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Banks will not issue a conventional mortgage for a "shop." Your credit, the land value (not as valuable as a home BTW), and whether they conned you is moot. Banks need to follow Fannie Mae guidelines with mortgages so they can be sold. That means it must be a habitable home. If it was income...

Yes on pier footings and embedded anchors, I believe MD has a frost depth, use a "sonotube." Even without permits, you should still build a safe structure. It might be good for you to start with the American Wood Council guide to deck building...

Decorative or all business? Uplight or downlight style? Spot/flood? The top should be even with a 7' or 8' overhead door. 9' and higher doors depends on look and what else is going on with garage detailing. Floods should be high.

My opinion is your instincts are right on. Grey might be boring in an empty garage, but you don't want the focus on the walls once the cars, equipment, and decor is in. Grey also goes well with all the other colors you mentioned. I could see the horizontal band being another color like red or...

I guess your pics will show what you are putting the TPO over exactly (the whole shingle thing confused me). If you have substrate problems, those should be fixed first. It might be good to rethink the railing system, but the budget might have a say in that. I wouldn't want the slipperyness...

To hopefully help illustrate how you fell for this well-established sales method, I've edited your EXACT story in red. It works on many unbeknownst; at least you saw the light and can now follow some of the advice already given here - which is see if you own the drawings, get multiple bids, and...

If its that big of a "warehouse" I would guess its commercial/ind and regulated by the city/county. So fire exits/signage, fire resistive construction, etc etc. Hopefully not though. I like the idea of racking, maybe with the space above the rack height just poly to avoid making it an...

The comfortable distance to turn into a 90d parking space in a parking lot is 25'. Next time you're at the store, school, or church try it out. You'll also want at least a 2' slab extension past the door jamb, at the dead end of the slab, for the front to swing out during backup. But if you...

Just continue your rim board from the second floor across the garage wall. Notch it into the 2x6 like a let-in brace. Your deck ledger then attaches to a continuous rim board the entire length.

check this thread - a lot of fluff but some pertinent info https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414933

I'm betting by the fourth time your garage floods from a 100 year rain (that we in the midwest seem to get every 2 months now). Or when you realize lifting and remodeling the carport is more trouble than new. Taking an over/under? But no matter what you do you'll still need the french drain...

I looked up two vids to see what the hub bub was about, and saw: #1, Chuck is based in like SC and doing work there and FL, so yard pumps in pits may be acceptable but not good in freezing, it still rains during winter and snow melts and refreezes. #2, he uses corrugated which is much easier...

Not the additional ones added later, at least for me. Google and video enough though. I like to know my property lines. Your bumpout on the south side hugs his driveway, I'd want to know how much room I have there to put something for privacy. Also If the back red fence ends on a "four...

Can only see 2 overhead pics in post #5, no others are showing for me. First: Get a survey done. Ask for the 4 corners staked (if no pipe exists) and flagged. If you feel you can't measure the grades with a mason line and line level accurate enough yourself, have the surveyor take a couple...

I get it now, I thought you were trying to build a bridge across to a detached garage. So assuming this deck has all been engineered with the house and some piers and posts are all figured to support the roof, you're just looking for a better way to attach the ledger to the studs as it passes...

Exterior elevations are derived from the floor plan. Renderings, whether 2D or 3D, require a lot more detail in regards to finishes and other design information. Go ahead and hire the architect now. You can specify them to produce the initial "schematic design" and get pricing accordingly...

Question: I have a tooth cavity? How do I fill it? Typical GJ response: Pull out all your teeth, get dentures, then perform a colonoscopy later. Its always fun spending other people's money. Your walls are bowing because there are no rafter ties. You probably have a ridge board instead of...

1. There is no cost per SF that you can compare in residential construction. 2. He is unable to do the detailed breakdown so he has to ship it out and pay someone else. 3. He gave you a ballpark number which was elevated, as anyone does with ballpark numbers to cover their ****. The...

Check on the concrete drive setback from lot line. Some zoning regs have 10', 3', or 0. Could hinder the side-load. Also, that bumpout by the house entry is key. You need a minimum 20' length to walk around a car, 24' is better. That's where everyone is walking by your project with bags and...

You can't calculate a $/SF and compare to anyone else's garage. Your cost is what it is based on your design and the contractor's bids. Some basic things that vary your cost from all the others that gave $$: - distance from material (especially concrete yard) and laborers' travel - amount of...