More stories about Outbuildings

• Q&A: Service-Entrance Cable Under a Garage

  Q: The proposed location for my client's new detached garage is right on top of a buried service-entrance cable. The electric meter is mounted on a pedestal about 100 feet from the house, and a conduit runs to the house through the area where the garage —

• Backfill: The Biggest Thing to Hit Town in 74 Million Years

  Barn-moving day

• Housing preserved in tourist town

  Newport, R.I.—50 Washington Square, one of the oldest supportive housing communities in the country, is still on the cutting edge.

• Design: Giving Freestanding Garages Their Due

  Giving freestanding garages their due

• Products

  Sharp screws; a better roof clip; flashings; closet & garage storage systems; paints & coatings; garage doors

• Q&A: Keeping Garage Fumes at Bay

  Q. I'm building a house that has an attached 24-by-24-foot garage with a master suite above. The owner is concerned about fumes getting into the living spaces next to and above the garage. What's the best way to seal out the fumes?

• Avoiding Expensive Mistakes

  Use this preconstruction checklist to head off trouble before the job starts.

• Design: Creating a Sense of Shelter on a Large Lot

  Creating a sense of shelter on a large, open lot

• Q&A: Gutters in Cold Climes

  Q. The jury still seems to be out as to whether to install gutters in a northern climate. Could you please shed some light on this, especially as to how omitting gutters would contribute to leaky basements?

• Q&A: Various Strengthening Garage Door Walls

  Q. Can anyone explain the actual technical concern and reason that new building codes are requiring specific structural improvements on garage door "lug walls" (the short walls next to the garage door opening)?