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Thought I'd update here... I got the keys to the place and first thing was getting photos of the garage floor. I've included them below. I also got in contact with a local installer to get a baseline number to work from. He was very highly recommended and rated, having done some great work for...

Thank you for the responses. We'll see what the local guys come back with for a quote and go from there. Hopefully I'll be honest - the actual epoxy process seems pretty straightforward an easy for me to do do. It the prep work that I am not so sure of being able to do myself given that the...

To clarify, is that with labor included? I've seen some coatings around the $0.60/sqft mark without labor, but I don't know how good those are, and realistically what kind of product I need. I also realize its not easy to provide an good answer over the internet, but right now I am just trying...

Long time lurker here... Finally bought my first home and one of the higher priority items was to laying down a good epoxy on the garage floor. I like to detail cars as a hobby, while also working on my own cars, so having a clean floor is something I'd really like to have for myself. I am going...

That is a downside of Imgur for sure. Another is that it uploads a full-res version of the photo which isn't necessarily ideal when posting to a forum such as GJ. Unless looking at high-res photos are your thing or you don't really care what resolution they're uploaded it, of course :lol: It...

I much prefer using Imgur for my hosting. Far simpler, no (or very few) ads, and IMO more robust of a service than anything else I've used. It also is the second best at not messing with the quality/compression of images uploaded. The winner there is Flikr but its not the easiest to manage...

Great news to hear. Nice to know there are some reasonable people out there still!

At least it sounds like you can at least make progress from here. Losing the shower doesn't sound ideal, but it appears to be a means to an end that you ultimately want - moving in. Best of luck with things going forward and hopefully the county can rule in your favor. Looking forward to...

While Im sure you don't mind owning the tool, its sometimes worthwhile to check your local autoparts store to see if they have it in their rental program. I know the tool you're specifically talking about is available for rental as I've used one recently. Comes down to how much you value having...

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Let me play devil's advocate here for a second... Is there any reason the ground floor bathroom needs to be where its shown in the drawings? If you could part ways with the shower requirement, could you put the ground floor bathroom under the stairs? If it's feasible and the exemption from the...

As far as the rope goes, I've instances in commercial installations where a rope end is tied to the bottom of the door and somewhere midway up the opening (on the outside of the track, obviously) so that it's reachable when the door is opened but won't coil up on the ground when it's closed, as...

I'm really starting to chuckle at the lack of foresight (ha, punny) into installing those security cameras above the rain canopies. It's essentially reduced their FOV to about half or less of what it should be. Can't see the front door of the clubhouse, can't see the doors of any of the units...

Subscription is all good. Progress is looking steady and seems to be really coming together nicely. Steel stud walls and concrete cause a lot of interference for WiFi signals so I would expect access points to be installed internally and at a fairly regular interval. Those cat5e cables coming...

Re: Garage Condo 45x23 Wow this is an excellent thread and such a unique building idea. Would have never imagined there'd be so much of a demand for basically a "community" of these kinds of units. How many of the units are sold? It's sounded like you're going to have very few neighbors once...

Awesome build. More or less exactly the layout I'd do if/when I can get my garage built. Was curious about the barn door - how good of a seal does that have against the structure? I like the idea but would be concerned about it bleeding off a ton of heat during the cold months. Any plans for...

@jlckmj... yes, sort of. if you look at the design i attached to my original post, we will have 12' cielings and two doors as opposed to your 10' walls and single wide door. but the idea is the same. @dirttracker18... The idea is to have the garage door tracks go up the wall until they reach...

Sorry for not including it in the design. I didn't believe the style of roof support to be that important given the question. Had we gone into the design with the intent for a traditional flat ceiling, this wouldnt be a problem - obviously that won't work for our design right now. My concern...

Working on finishing up the design for a new garage me and my dad are planning on building (hopefully), but running into an issue with the garage doors. Per the design i've included below, we're including a loft in the garage, but to avoid having to add a bunch of extra construction we're not...

We are thinking deeper since we can't go as wide as we wanted. The deeper shape will account for the cabinets/workbenches so that the shortened area to one side of the garage can be utilized as the hang out area exclusively. I have 2 siblings. One lives next door... the other will be...