So we're considering moving closer to my wife's work, now that I'm working out of the house. One of the houses we've seen listed has a 6000 ft^2 block building. I've only seen one picture of the out
I've only about it a little >and realized I have no idea what maintenance costs and utility costs would be >for a building like that... Anyone have any idea or rules of thumb? Mark, For starters, con
For a building that big (picture my mouth watering here), maybe you could rent out space for people to park their RVs (if it's tall enough), boats, etc. to store them in part of the building, while y
Whoops. I forgot some details. First, this is between Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio. So full seasons. Second, the 6k ft^2 block building is the garage... There's also a house, but I'm familier with
Yeah, that would be a possible option, though I dunno about insurance / liability / whatever. Plus I have my own motorhome and enclosed trailer that if the building can hold those would probably be
You could always partition it, insulate the workshop area and leave the storage section unheated. Eric _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
So, how often/long do you need to heat your 'garage'? And as I think someone already suggested, why heat all of it? Running even a big infrared space heater shouldn't cost more than a few $$/hour, a
You could partition the building, have just a small portion that is heated and cooled, seperate electrical circuits. No sense in spending a lot of money keeping storage space adequately comfortable,
Possibly. I'd partition it anyway, just so I could heat up the 'working' area a little higher. But I'd like to keep the storage area above freezing (which means no need to winterize the motorhome, e
I think you are over-thinking this 'problem'. There's no way this is going to come out negative versus, for example, paying to store your RV. We're not talking about very much heat here... average te
Lots of good advice so far, except I hate unvented heaters. I really don't want to be breathing in what they put out. As for keeping it above freezing, I agree. Not winterizing the motor home makes m
Dunno if they are still around, but there at least used to be several options for vented heaters that did not require AC power for operation. The fuel oil version used gravity feed from the storage
Regular basic vented natural gas or propane heaters wall require no electricity. I have one in the garage, and though it's old, it brings in combustion air from outside so paint and gas fumes aren't