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I love the mechanical shops, the woodworking shops, the old barns, the gas station revivals, all of it. I am wondering, though, if anyone on here has documented a "clean" garage build that's more on a showroom/hangout kind of level. I looked through the GJ Gallery Index but that didn't prove to...

We're in the permitting stage of a new 24x40 garage here in North Carolina. I have plans for at least one Bendpak HD9 4-post lift. The Bendpak site calls for 24x24x12" footings at each leg base in new construction, or 4.25" at 3500 PSI for existing slab. I would like the versatility to A) move...

Hey all, My name’s Ryan, and after nearly 15 years of dreaming about building a garage, back-of-the-napkin drawings, DIY SketchUp renderings, and countless hours spent absorbing the incredible database this forum provides, the time has finally come. My wife and I moved to NC last summer from...

Hey everyone, Looking for any recommendations for garage builders in the Raleigh/Durham area. We live in an HOA neighborhood so it will need to be more residential looking than a Morton kind of building, mimicking the house aesthetics, but I've posted on the local Facebook groups and figured I...

Hey there! Long time lurker with a few random posts here and there. After 20+ years in Boston, fiancé convinced me last year that moving to North Carolina would be good for us. Less snow? Say no more. We closed on a new house on March 24th, went back to Boston to pack up our life, got married...

Hey everyone- Thrilled to finally be able to post about my own garage. I've been lurking, commenting, (drooling) on and over this site for more than a few years now, and have always loved the community the forum has. As a few of you may know or remember, I completed a thru-hike of the 2,185...

Hey guys- So I bought a house last fall, 2br/2ba/2 car garage, on the outskirts of Boston. Three hours after signing the mortgage papers I got on a plane and flew away for 6 weeks (I travel 2/3 of the year)... 6 days after buying the place my girlfriend went by to get the new mail and...