Steve Laifman wrote:
>Larry Wright is still working on "the tie".
Actually, I stopped working on it a year ago, when I ran in to a
too-few-ties-desired "wall" and my job gobbled up all of my time. I hope to
be "on the case" now.
>Anyway, he lives next to my property,
Well, there goes my idea of ensuring that The Garage Queen figures
prominently on the tie.
Stu wrote:
>20'x 20' is fine for parking, but not for working. I currently have
>a 24 x 24, which is much better. At my garageless first house, I was
>planning a 24 x 32, but we moved instead.
I got a 24W x 21D a few years back; I can do about anything I want in it,
but only on compact cars. My nephew's 1989 Trans-Am fits, but it's almost
impossible to work on in there.
>Assuming you can keep kids toys out of the way, etc., you can put
more
>than 2 cars in a 24 x 24.
Yeah, and you know you'll always be wanting to bring home another "project
car", so make room. Once, with a hail storm immanent, I got all three
vehicles into mine, even with the divider between the two front doors.
Tough!
>Plan on someday needing to lift something heavy by hanging it from
the
>ceiling, and design the structure accordingly.
And go for enough ceiling height (9'+) for hoisting engines. I found a
knock-down hoist @ $250 cheaper than upgrading the structure of the garage
(and I can loan it out), but YMMV.
>Two doors vs one
I chose two: easier on the electric garage-door openers, keeps Susan from
parking too close to the Tiger, and perhaps (?) adds a little strength too
the front wall.
>Make sure all of the floor is sloped toward the door.
I chose a perfectly flat floor, thinking I wanted to do my own front-end
alignments. Not sure I made the right move; still haven't bought the tools
to do so.
And also, "" THE SECRETS OF THE TIGER UNVEILED "" , sounded interesting
until the message listing the release date as April 1. OK, I get it.
Lawrence R. Wright
Purchasing Analyst
Andrews Office Products, Divison of USOP
PH 301-386-7923
lrw@aop.com
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