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Get the compressor outside or build a sound proof box if it is going to live under the stairs. 2000sf sounds like a lot but for what you are doing it really isn't, but you seem to have a decent plan for it. Wider garage doors.

Some of you guys will over engineer anything. Self Tappers is all you will need to hold a Kayak. Pull out of the top fastener is all you really need, the bottom is in compression and is basically there to keep the bracket in place and not wiggle around and let the top joint get loose/sloppy...

I only looked at the original picture. My mistake.

I hate sliding doors. That said if you want the big opening an accordion door is the solution here. I would frame in windows and probably one French door as the fix.

Freestanding (prefab) unit will dump water right up against the house- I wouldn't do that.

Length of joist tells how much floor loads from above need to be supported.

You have picked a very strange hill to die on here. Putting a zinc in the tank of a compressor isn't going to extend the life of the tank. Simply being aware that a tank needs to be drained regularly (and actually doing it) will let the tank probably outlive the owner.

Garage adds little to no value for 99% of buyers. If you are on a 5yr window can you be more productive enough to value setting the stack of cash on fire?

Love the hose reel on my pressure washer, even if the swivel is due for some attention. Don't think I would go back if I had to replace the whole pressure washer.

A low end bookmark from PNW. I just finished a 30x36x12 covered parking area built as a Post frame structure. All DIY except for roofing (comp roof). I am about $20k doing quick math in my head. $100k for an enclosed structure of that size with finished concrete would be low if you hired out...

I'm in , just turned a bunch of other tools red

We stood my 42'x14' walls fully sheeted. Even took care of the caulking before hand. I think we had 4-5 of us here working at the time. None of us are in the trades to know tricks of the trade, just have a bit of understanding of physics and leverage. Didn't have wall jacks handy and did a bit...

For the prices of TVs and huge box, just leave it and upgrade when you move. For 90 days, whatever gets it out of the way.

Trusses.

If your on demand heater can't handle 40F water it wasn't sized properly.

Sweeten the pot with the contractor to meet the deadline on these first few. Bumping up the schedule for money is done all the time. I am all about DIY and buying tools to do something but this one isn't going to pencil out if OP goes with the plan as described.

The problem I see is the distance between house and water heater. The pipe between them is going to lose a ton of heat (insulated or not) and take a lot of flow going very fast to have appropriate temperatures at the taps. Water heater in my house is ~70' of pipe from my shower, it annoys me to...

A lot depends on what you plan to do yourself or with friends and family (and have the ability to do), what connections you might have to subs already, and what the construction market is locally at the time. For my shop the only thing I hired out was finishing the floor. I was young, had a...

Don't spend hours lifting the car just to make a 30 minute job so you can work like a gentleman. Sometimes you just gotta get down in dirt (on the floor) I have lifted a lot of stuff and the back and forth, and intermediate cribbing is slow, often a bit sketchy, and time consuming. Edit - I...

You probably will come out ahead with T1-11 siding in place of the wall sheeting and vinyl siding. Yes you will have to paint it but in the end it will look better as well. You decide if you want the grooved look or do a board and batten look. Wider man door as others mentioned. OSB roof...