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Thanks everyone - much appreciated! I'll go with Option A then (1 hose bib next to attached GA will be on softened water circuit and other bibs (for plants and such) will not) The softener will be a traditional standard softener that uses salt. Somewhat shop related: I'm *not* planning to run...

New home & shop construction... We live in an area w/ VERY hard water. We'll be on well water. I'm planning on an outdoor hose bib on the GA wall for washing cars and such. (I'm not planning on water to my detached shop at this time) We'll have a traditional salt type water softener for the...

Here's a more detailed layout... Not shown is the loft or basically giant shelf over the bench area. Spacing is 'just' enough to allow the largest car I might put in there w/ the longest doors to not bang each other. I'll hang some metal cabinets at about 5f on French cleats - shown in orange...

My electric needs are mostly pretty mundane stuff: increasingly battery chargers as I get away from pneumatic tools, a shop vac, a smallish compressor, soldering iron, drill, stuff like that... Good lighting and convenience is what I'm looking for. For electrical I'm asking for: Breaker panel...

Understood on the simplicity of a rectangle. The notch in front is there to allow for a recessed entry door - so it's not exposed to rain/water as much. And it gives some curb appeal. I'm looking at this as a 24x27 shop. I usually shove shelves in the corners if anything and I can put some of...

Yes - good point - putting the loft right over the bench area to the right - and I'll put some lights under the loft - down closer to the work surface. Speaking of lights - since I'm looking to keep the rafters open and not finish the ceiling - any recommendations on lights? (The walls will be...

Here's my current shop - it's definitely influencing my new shop for better or worse. It's only 22' wide (bit narrow) but 26' deep. I built this in the late 1990s. had the slab poured and then had a rough 'shell' built. I took over from there. I was a lot younger. Inexperienced. Naive. But had...

In this thread - got some great feedback on dimensions... moving on from there - here's where I'm at on designing and specs for the new detached shop... Here's some updates... I'm planning to go w/ 24x27 interior dimensions with 10' plate height. It will have a hip roof to match the house...

They absolutely do. In order to integrate a Chamberlain MyQ opener with Google Nest, or other non-MyQ smart-home solution you absolutely have to have premium subscription to enable that integration. As I recall it is $1/Month or $10/Year with a 30 day free intro period with a credit card. The...

Interesting - I might look into an 8' door height. On the detached shop - it will an 18' door - NOT a pair of 9' doors. The discussion on 9' single doors is for the attached GA (NOT the detached shop) for the daily drivers. It's what we have today and are used to it - no biggee. :)

I think my preference would be to go with Chamberlain. But... Decided to go w/ Genie as their Aladdin connect and google integration for smart-home solutions is free whereas Chamberlain charges a monthly fee to unlock their smarthome connectivity to other systems outside their own ecosystem...

Thanks for the confirmation I'm at 23F overall min width for two 9F doors (leaving a little extra in middle between cars) I'm at 22F overall min width for a single 18F door Yep - we're on the same page - interior dimensions.

Thanks for the confirmation I'm at 23F overall min width for two 9F doors (leaving a little extra in middle between cars) I'm at 22F overall min width for a single 18F door Yep - we're on the same page - interior dimensions.

Getting BACK to my primary focus here - the detached SHOP and Adding storage loft or space to hip roof construction? My current shop is 22W (16F door) and 26D by 8F tall. It's a gable roof common rafter construction. In the space immediately aft of the GA door opening - I put in two plywood...

SHIFTING GEARS SLIGHTLY... Do I need WIDER Garage to Accomodate 2 Single Doors (vs 1 double door)? On this same new house build project - I need to determine what if any changes to the attached garage width. The shop will be directly opposite the attached GA w/ pavement in between but I'm...

I'm 'pretty' sure that you can extend the tracks up an extra foot or so w/ a 9' ceiling before radiusing horizontal on track doors. If I go w/ 18' doors - the tracks would be sufficiently pushed out to the outboard sides to not interfere w/ a 4-post lift too. I'm defininetely going to ask...

My Corvettes are 48" ea. My 3rd gen FBody is 53" +-1" I only mentioned 'just in case' it but it will not likely be stacked. Ceiling can be 9' or 10' plate height. Door would likely be standard 7' (x 16' or 18'). The door tracks would be 'high lift' going all the way up to the ceiling joints...

Actually I don't need any variance for the proposed wood construction design. * I'm looking for feedback on whether going from 9' to 10' plate height is worth it for stacking 2 cars approx 48" ea in height w/ a 4-post lift? * Also any feedback on stepping up from a standard 16' door to a wider...

Background: New neighborhood is pretty picky about things like metal shops - all has to look like house (stucco, rock, hip roof...), etc... Not a lot of space on the lot anyway - rather snug fit. And in the interest of cost I'm trying to be reasonable but minimal in the design and size of the...

Also, since home automation involving garage door openers appears to be a bit off the reservation for the usual GarageJournal.com discussions - perhaps if anybody knows of any good home automation forums they might recommend - they might share? if anyone is interested - I'll post back what I...