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Am bouncing around some ideas for a detached 3 or 4 car garage build. Question is 10' vs. 12' wall height. It's about a ~$5k difference between the two configurations, +/-. That said, $5k is still $5k and that could go towards plenty of other things. Is the extra 2' worth it?

Am in planning stages for a detached structure. I'm in northeast, NYC metro area. Can someone suggest pros/cons of a stick built vs. CBS detached garage? Is there major cost savings on one vs. the others? At our last house I had a CBS detached garage, and while the exterior had years of...

Three 4 & 5-drawer lateral file cabinets for sale. They're each heavy gauge welded steel, w/heavy duty steel & ball bearing drawer brackets. These things are the real deal, $1-2k file cabinets when new and definitely not thin steel cheapo junk. All are in great condition (7-8/10), with...

I'm painting some great heavy-duty steel file cabinets for tool and other storage. Got any suggestions for color? I was thinking either red drawer fascias with black or medium grey cabinet, or vice versa. Would appreciate any input/opinions. Got a couple of these and some others to do as well:

If so, likes/dislikes? I'd like to put up a couple 4x8 sections on my garage wall vs. putting random hooks in the stud to hold items.

I have some great Hon lateral file cabinets that I use for garage storage. Want to paint them either black/grey or black/red (black being the outer frame color, and red or grey being the drawer fascia color). Am curious as to recommendations for paint & process. I figured it'd be a lot of...

I've got a newly applied epoxy floor and it rained a bit today (applied the epoxy itself 3 days ago and the gloss clearcoat 2 days ago). Full cure time on the tech sheets says 7 days. Would moisture extend that by much? The floor is sweating at the moment (surface moisture only; we had a...

Anyone have some creative ideas for storing ladders (other than simply screwing in big hooks)? I have several of varying lengths from 6' to 12' (i.e., a 24' extension) that I'd prefer to keep indoors rather than expose 'em to the elements outside. Am stumped on how to cleanly hang them on...

Am using an aliphatic acrylic urethane (Corotech v500). Surface is not the best in some sections (about 20% of total floor area is a little bumpy and needs some extra care/paint). I used a regular 9" x 3/8 roller to do the epoxy, it worked fine. Wished I'd have had bigger 18" roller but I...

Tons of work on house the past year meant the 2-car attached garage got last priority (sadly...). Now it's time for it to get the proper attention, and it's a scramble to get it all done before cold weather sets in. Some of the work I did myself, some of the work (esp. electrical) I...

I live in the northeast, and am getting quotes in the $5-6/sq. ft. range for full prep (grind, etc.) and application of 100% solids epoxy. Does that sound about right?

Thinking it was good idea, I had a service come out to do the floor, and the below photos are after first pass of grinder, muriatic acid, and powerwashing. Am very disappointed with how they handled it (very sloppy and poor prep work, acid splashing ruined some other aspects of my freshly...

Am re-doing my garage, looking to install some base molding. Was thinking either vinyl cove molding, or something a little more decorative like this (in pvc, which is preferable vs. wood for garage application)...

Our house painter offered to do our garage floor and uses "Tuf On" product from California Paint. They're in there now grinding the floor (nice job thus far), and said they're happy with the product thus far. I never heard of it. Sounds like a Rustoleum equivalent...

I have a roughly 20x20 attached garage. Needs cross ventilation to prevent mildew from building up on the ceiling/walls. Should I punch a couple holes in the nice garage doors to install vents (assuming it would be best to do that at the base), or punch through the walls at the upper wall area...

Am re-doing my attached 2-car. About to throw on a 2nd coat of paint. Right now I've got a coat of oil primer and 1 coat satin bright white. Figured can't go wrong with white, but man, it's bright. Am now thinking for final coat (or last 2 coats if needed; it's all new greenboard) of a...

I have a garage floor painted probably several+ years ago with grey concrete paint. The paint's in terrific shape, no cracking or peeling. The floor is not smooth concrete though, it's rough/bumpy, like they never smoothed it or deliberately had that type of finish made so as to allow for...

I have a Garage Deck floor that I installed last fall, and am finally getting some time to tinker in my renovated garage and actually see & use the darned thing. The floor looks awesome, was easy to install, and cleaning is a breeze. I had the garage door open this past weekend, bright direct...

For you folks that live in the NY/CT (lower Fairfield County) area and have built new (or somewhat new) detached garages, about what are you seeing the local per square foot cost to be? I'm looking at potentially doing something very, very basic in a 4 car/bay setup. No loft, nothing fancy...

I have a "Homeart" sink with built-in drawers/cabinets in my basement, it's actually functional (I use it to wash out parts & so forth). Sorry I don't have pics of it, but this is the exact model (the one on the right): Was $112 a lot of money back then? Seems like it might be...