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$20-25K isn't much of a budget, My brother spent $60,000 on his two story 40x60' garage in Washington state.

You can't build it too big. It will be too small before you know it.

Spend the bucks on good wiring, good heating system, good insulation, good windows, etc... It will be worth it in the long run.

You can save massive amounts of money by doing what you can yourself, just have the good sense to be honest in what you can do well, and what you can't.

Build the best foundation you can afford, and pay good attention to drainage.

Congrads on the new house!

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'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150

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'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150

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'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150

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'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150

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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
One mistake I did is I only have one 220v outlet in the center of the shop. I wish I would have run another one to the other end, because there are no 220v extension cords.

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I could make ya one Steve

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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
One mistake I did is I only have one 220v outlet in the center of the shop. I wish I would have run another one to the other end, because there are no 220v extension cords.

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I still use one to hook up my arc welder to the dryer outlet in my humble attached garage.

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Originally posted by Rustang:
Tim
I agree. You can have a garage 70 degrees at eye level and still be 20degrees down on the floor! I definitely want in-floor heat in a portion of the floor. My wife's uncle claims you can heat the floor with a standard water heater but I think he's full of crap!

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I believe the uncle. Seen it done with a electric water heater of all things. Once you get the slab warm, doesn't take much to keep it that way.

As far as the in-floor heat, I think I'll plan on that and try the water heater deal first. Worse case I'll have to buy a boiler and the water heater could remain on when I'm not using the garage.

make it at least 12ft tall with 10 ft roll up doors....

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Larry

No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit...

I think I've seen other brands advertised for around 2800$ (less shipping).

Also consider: I've heard that folks who installed four post units wish they'd of installed 2-post units...otherwise you still can't get to the wheelhouses as well as you'd like to.

* I've seen folks install white siding on the INSIDE of their garage; even just 1 or 2 walls. Their thoughts were that it was easily washed down (power washer) and the light reflection was great!

* If a lift isn't in your budget; consider installing a pit with a removal grate in the floor - my uncle had one and it allowed him to work under a vehicle; think about installing (A) a protected/armored light fixture in the pit below the grating (armored so dripping coolant, fuel, etc. doesn't break the bulb or cause a fire), (B) a weather-tight 110V power recepticle, (C) if you are planning on having a compressed air system, you may want to plumb in an air-line pickup into the pit before you pour the concrete walls to the pit. (C) Figure for at least a foot of gravel to have for a pit floor, so any spills will not linger there.
MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT HAVING/USING A PIT: Use a 10" portable fan and tilt it down to blow into the pit for 10 minutes BEFORE you enter it EVERYTIME; this effort should purge out any exhaust fumes or fuel vapors that WILL have collected/settled into the pit.

* Make provisions for having an adequate overhead beam (wood or metal) located centrally and securely fastened; this would provide you to secure a ratching chain 'come along' or even a small wheeled trolley roll allong from it. You may want to pull an engine or simply secure your pickup box up off the frame from it.

* You may want to have some natural lighting (windows), but consider window location - you may not want them at eye level; so folks outside can't peek in on your stash... mount them high in the wall. Consider windows that are 12" high but 2' wide. I stapled plastic sheeting (cut to size) on the inside of my eye-level windows...this treatment still lets in the light, but not neighborhood kids peering eyes when I'm not home.

* Consider installing the framework (for installation later) of a loovered exhaust fan in the back wall, just below ceiling. Once you have a fan, install it outfitted with a screen to (keep out insects & critters). The fan will be a great relief to blow out that hot, sticky summer air or fume-ladened air via just opening the garage door a foot and flipping on the fan to blow in fresh outside air.