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The Best Carport Design Ideas Are Beautiful and Functional

The best carport designs provide more than just a place to park. When I was growing up, the house next to my grandparents was a rental, and it was forever being changed and altered as tenants moved in, changed things to their liking, then moved on. It appears that the landlord was very permissive, because one tenant converted the garage into a den, only for the next to be at a loss as to where he should park his 1967 C2 Corvette Stingray. His solution was to build a sort of lean-to next to the house. It was a ramshackle affair made...

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How to Choose a Pavilion Roof Truss Design

Pavilion roof truss designs will vary based on the size of the pavilion and the steepness of the roof. A long time ago, while repairing a detached garage for my mother, I had an epic argument with her about cutting replacements for the top chords of a truss that had rotted away. An experienced electrical engineer, my mother, upon hearing the word ‘slope,’ had decided that the slope-intercept form of the equation of a line would deliver all needed dimensions and angles. Words were said, I had to spend three days doing a task that should have taken three hours, and...

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How to Build an Outdoor Shower Enclosure That’s Good Looking and Functional

Building an outdoor shower enclosure is a great way to keep dirt and mud where they belong–outdoors. If you have a child, dog, and hard floors of any sort, then you probably sweep or mop every day, multiple times a day (or, you wish you could). My friend was in exactly this situation and the solution he hit on was surprisingly affordable: an outdoor shower enclosure. His version was just three walls and a door with a showerhead on a hose hooked up to an outdoor faucet. It’s perfect for hosing down canine and child alike, and since he has a...

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