Garage Builders in Somerville, ME

Many Somerville homes sit back from the road in a clearing cut long ago, and the natural garage spot is usually at the edge of that opening, close to the drive. Placing the garage there keeps the plow route short and means cutting only the few trees inside the footprint.

Hill lots rarely offer a level pad, so we pour a frost wall that stands tall on the low side and short on the high side, keeping the garage floor flat. Compacted gravel then runs from the drive to the doors, with no concrete apron to heave through a Lincoln County winter.

If your Somerville place runs on firewood, the garage has to hold a saw, a splitter, a plow and a winter of projects along with the truck. Stretching a two-bay to 28 feet wide, or adding a third bay at the end as a shop, gives that gear a floor of its own.

We put the workbench under a window on the south wall, where low winter sun reaches it, and add a walk-in door beside the bench so you never have to raise the big door. The shop bay can be insulated and drywalled while the parking bays stay a plain shell.

Camp lots on Long Pond tend to be narrow and sloped, so a single 12 by 24 or 16 by 24 bay is often the garage that actually fits. The wider 16-foot version holds a small boat on its trailer with room left for paddles, life jackets and dock sections over the winter.

Maine's shoreland zoning covers land within 250 feet of a great pond like Long Pond, which limits how close a new garage can sit to the water. We confirm the setback with the town before drawing, since a footprint that passes on the first review costs far less than one redrawn.