Garage / Discussions

...garage floor is almost back alley level, it has retention wall, and inside about 6 inches height from the slab. We like to raise it at least 4 inches! Is it pos...

We have an existing bedroom (25'x10') that sits above a garage. It was built with one forced air duct blowing warm air under the room but parts are very cold i...

...garage, and I’m wondering the cheapest as well as best way to do it. Is there any reason not to build it on posts? It seems like it would be much cheaper than a...

...garage attached to our house and want to include in-floor radiant heat, what is the best choice? Do you suggest electric wires or tubes with glycol? Is there a ...

...garage will be two stories with a pitched roof that faces south. The garage will be adjacent to the pool. Being a two part question I wouldn’t really say yes to...

...garage floor (just raw concrete slabs as of now) . What would be the best alternate for Epoxy - 1) Looks 2) anti slippery 3)economy 4) durability .Thank you A g...

Hi. I will build a garage/shop in my backyard next summer. It will be a 20'x30' on a structural concrete slab with around R-35 wall and R-40 roof insulation. T...

...garage, its approx 70 years old. Where can we get materials to b iuld like to do it ourselves?

...garage, no space. No we don't, sorry! But there is a market for used building materials, even if you only get a few bucks for them it's better than sending them...

I have a room over my garage that is unfinished (just a finished floor, no walls, you can see thru from one end of house to other). I just use if for storage a...

...garage and apartment. We are interested in finishing the apartment floor to be a light grey concrete floor that looks nice. The concrete was poured 8 months ago...

...garage. Is wool insulation over the existing fiberglass recommended, or should I simply add unfaced fiberglass insulation? Thanks, DB

...garage. I would like to do a slab on grade for the obvious savings of not pouring the 4' frost wall and wante to do infloor heating. Since the slab need to be i...

...garage with charred cedar siding and it is for experimenting of using charred cedar. I'm interested to know the wall construction with this material for creatin...

...garage would be at the bottom leve. I assume that this would require retaing walls from each higher slab to the one below. Thanks, Keri There are many ways to...

...garage with a 550 sq ft passive house on the main floor. Do you have recommendations for pre fab kits? I have seen the Kenogami Home and checked out house plans...

...garage. Based on the promotional material, the Legalett system seems like a good choice to avoid sump pump and optimze accessibility. However -- we can't seem t...

...garage, and expel from the side wall (no windows on this one), intead of from the roof. Thank you! Removing radon gas with sub-slab suction is not something...