Owning a home, let alone building it is a privilege. Upon building your abode, aside from other materials to shop, garage doors are one of the primary items to consider. It keeps the garage enclosed. However, opening it would require manual work or perhaps the usage of a lever-operated mechanism. Without garage door openers, cannot …
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Garage doors have come a long way from the simple, utilitarian doors of the past. Not a long time ago, drivers had to step out of their vehicles to close or open their garage doors. This was a real hassle, especially for people living in cramped, smaller spaces. Luckily, improvement in technology has led to …
What’s not to love about having a garage? After all, it means you have a place to park your car making it easy to avoid walking in the elements, can provide a place for your hobbies, offers additional area for storage and many other possibilities. Of course, not everyone has a garage, but if you …
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If you find out that your garage roof is leaking or damp you will probably know that you will need to get it repaired or replaced. Most people use their garage for storage and so of course not having a weather seal on the roof is a problem. Most searches online to find someone to …
Alright – I will not lie to you: garage roof repairs should be done just as thoroughly as if you were fixing your grandmother roof. But sometimes you just have to move fast, without rolling out the entire construction circus. Maybe a shingle blows off the roof the day before you go on a two-week …
In part 1 of this series of articles on garage roofing, we discussed how to plan and prepare for replacing an old roof on a garage. In reality, things do not look much different if we are building a roof from scratch – it is certainly a question of how much to tear down, and …
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Where we live matters when we design our buildings. The local weather conditions can make a big difference on the durability of a building – and a garage is no exception. Roofing a garage often starts with the choice between flat roof and pitched roof, and what choice you make makes a difference – depending …
Learning how to build a garage is not as daunting as one would expect, well, for detached structures at least. Homeowners who build their own garage can save thousands over hiring a builder who, in many cases, will subcontract to the same construction crews that you can hire. Or if feeling adventurous, or just downright …
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