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I’ve been building my garage for a few years now. Doing a good amount of the work myself. On this forum everyone said install pex now or you’ll wish you had. I put insulation down, ran 5 loops of Pex, it wasn’t difficult but really time consuming and about 3000$ in material. Now I am getting...

I need some input from residential electricians. I installed a 200 Amp sub panel to feed my new garage. My house is currently fed by a 200 Amp meter Main. I was planning on installing a 400 Amp meter main like this...

This is my situation, I am an Industrial Electrician, and have done little residential. Currently doing the rough in on new construction. I’ve considered running the romex to the lights location and coming back after the dry wall and using remodel cans. Thoughts? Remodel cans Pros: Saves on...

I've spent hours educating myself, researching to try to decide on a 2 post lift. And I still can't decide, I've contacted a few retailers, some local, some online. Very few have been helpful, and most have a generic response. I have a ceiling clearance of 157", I'd prefer to be able to utilize...

Getting ready to finish the flat work, and upon searching the forum I get a bunch of mixed reviews. I can either pour a 6" pad with 2" rigid foam insulation, or a 4" pad with 4" of insulation. I have 5 zones of 1/2" pex, I'll be laying in wire mesh and possibly rebar.

I've just found out the stairway in my garage isn't to code. It wasn't noticed by the City building department when they approved the plans for the permit, nor the designer that drew the plans, or the engineer that stamped the plans. It also wasn't noticed by the framer, or the first framing...

My dilemma, I want to install a 2 post lift maybe 2 of them, but I have yet to decide where I want it/them in the garage. I was hoping to frame the garage prior to pouring the slab. So once it's enclosed I'd get a feel of where I wanted things. But most framing contractors, want the pad poured...

Friends, acquaintances, internet people. I would appreciate your input, opinion, advice. I intend to start framing my Garage within the next few weeks, and need to make some final decisions, before the trusses are made. I had originally planned to build an Apartment on top of the back half of...

I need some advice before I pour concrete of where to locate my 2 post lift. The garage will be where the truck is parked in the satellite view, to help understand the layout of the garage. Ceiling height will be 12-13'. Any advice is appreciated.

Good day fellow garage fanatics, I am starting this thread asking for advice and to track the progress of my garage build. I currently have a 750 SQ FT garage, however it's not large enough. As you will see. I decided on 25x60. I want to be able to pull my truck and boat into the garage...