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    MN garage/cabin build!

    Ok. So plans changed. I moved for work, put the cars in commercial storage and then moved back. I stopped construction on the cabin/garage. 2 years later and here we are. After moving back to Minnesota I bought a Garage Condo instead of building a garage. It's like a storage unit that you own...
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    It's a 1961 LeSabre Bubbletop. Little old lady car with a stock 364 nailhead. It even smells like little old ladies in there!
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    Pole barn is gone now. The other picture shows one of the reasons I need more garage space.
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    Heated floor/garage lift questions

    OK so compaction is the key. No rebar or mesh? How did you manage to overheat the floor?
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    Heated floor/garage lift questions

    I am building a garage with heated floor and plan to out a Bendpak two car lift in it. You can see my build thread here - http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253789 Is there a definitive thread that answers the following questions? 1. My contractor wants to use 4 inches of 4000...
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    I was out of town for a while but progress has been made. Pole barn is gone. My neighbor might take the existing garage if we can figure out how to move it. The old house was inspected for lead and asbestos so we could get a demolition permit. We had to have the tile in the house removed by a...
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    Plans are below. Main garage is 24x26 and will have a 2-car lift. The shop is a seperate 14x30 building attached to the main building with a shed roof. There will be heated concrete floors in living space and garage space. The builder included piers under the concrete floor where the lift posts...
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    Photo of the property as-is. Building on the left is the existing house. Garage is in the middle, pole barn is on the right. I gave the pole barn to a neighbor who is slowly disassembling it and hauling it away. I am going back and forth on whether to try and save the garage or not. At the very...
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    MN garage/cabin build!

    Ok so I started collecting cars and storage and lack of shop space is getting out of hand. At first my wife and I started looking for a new house with a bigger garage but the housing market was still in recovery not quite functioning as it should. We wanted to avoid owning two houses if it took...
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    3 car detached garage to match 120 year old house

    This is a thread about a garage I built about 10 years ago. Nothing special on the inside just lots of space and a storage loft. I tried to match the exterior design of the house. I have since moved and will be building a new garage this summer. I thought I would post this one in the mean time...
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    New in Minnesota

    Hello all, This is my first post here. I am building a new garage/shop this summer and found this site while looking for ideas. Lots of cool stuff for inspiration here! Like most of you I have more old cars, motorcycles, and other toys than I can fit in the attached 2-car of my house so its...
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