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Garages, is yours safe?
A good majority of homes have attached garages these days. People use them for everything! Modern garages have evolved to the point that a recent straw poll indicates a mere one quarter of homeowners are able to park a vehicle in their garages. About half say they can squeeze one car in, and the other quarter is somehow able to park multiple vehicles there. Most folks use their garage space to store personal items. Other uses run the gamut, from hobby shops to rehearsal studios to a budding dot-com headquarters.
My rule of thumb has always been, if you want to park one car in the garage, you need a two car garage, and two cars needs a three car garage... etc. Junk, errr... I mean "stuff" is almost always prevalent in most garages. Regardless of how you use your garage, parking vehicles, or storing items (stuff), Stuff like paint, gas for the lawn equipment, small propane tanks for BBQ, cleaning solutions, paper or clothes... if a fire starts in your garage, you do not want it to spread to the attached house. Additionally, if you start up your vehicle in the garage, you do not want carbon monoxide entering your home. 
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