Publisher

About Bay One

Bay One is written and published by Gary Thomas. The beat is a one-car garage and a small yard — the kind of property where a rider mower is usually the wrong machine and a folding bench is the right one.

What I am

A publisher who reads spec sheets, manuals, and typical U.S. retail listings, then writes planning guides so you can measure twice. I live with the same constraints the site is named for: one bay, not a warehouse shop.

What I am not

• A licensed contractor, electrician, plumber, or HVAC technician.
• A product-testing lab. If a guide mentions a number, it is a published spec or a planning range — not a Bay One dynamometer.
• A referral network. I will not steer you to a trade I have not hired for you.

How a guide gets written

I start with geometry (12×20 bays, 21-inch mower decks, patio footprints), then manufacturer literature, then retailer logistics including the Lowe's 24-hour CJ cookie. Corrections are welcome via contact. If a page is wrong, I would rather fix it than defend a confident error.

Money

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