Garage Builders in Randolph, ME

A single-bay garage is often the right answer on a Randolph village lot, and we usually push for 16 by 24 over the narrower 12-foot width. Those extra four feet hold a workbench, the bikes and the snowblower beside the car, with no one squeezing past a side mirror.

Both widths sit on the 4-foot grid, so neither wastes plywood or framing stock. On the narrowest lots we turn the garage so its gable faces the street, which keeps the building inside the side setbacks and drops roof snow onto the yard instead of the driveway.

Attaching the garage to the house can save a Randolph lot the strip of lawn a detached building would eat, along with a second walkway to shovel. We tie it into the side of the house under a matched roofline, so the addition looks planned from the start.

Code calls for fire separation along the shared wall, which we meet with gypsum board on the garage face and a solid-core or fire-rated entry door between garage and kitchen. The garage footings go down to match the house foundation, so the joint between the two stays tight through frost season.

When a Randolph lot cannot spare more footprint, the space to claim is overhead. A one-and-a-half story garage with attic trusses adds a dry floor upstairs for seasonal gear, holiday boxes and everything a small house has no closet for.

Near the Kennebec, storage up high also keeps belongings above the reach of spring high water. We check the flood map early, since a mapped flood zone can change how high the slab sits and how the lower walls are built.