How To Build Your Dream Garage

by Klancher, Lee

• ISBN13: 9780760331736
• ISBN10: 0760331731
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

If you want to rebuild a beloved ride, house a prized collector cars or cars, spend quality time with your motorbike, or simply have working space for your projects here is the book for you. An essential tool for building your dream garage for whatever you need it to do, this takes readers from inspiration to reality in clear, practical step-by-step stages. With plenty of clear illustrations and examples, the author explains all the issues a home owner must confront when planning and building a new garage or adapting an old one to accommodate new vehicles and new ideas - a bar, perhaps, or a row of double-banked cars in storage? Beginning with the design, Klancher walks the prospective owner through the entire process, form preliminary issues like building permits, to dimensions, materials, finishing a space with workbenches, lighting, flooring, and wall coverings. Filled with practical advice and instructions for the handy homeowner and weekend mechanic, the book also guides readers through the complexities ( and wisdom) of contracting specific tasks. Detailed photographs showcase finished garages and highlight special features. Step-by-step sidebars cover the how-to's for gorge owners with even the most elementary building skills. Read this book before you begin - save yourself money and effort, and finish with a garage to be proud of!

Author Biography

Author Lee Klancher, a freelance writer and photographer since 1992, has authored six illustrated books and written for dozens of magazines, including Minneapolis-St. Paul, Motorcycle Escape, and Minnesota Calls. In 2004, he built a 1,000-square-foot heated garage/office that’s larger than his St. Paul, Minnesota, home.