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Garage Plans With Attics

Garage Plans With Attics

If you look at a few garage plans you will likely see there is space within the roof structure, identified as ‘attic’. Attic space is the void between the typical horizontal ceiling joists and below the sloped rafters. Its size and height can vary from small to room size suited for walking around within. Attics

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Colonial Style Garage Plans

Colonial Style Garage Plans

The Colonial Era, 18th Century housing was built with local raw materials, skilled craftsman and products made in and imported from Europe. Several of our garage plans were inspired by those beautiful structures. Building and finishing materials of greatest quality and refinement were imported from European sources, as well as primitive, small panes of glass.

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Workshop Style Garage Plans

Workshop Style Garage Plans

Finding ideal or even adequate workshop space in an existing home can be difficult. In most cases, homeowners choose to build a new, detached garage structure. Luckily, there are many workshop style garage plans available today. This style of garage has certain aspects which support use as workshop space: Ceiling Height – Detached garage structures

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How Large Of A Garage Do I Need?

How Large Of A Garage Do I Need?

When you have finally decided to build a garage there are plenty of decisions to make about the garage. Evaluating you garage needs is usually the best place to begin. What Kind Of Spaces Do I Need? Vehicle Space: You can roughly measure your vehicle(s)’ footprint by tape measure or measuring stick – width x

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Building Garage At Property Line & Corner

Building Garage At Property Line & Corner

Your local planning or zoning office can identify your zone or land use category. For each category, there are set limits and controls regarding building placement on property, size, height and structure coverage percentage of lot area. There are minimum dimensions from property lines, rights-of-way, easements, and structures and they are called “setbacks”. There will

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Customer’s Questions

Customer’s Questions

Q: Hello Jay,I am very interested in garage plan 856-1. Perfect size, good amount of windows, and that precious loft. 🙂 I see you offer to send out the materials list for free, and it would be very helpful to me to cost it out ahead of time. If it’s do-able, I’ll be ordering the

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How to choose color for your garage?

How to choose color for your garage?

In planning you new garage project the subject of color can become an important element. Dark Versus Light: darker colors will make a garage seem smaller if placed next to a lighter colored house and, of course the opposite is true. In a back yard setting a light colored garage will visually dominate the back

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