to the garage with a breaker box there. We plan to have lights, outlets, and will run the...