I just received a quote from a local metal building company as follows on a [B]metal detached garage[/B] to house our TT: Garage size: 20x30 gable roof. Sidewalls: 12' Doors: 1 overhead door 12'h x 14'w Wind Speed load: 70mph (required for our area) Snow Load: 20# (required for our area) Paint warranted 30 years by manufacture against fading, peeling, etc. (we all know how that goes with manufacture warranties) Cost: 13,759.00 installed including, permits, site prep, concrete slab floor and foundation and cleanup. Options [B]additional to cost[/B]: Walk in door Skylights Windows The concern I have is that I have never owned a metal garage, all previous garages were stick built with exterior stucco and tile roofs. The cost for the metal garage seems reasonable for our area. If I may ask for the [B]PRO's and CON's [/B] on building a metal versus stick build garage would be most appreciated, Maintenance, Insurance, life span, resell, etc. etc. :confused: :confused:

Our electric garage door is stuck down and we can't raise it up, no matter whether the electricity is on or not. The garage door openers all seem to be working (the indicator lights up when button is pressed) but there's no response from the door. We are not sure why it's stuck, because there is no other way to get inside the garage! No window or door. The garage is an old one, detached from the house. It is very slightly tilted to one side, but the home inspector said that it has settled and will not be moving any more (it hasn't gotten any worse since we bought the house). One idea is to have a door installed, but we're concerned about doing that without seeing the interior of the garage when the space is cut for the new door. There are cabinets hung inside on the wall where the door would have to be, plus there might be wiring, and we have tools hung on the walls in there. Does anyone have any insight into this situation?? Should we call the garage door opener company (Craftsman), or some kind of contractor, or the electrician? We did have some electrical work done on the house right before the door got stuck, but electricity running to the outlet on the exterior of the garage seems to be fine. Prior to this the electricity to the garage would sometimes cut out, but in that case we could open and close the garage door manually without any trouble. Thanks!