BETTER BUILDINGS 



that building a garage is an expensive proposition, but this I hope to 

 disprove. Of course, a garage can be built as expensively as desired, but 

 just as serviceable a building can be erected for an amount well within 

 the means of the man who can afford to invest in a motor car. Adequate 

 care means a long lived car and one on which the upkeep is minimized. 



Where money is no object, the garage can be built in conformity 

 with the architectural lines of the most elaborate home can be built 

 with materials that are very costly but the object of this little book 

 is to show how a garage that will provide adequate housing for the 

 average motor car owned by the average man can be built at a very 

 reasonable cost. 



What man is there among car owners that cannot get a world of 

 pleasure out of the care of his car? 



Personally, I can get more real enjoyment by donning a jumper suit 

 of overalls and with grease gun, oil can and kit of tools, going over the 

 little old car from bumper to tail light, than a Pittsburgh millionaire 

 can get out of his ocean going yacht. And I am just about the same 

 type of human being as the average car owner. Looking after your own 

 car takes your mind off business cares and worries, produces good 

 healthy flesh, and hard muscles. 



The little garage on the back of the home lot makes this possible. 



Garage Essentials. 



In erecting a garage it is poor policy and even poorer economy to 

 forego a few essentials to save a few dollars in initial building cost. I 

 believe that practically every garage built should have as equipment : 



1. A pit which enables you to get under the car with ease. This 

 costs practically nothing extra and is well worth having. 



2. A gasoline tank installed underground just outside of garage, 

 with pipe and pump inside. The added cost of this equip- 

 ment is soon taken care of through the saving effected by 

 purchasing gasoline at wholesale rates. 



3. A work bench. This can be built 6 feet long and 12 or 16 

 inches wide with one piece 2x6 or 2x8 12', cut in two, sup- 

 ported by a framework of 2x4 's. 



4. Plenty of shelf room. 



5. A water connection if possible. 



6. A drain with sewer connection at bottom of pit, with floor 

 sloping from walls to edge of pit about 2". 



7. Electric light connection if possible. Many put the light in 

 the center of the garage. This is poor policy, as it is very 

 inconvenient, especially when the top of the car is raised. It 

 is a far better plan to have an outlet directly over the work- 

 bench. In this outlet have a two-way benjamin, one socket 

 of which accommodates a stationary light, while the other 

 takes an extension cord with trouble lamp attached. This 



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