This piping looks complicated but it s not. You re looking at new garage floor drains, a simple P-trap and a surface clean-out. (Tim Carter) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: I’m about to build a new home ...

Bob Mitchell groaned when his brother, Jim, and sister-in-law, Linda, told him they planned to convert their garage into a family room. “Bob said, ‘You don’t want to do that. They just look added on.’ ...