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One side of my shop (the older side) has a single garage door which I open and close manually. It has always had a water/rain intrusion issue when we get a lot of heavy rain. Two years ago I replaced the bottom of the door seal and it didn't help much. I'm pretty sure the concrete under and on...

One side of my shop (the older side) has a single garage door which I open and close manually. It has always had a water/rain intrusion issue when we get a lot of heavy rain. Two years ago I replaced the bottom of the door seal and it didn't help much. I'm pretty sure the concrete under and on...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I've had my shop slab down for about 2 years now. A few weeks after it was poured I had concrete sealer/stain put down. Nothing special, just something to add a coating and make it a little easier to clean. One part of the slab closest to one of the bay...

I'm trying to think of the best place to place a 2 post lift in my shop. It is 40'wide by 50'long Attached are 2 pics. I'd like to also build a loft somewhere on the back wall in the future. I have an existing 600sqft garage that this new shop is jointed with so I also have a man door into the...

Hi all, My shop is new and the concrete mono slab is about 2 months old. I'm planning to put epoxy flooring down but am waiting till it is warmer out. I've been real careful to not get stains/oil on the floor so far however someone did drive into the garage about 2 weeks ago and some oil...

Hi all, Hope everyone is having a good Friday. Last week we closed on our new house with 2.5 acres! We've been looking for over a year for a suitable house with suitable land to build a shop on for some of my classic cars. Renting space and being away from home on the weekends got to be too...

Hi all, Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend. Where I plan to build my garage, currently internet/cable lines are buried in this area and also some underground sprinker lines/heads. My thoughts for for the cable line was to have a 6" pvc pipe buried left to right in either the...

Hi all, My county has a 8 page packet on their website with checklist for things needed to submit for a permit to build a detached garage. They say they want a site plan show set backs, roads, driveways etc. etc. What have some of you done in the past to put one of these together? Or have you...

Hi all, I thought some about a garage about a year ago. Now I'm really thinking about it! My father in law has building experience and said he would help me build it if I hired someone to do the foundation/concrete work etc. I'm looking at this design...

I've been working to get a good ballpark estimate for the total cost for materials for the 24x24 garage I want to build in the future. A few weeks ago I was quoted around $5K for the garage kit from 84 Lumber. That was for 8' walls (I'd get that modified so they are at least 10') and standard...

I'm getting my utility lines marked over the next few days. I think there may be current underground power lines to my meter and cable lines where I want to build the detached garage. Can the slab be built on top of these or am I gonna have to reroute this stuff!? Thanks for the info.