Sunbimmer
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Let us learn from our mistakes !
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Daniel Dudley
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Lots of threads about this.
Big Bad Dad
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My biggest gripe? I installed an outdoor receptacle between the garage doors at 18" above the driveway. This is the GFCI type that has the spring loaded trap door that closes down over it. The door is hinged at the top. I have to get down on my knees to hold the door open, and see which way to insert a cord plug. Every time I need to use it, I cuss myself for not putting the receptacle up at about waist height! 
Unless I am leaving and want to keep something like a battery charger plugged up outside, I just usually open a door and run a cord outside while I am working. All my indoor garage receptacles are 42" above the floor, and don't have the weather door to deal with. No bending my old knees to use them! LOL
Unless I am leaving and want to keep something like a battery charger plugged up outside, I just usually open a door and run a cord outside while I am working. All my indoor garage receptacles are 42" above the floor, and don't have the weather door to deal with. No bending my old knees to use them! LOL
darkk
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I just can't. I'd cry looking at all the money I spent ripping stuff apart to change it. I'm one of those guys that just say's **** it and tears it out to fix it on the spot. Expensive but at least I get the better of the two ideas...sometimes threee ideas...
OccupantRJ
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My biggest gripe? I installed an outdoor receptacle between the garage doors at 18" above the driveway. This is the GFCI type that has the spring loaded trap door that closes down over it. The door is hinged at the top. I have to get down on my knees to hold the door open, and see which way to insert a cord plug. Every time I need to use it, I cuss myself for not putting the receptacle up at about waist height!
Unless I am leaving and want to keep something like a battery charger plugged up outside, I just usually open a door and run a cord outside while I am working. All my indoor garage receptacles are 42" above the floor, and don't have the weather door to deal with. No bending my old knees to use them! LOL
You do know side opening covers are available, don't you?
I did pretty good by getting outlets installed all around my garage. My builder bent conduit and had it all set when I decided to sheet the bottom eight feet with wood. I had to loosen all of the conduit and slip the wood behind it. Then I decided to paint so I masked off a lot of the electrical. the electrical sticking out keeps shelves from going against walls.
If I ever build another garage, wiring goes in the walls.
I bought heavy duty gorilla rack shelving from Sams Club. I think its 6 foot tall. If I had put the money in pallet racks I could more effectively use the 16 foot eaves without spending money over again.
I need to stop taking things apart until I put some of the other projects back together.
If I ever build another garage, wiring goes in the walls.
I bought heavy duty gorilla rack shelving from Sams Club. I think its 6 foot tall. If I had put the money in pallet racks I could more effectively use the 16 foot eaves without spending money over again.
I need to stop taking things apart until I put some of the other projects back together.
gjz30075
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Not my mistake but car guy buddy put in 8' doors instead of 9' and no man door.
Since this place used to be a gas station, it had a men's room and a ladies room. I merely gutted it, rewired, replumbed and moved the vent pipe to the inside of the wall. I put up new drywall and painted it. My intention was to put a shower at one end, keeping the toilet in the middle.
Once I had it done and sat on the ******* for the first time, I knew I should have moved the wall out as your knees touch the wall. The plumbing was junk out here so I had never used the bathroom till I remodeled it. The easiest fix is to sit on the toilet at an angle.
As much as I'd hate to give up floor space for the wood shop area, it would have been worth it for the bathroom. I should have moved the wall 8-10 inches & ripped out the non-load bearing wall. Replacing the wall with a 2x2s would have gained me almost 10-12" of extra bathroom floor space.
Once I had it done and sat on the ******* for the first time, I knew I should have moved the wall out as your knees touch the wall. The plumbing was junk out here so I had never used the bathroom till I remodeled it. The easiest fix is to sit on the toilet at an angle.
As much as I'd hate to give up floor space for the wood shop area, it would have been worth it for the bathroom. I should have moved the wall 8-10 inches & ripped out the non-load bearing wall. Replacing the wall with a 2x2s would have gained me almost 10-12" of extra bathroom floor space.
lotsoftools
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If I had put the bathroom wall an extra 6-12" inches out it would have made the room more comfortable and have given me a larger void behind the shower to go with a 20 gallon vs 10 gallon water heater.
Also, checking that my level was actually level would have saved me a ton of headaches and rework on the loft and my first set of benches.
Also, checking that my level was actually level would have saved me a ton of headaches and rework on the loft and my first set of benches.
coljar
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Mine isn't that big of a deal, but I wish I'd put one more floor drain in my new garage because it would have been very easy, since the pipe goes under the spot where I wanted it. No, I'm not going to cut the concrete. I can live with it.
ddawg16
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I wish I had extended my eave's further out in the front....otherwise, I did a perfect job on my garage.