Build A Garage...cheaply

[the_Journeyman]

Also, for additional light, a homebuidling materials store (e.g. ABC Supply Co.) has these cylinders with a plastic (or something probably harder), round top that goes through the roof.  Lets in a good amount of light - almost like you have a light on.   

I worked on a garage coverted into a studio that had these.  It's a little plastic bubble that sticks through the roof, has a reflective tube with a joint on both ends and allows enough movement that the top & bottom don't have to be perfectly inline, and a faceted cover for the bottom (interior piece) and gives a decent amount of natural temperture light, even on a cloudy day 

JM

[RB]

i think they are called solar tubes...i will have to look into them....well not directly, could make me go blind.....haha....get it...'look into'...sorry i started laughing before i was done typing.

[hbliam]

Yep..solar tubes or solatube. They are intended more for preexisting structures. Thus the ability to bend the tube around framing. For a new project just incorporate some skylights. You can get operable ones to let in/out air and some even close when they sense rain if you left them open.

[MotoCreations]

I have decided that i will build my own carriage doors,

Add a layer of sound insulation/dampening material if you can while building. (a typical rollup garage door has almost zero sound nor insulation characteristics and usually reflects sounds back at you within the shop itself!)