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DIY & Home Improvement

Mopar151

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17. What planet do you live on?

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:41 PM

Jul 2021

Design/build uses a tame "in house" architect to stamp plans. There is no audit or oversight, except for local "building inspectors".

My sister is an AIA, who works around an Ivy League college. Currently the in-house for a major student/college housing company.

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builder builds two car garage that won't fit two cars [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 2021 OP

The blood center I'm retired from built a bus barn too small. You had inches in front and back brewens Jul 2021 #1

Standard garage these days is 24'x24' mnhtnbb Jul 2021 #2

And NEVER let a lamebrained excuse from a site foreman be the last word on your concerns. jaxexpat Jul 2021 #12

My second car only fits if I come in at an angle. viva la Jul 2021 #3

yikes Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #7

Backing out is harder than driving in. viva la Jul 2021 #9

A 16 foot garage? One of my neighbors has doc03 Jul 2021 #4

It's not the location of the water heaters, it's the fact the garage is too short even without ... marble falls Jul 2021 #5

Thanks for the link. Useful site. (nt) Pinback Jul 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author doc03 Jul 2021 #18

They could get 2 Smart Cars doc03 Jul 2021 #19

And still have room for two more Smart Cars. marble falls Jul 2021 #20

No surprise: Dan Ryan Random Boomer Jul 2021 #6

When a construction company builds 1,000 homes in a 10 acre sub-division, mac2766 Jul 2021 #10

people really park cars in garages? samnsara Jul 2021 #11

The blame is misplaced Chainfire Jul 2021 #13

I disagree Timewas Jul 2021 #14

Architect? Mopar151 Jul 2021 #15

Who do you think signs the bottom of the drawings? Chainfire Jul 2021 #16

What planet do you live on? Mopar151 Jul 2021 #17

And don't forget "value engineering", which almost never originates with the architect ... marble falls Jul 2021 #21

I wouldn't be surprised if the water heaters were supposed to be inside the living space. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2021 #22