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Russ Bellinis · 01-20-2009, 11:43 PM

Josh, generally a garage makes a terrible place to build a layout. The doors tend to let in a lot of dust and dirt because they don't seal. You drive cars in and out and the exhaust tends to blow soot all over everything. They are great breeding grounds for every bug known to man or at least all of the bugs in California. None of this stuff is good for a model railroad. If I were looking for a house to have a model railroad in I would look for a house with either one more bedroom than I would need, or a house on a big enough lot that I would have room to build a building in the back yard to house a model railroad. The other possibility would be to get a house with a detached garage and build a second floor above the garage for a layout room.

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Poll: How big is your train room? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Smaller then 8x10'	15.00%	6	15.00%
8x10' ~~ 80 Square Feet	7.50%	3	7.50%
10x10' ~~ 100 Square Feet	2.50%	1	2.50%
10x12' ~~ 120 Square Feet	17.50%	7	17.50%
10x14' ~~ 140 Square Feet	2.50%	1	2.50%
12x12' ~~ 144 Square Feet	7.50%	3	7.50%
12x14' ~~ 168 Square Feet	2.50%	1	2.50%
12x16' ~~ 192 Square Feet	2.50%	1	2.50%
14x14' ~~ 196 Square Feet	5.00%	2	5.00%
14x18' ~~ 252 Square Feet	2.50%	1	2.50%
16x16' ~~ 256 Square Feet	7.50%	3	7.50%
18x20' ~~ 360 Square Feet	7.50%	3	7.50%
20x20' ~~ 400 Square Feet	0%	0	0%
Bigger then the above (tell us)	7.50%	3	7.50%
Somewhere in between (tell us)	12.50%	5	12.50%
Total		40 vote(s)	100%