Garage Builders in Fayette, ME

A camp on Echo Lake or Parker Pond rarely needs two bays, but it badly needs a dry, lockable place for the outboard, the canoe and the tools that walk away from an open shed. A one-bay garage 16 feet wide covers that, sited back from the shore where the setback allows and close to the camp road.

Fixed costs weigh heavier on a small building, so we keep a camp garage plain: a gable roof, one overhead door, a walk-in door and gravel up to the threshold. A shell with no insulation suits a building used mostly in summer and shut tight from fall to spring.

Fayette homes off the main roads often sit up a long drive, with the house on high ground and a view across the hills. A detached two-bay near the top of the drive keeps the plowed distance short and sets the garage on ground that drains away in every direction.

Hilltop sites catch wind, so we frame the walls and roof for that exposure and pick a pitch that sheds snow away from the walk. The gravel approach is graded so meltwater runs off to the sides, and on a steep drive we flatten the last stretch so nobody parks on a slope in January.

A third bay is the most economical way to get a real workshop on a Fayette property, since it shares the foundation, roof and walls with the parking bays. At 36 by 24 feet, the plan parks two vehicles and leaves a 12-foot bay for a bench, a table saw and wood storage.

We can close off the shop bay with a partition wall and give it its own walk-in door and windows, so sawdust stays out of the parking side. Insulating and finishing only the shop bay keeps the overall price nearer the shell rate while giving you one clean, insulated room to work in.