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Just framed a room below grade and these two holes are in the concrete wall. Does anyone know what their purpose is? More importantly, can I cover them with insulation and drywall? :dunno:

Well, for months I have posed several questions to the community as we refined our plan. We are finally underway. It started as a 2.5 car detached garage with living space above and has evolved into a 3 car detached with living space. Since everyone was so helpful, I thought I would start...

Yet another question for the experts... Considering installing paver stones as part of our new garage build. One installer has told me he can install them over the existing concrete since it is in such good shape as opposed to ripping out the concrete. This seems a bit "nonstandard" to me...

I am beginning the process of selecting garage doors. I LOVE the look of wooden carriage doors but they seem to be maintenance intensive and quite costly. There are fiberglass doors with wood-grain texture that are far less maintenance than natural wood however they are not nearly as...

Quick question for you experts about tree removal. Having to remove several trees for my build. I am getting conflicting opinions. One contractor wishes to cut the trees and use a bulldozer to take the roots from the ground because he says eventually they will deteriorate and cause the...

I am attempting to finalize plans for my 30 x 34 detached garage build and I am looking for feedback on the prelim plans. I incorporated many of the thoughts from the lessons learned thread and I think we are close. The first floor lighting will be revised from the canned lighting to lighting...

For those of you that built or had a garage built, if you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently/or change? Trying to leverage lessons learned on my new build. Thanks, :3gears:

Hello all, I have been hanging out for a few months pouring over other members' fantastic projects and trying to increase me knowledge. We have recently purchased a home and I have finally got the green light from the Boss and county to build a detached garage! :rocker: It will be...