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I'm located just outside of Kansas City, and I'm considering my foundation options when it comes to building a 24x26 detached garage. I think my soil contains fairly high clay content, as it seems to hold/puddle water after lots of precipitation. With properly installed french drains...

So here I sit, a young (sometimes feels old) 25 year old drooling over the fantastic garages you guys are building, and I am completely jealous. Looking at all the cool **** around here, and I think to myself "Damn, where did I go wrong? I can't afford that yet!!" So that begs the...

I have unfortunately determined that I will have to wait to build a full blown garage/shop until I purchase my next property in 6 or 7 years, so in the mean time I am planning an addition to the existing 10x12 garden shed in my backyard. Existing shed: 10' wide by 12' long I would like to...

That is the incredibly freaking hard question. In this thread I'm going to flesh out all of the pro's and con's of building on my lot, what's making me hesitant, etc...hopefully some of you will have some thoughts or have been in my shoes before. Last year I purchased my first home. It sits...

So browsing the net I've come across two different depictions of proper under-slab insulating: 1) 2) In the first, the insulation goes directly beneath the slab. In the second, the insulation extends down along the footing/stem wall and does not run directly beneath the slab. Which...

Sorry if I'm asking a stupid question, but something doesn't make sense to me. When building a Pole Barn utilizing the 'commercial girt' method with the girts between each post instead of on the outside of each post, how does the top outside 2x10 Truss support integrate with the building siding...

I'm designing a 24x30x10 to fit on my modest suburban lot right next to my house. I'm currently working through all of the pro's/con's of Post Frame vs Stick Built construction, and I'm hung up on the siding. To match my house and to appease the HOA, I have to use wood panel siding. With...

Hey all, I'm trying to plan a garage build on my modest .42 acre lot in a subdivision. Unfortunately, I have to deal with the HOA and all of their setbacks, so I'm limited to where I can build the shop. I'm thinking a 24'x28', or possibly 24'x30'. The location I'm thinking is drawn out...

Good day all, after lots and lots of dreaming and trolling around the site, I've decided it's time to seek some specific knowledge from the huge brain that is garagejournal.com. I purchased my first home in June of last year in an un-finished subdivision, and adjacent to my lot is an empty...