Last spring, I was sitting at home with my family watching football on a Sunday when my wife caught me doing what I often do: scrolling Zillow. “What don’t you like about the house we’re in?” she asked. I told her that ever since I finished the basement, I’d missed having a shop space to work on projects.

Her answer: “Then build that garage you always wanted.”

Fast forward eight months, and my new garage is up. I’m insulating the main level and sheathing it with OSB before adding cabinets and shelving and moving on to the upstairs. It’s a big garage; we’re talking 30-plus rolls of insulation on the main level, so on a run to pick up the next half-dozen rolls, I wandered down the tool aisle and saw the Ridgid 18V Cordless 3/8-in.…