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I've attached some pictures to this post. There's also a video here: . Pictures 1-5 show the interior unfinished basement wall. I'd say about 2/3 of the wall is below grade, and about 1/3 of it is above grade. All of the crusty stuff on the wall is below grade. As you can see in pictures...

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I'm in the "intermediate" stages of planning a detached garage with a finished loft/upstairs area. Something kind of like what is pictured at https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/49/d9/65/49d96522811203f1f6d7f5df5eb0386c.jpg. I live in Northern Virginia, so we get below freezing pretty...

I have a tiny lot. Only option for a garage is in a rear corner of my lot. Biggest negative is driveway setup. At it's narrowest point, there is only 8.5 feet between the wall of my house and my side property line. And only 9.5 feet between my house and my neighbor's house (yes, that's not a...

Due to space constraints, I'm having to build my garage in the rear corner of my yard very close to my 7' vinyl privacy fence (yes, this complies with setback requirements where I live, believe it or not). The fence will come down for construction of the garage, but when the fence panels go...

I'm getting pretty close to finalizing plans for a 20x20 garage with a finished loft space (14/12 roof pitch, 2x10ft shed dormers, 2 ft knee wall to maximize headroom in loft). Two questions I'd value feedback on: 1) Cathedral ceiling in loft vs. standard 8 ft ceiling. I'm aware of the...

I'll have the opportunity to install my minisplit before I add drywalls to my framing, if I want to. Theoretically this would allow me to keep the minisplit lines in the walls, rather than going to the outside and then using line hide to run it down the wall to the condenser. What are the...

Due to space/location constraints, I'm considering a 17' or 18' wide garage door for a 20x20 garage (the extra foot or two compared to a 16' door will make it FAR easier for me to get two cars into it due to the garage's proximity to my house). Anybody ever done that? Garage is going to have a...

I'm hoping to build a detached 20x20 garage in my backyard. One issue that comes to mind is that the building behind me is an office building. They have an underground parking garage. And there is a retaining wall that comes within inches (or perhaps a foot) of my rear property line. The...

I'm planning to purchase a 2 car garage with a finished upstairs area with electrical, heating/air, and possibly plumbing (for a small 1/2 bath -- toilet + sink; no shower). Zoning prohibits me from doing a full 2-story, so it will be more like 1.5 story with dormers to maximize usable space in...