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Not sure what those guest rooms will be used for. Guests I don’t want in the main house with me or car guy buddies that would rather sleep in a garage. Both seem reasonable. I could host a carburetor guy for the car club or something. Those guys are fewer and far between these days.

The story continues. But finally have the final version of things ready to be submitted back to the city. Added some storage, refined some design astehtics. Still feels light on storage but as this won;t be a primary maintenance garage just storage and light work and am thinking positevly that...

I need to hear more about this '72 Mini ST Turbo Project. I have a '74 Mini that I am stalling on just doing a kSwap so i can enjoy it without worrying about will it start....

Some strong feelings on HVAC. Didn't realize folks were so passionate one way or the other. I will of course have an enginer run the numbers but regardless of the ROI I will be using geothermal and hydronic heating for the building. Supplemented by what else I do not know at this point. The...

50 acre lake. Hello! I’m less concerned with the ROI. I want to do geothermal because I’ve never done one. On a daily basis eletric splits will annoy me. In the back of my mind I’ll be thinking about an eletric bill. If it’s geothermal I won’t think about it.

Live in Unfunafornia. This garage will see summer temps in the 90’s and winter temps in the teens with about 2’ of snow a year. I think cooling the slab leads to moisture issues so the plan is to use liquid to air for cooling. I’m not suggesting the heated slab is 3x more efficient, just...

If I use air to heat the building and heat still rises I would need to heat 220,000 cubic feet of air. If I use the slab to heat the building I only have to heat 73,000 cubic feet of air. So your eletric air to air heat pump need to be 3 times as efficient to even be in the ballpark. I don’t...

Bob it is a half baked idea that is why I was looking for some input from random strangers on the internet. This is a DIY site and I’m a DIY guy. I am sure once the rubber hits the road I will need to hire some kid to do some calculations and from there either bring in a pro geothermal group if...

I was on an Instagram building bender and there were wall/roof panels that were R80. Seemed extreme but that’s why I used the extreme in my example. Let’s say R60 is the max.

Redoing on of my garages. 70' x 36' x 15'. The ceiling will be painted black with the walls painted a dark gray/orange is what I am leaning towards. There will be a 20' mezzaine in the back of the garage. I am very concerened about lighting with the dark surfaces. There are currently only 2...

Currently working on county approvals for my hangar/garage build. So, I have some lead time and just trying to get my ducks in a row. Building will be 80' by 130' with 18' walls. A considerable amount of floor space and volume. 90 degrees in the summer and 10 in the winter. Land is not a concern...

Apologies I didn't get any notifications on these comments. @Swanny1953 - Updates are the City didn't laugh us out of thier office when we said we wanted to make a major change to the build. Considering it is such a major change I assumed they would just close us out and tell us to start over...

I have a turntable in another garage. Serves a purpose but not my favorite. Here’s a look at Garage 2.0 Should still be fun 😎

For anyone following along this garage build. This project would have been cool but for the expense didn’t solve enough of the storage problem. New plan is to use the property next door to build a garage and entertaining space. Combine it with the main property. Hopefully this will keep the...

Very reasonable agreed. It’s not the money as much as are they reliable? Feels like it’s just one more thing to maintain and break when I actually want it to work.

If it comes with Spin Dry it does become a must have. All those pesky water spot and trails. Some updates on the project but not a lot of progress. The architects started working on a plan bringing the garage more out into daylight but that resulted in a reduction in the overall size of the...

Hey Bill. I know the numbers might turn some folks off from joining the conversation, but I’m just dealing with the realities presented on this project. Over spending on a garage hopefully won’t keep people from putting in their 2 cents on how to deal with floor lighting and outlets, or cabinet...

Well met with the GC today. Zoinks! Nothing good can happen from those meetings. Brought a proposed budget that I admit was 1.5 more than I was expecting. $941,520 for grading. Because all the dirt would need to be hauled away. And the walls being 20’ tall means you have to temporarily slope the...

Definitely concerned with ease of movement. Don’t have any cars that I let sit for very long so being able to easily get to them is very important. This original garage design was done right on the property line. If the construction is underground there is no setback so it was right in the line...

Made some modifications to the design to bring it a little inline with the architecture of the main house. Not exactly a match but at least some lean towards the min house. Main house is craftsman style so the all glass and concrete look was in very stark contrast. Has anyone had any...