Choosing A Carport Or A Garage
I have just moved into a great new house, with everything that I have wanted, except for one thing. There is no garage. There is not even a carport. Now my wife and I knew that we needed to be able to put the cars under some sort of protection, we are no longer interested in digging the cars out or cleaning them off in the winter everytime we want to go somewhere. Thankfully we got a great deal on the house, so we knew that we could build either a carport or a garage once we took possession.
Now that we have the house all unpacked and settled, we have 2 months before it starts to snow, and we have to make a decision about whether we should build a lean-to carport off of the back kitchen door, or build an attached garage.
So first is deciding whether we want/need a garage. Of course, most would say that a garage should be your first choice if you have the time and budget. But I’m not so convinced. The thing is that I think we could build a closed carport, essentially this will be a carport with partial or full walls on some or all sides. The better half is pretty convinced that a garage is the better option, whereas I think a carport will be sufficient plus give us a few advantages that are not so obvious.
From my perspective, building a carport would take less time, cost less, and require less effort. On top of extra expense for a garage, there are also some hidden costs. Property taxes will go up regardless of which one I build, but they will go up more if we choose a garage. It might not seem like much of a difference now, but every bit counts, especially if you invest that money. Over the life of a garage, the cost difference is much more than you might initially think. One last pro to building a carport is the fact that we won’t be storing junk in it just because we can – it is much easier to keep a carport tidy and clutter free, because it doesn’t lend itself to storage.
The garage pros include extra security – there is no open access to the vehicle or anything that we store inside, including things like bicycles. The other benefit is also the additional storage – even though there is a chance it will get cluttered, having space to store seasonal items like Christmas decorations actually has a lot of merit. And one last big item for my wife is the protected access to the house that a garage would allow. There would be much less heat loss though a garage doo in the winter, as opposed to a door out to a partially closed in carport.
Both garages and carports have merit. Both structures would add value and functionality to our house. As I said two months is ample time to build either structure but first we need to decide whether to build a carport or a garage.
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Oh man!
I told my husband I suspected I was pregnant and we went to the supermarket to buy the test.
The test turns out positive but I spot right after, so I assume that I had gotten my period. Just to be sure I signed up at a clinic that week. Sure enough, I was pregnant and showed my husband the results.
He ran me to the supermarket and started yelling in the isles about how he had to start buying food to feed the baby!
I felt pretty embarassed to be honest, but he seemed so excited and thrilled that I just went along with it.
After that he would literally pronounce my pregnancy to everyone and everything around him. I mean if we went to the convenient store to buy snacks, he'd go into detail about how he was going to be a father.
At 40 weeks he talks to my tummy, telling the baby that he/she has to come out into the world so we can meet them.
Earlier today, he was playing with my tummy and said he swore he heard the baby's heart beat!
I don't think I've ever seen anyone's face light up THAT much in my entire life.
It was nice.
I've never had a problem with a home improvement store over here mixing up a custom paint color for me. You show them a sample of the color, you know like from one of those color pallet books, they put it in a computer thing that analyzes the color and tells them what to mix in it to make that color. I usually get my paint at Hornbach but I imagine the other big home improvement stores like Obi or Pratiker or Bauhaus could do the same thing.
Yeah, he is gay.. not on the show, but in reality he is gay.. and so cute..
Simple solution. If they don't vote the way that you think that they should vote against them during the next election. If enough Americans actually started voting for or against a politician based on what they do instead of what party they are in then things would truly change.
IMDB is missing an episode which is why it only lists Tim and Zach in 203. The 204th episode was actually a behind the scenes special that aired right after the series finale titled "Backstage Pass" which never aired again in syndication but is available on the Season 8 DVD boxset. You can see "Backstage Pass" listed as the 204th episode on both wikipedia and tv.com but it is not listed on imdb. So Tim and Zach did appear in all 204 episodes.
EDIT: I just checked and "Backstage Pass" is listed under its own title on IMDB which is why it isn't included on the episode list:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971658/