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If you buy one of these, make sure its in good shape when you pick it up. I purchased the bottom box this morning, but unfortunately after getting it home and unpacked, it looks like some one dropped it upside down. The top is caved in, all the drawers seem to work but without repairing it...

Here is a photo from a 22' wide addition I recently designed. Although not a garage it is similar in construction and was designed to accommodate a heavy snow load. In this case I used with 2x10s to get the insulation space I needed. You will need to have your plans approved before you are...

Sharage71, you didn't mention if your roof design has a slope, but assuming it does you should be OK with 2x6 framing as the span = the horizontal projection of the member taken from top plate to the ridge beam. This will give you a cathedral ceiling, and as burger shows you could also include...

In my area, Toronto, Canada, the general rule of thumb is 1/300th open vent area to roof area ratio for slopes of 1:6 or greater, and 1/150 for slopes less than 1:6. Make sure to balance the intake and exhaust vent areas.

You didn't mention if your roof has a slope or is flat, but assuming it is has a slope with a central ridge splitting the span in half you may be able to get by with 2x6 joists at 16" o.c.. As mentioned above you need to check the IRC or whatever code is in effect in your area. Don't take my...

All good suggestions above. One additional idea that is similar to your original idea, but instead of having your transition inside your structure you could have your transition outside and slope your drive way down. You would need to verify where your planning dept takes its grade level from...

Wow! Great work on digging into the past. I guess I was wrong about the Northern location as being the one. You did post a photo of the building that I lived in in the Santa Fe Art Colony. Its 2415 S. Santa Fe, the one story red brick just south of the 2 story red brick structure. I was...

Yep I was pretty surprised to see your post and recognize from a grainy aerial photo my old neighborhood. To clarify the orientation of your photos the Catalogue photo and the northern photo are oriented with north at the top while the southern photo has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise with...

I actually lived in one of the buildings shown in the "southern possibility" photo. A group of factory buildings were converted into the Santa Fe art colony around 1988, and I lived in a metal sculpting live/work studio in of them. In fact I was there during the big earth quake of '94. I don't...

Yes. Formica is available in brushed aluminum look and many other different metal look styles. Search the Formica website for laminates, keyword "metal". Once you find the style you want Home Depot should be able to special order it for you. My wifes grandmother's kitchen is covered with brushed...

I agree w/ sr71, you may be able to move the structure on rollers or skids and slowly drag it with a truck/tractor for short a distance if there are no obstacles or significant grade changes. Just look out for sledgehammers! Look here for the truck/trailer method.

There's a good book on the subject called "Setting up Shop" the practical guide for designing and building your dream shop, by Taunton press. The same people who publish "Fine Woodworking" and "Fine Home Building" magazines. I haven't studied it in much detail yet, but it does cover arranging...

Chrysler signs China manufacturing deal The Boston Globe BEIJING --Chrysler Group signed a deal Wednesday with China's biggest automaker, Chery, to produce cars for export to the United States and elsewhere in the first attempt by a U.S. automaker to use China as a manufacturing base for world...