Recent content by 3rdgendslmech

I can tell you what I did when I painted the cab of my flatbed dually 2 years ago. 24x32x10 Somewhat similar, I didnt have a ceiling but the walls were insulated. 24K Mr.Cool DIY mini split. I started the bodywork in Sept. and by Dec I was ready to paint. I took 2 or 4 mil plastic and stapled it...

Literally was talking to my coworker about this today. We were trying to decide wether its the bacon or the eggs for breakfast that does it. I'm usually up by 5:30-6 on the weekends. Somewhere between wake up and my 2nd cup of coffee bowel movement #1 takes place. Then I make breakfast for...

Anybody interested in buying a fairly new, but slightly used Gravely ZT XL42 zero turn. Picture shows 9 hours but I fired it up the other day to do a quick cut on my lawn. Long story short, I fixed a neighbors zero turn, caught the bug, impulse bought mine and I don't really like it as much as I...

This time last year the wife and I welcomed our 2nd baby into the family. Knowing we werent going to be going on a beach vacation last year or even this year we talked about getting an above ground pool. I did some research and settled on the 400 dollar bestway pools that samsclub sells. The...

My dad bought a 60 gallon C-H compressor probably when I was 10 years old, so 32 years ago. Fast forward 5 years ago, dad had a stroke and hasnt made it down to the garage since then. A month ago i went by the house to get the mowers going for my mom and what not and I had to air up a tire on...

Man....I feel for you guys that are building after covid. Now granted I didn't go as big as you guys but in 2017 I went through DIY pole barns, ordered just a basic 24x32x10, split 12' slider, 36"steel access door, no windows or insulation and paid just shy of $7500. I got off easy on the...

So, I like you ended up with a 10K base plate lift and I thought about adding an I beam across the top. I've got 10' ceilings though. It was going to serve 2 purposes, extra strength, and I was going to add a trolly and hoist for picking motors and other heavy jobs. Fast forward a few...

Is there HVAC duct work in your crawlspace? Asking because not in the crawlspace but up in the upper level of my house depending on the time of year (house settling, how often the hvac runs etc etc) if you step in the right spot it literally sounds like a combination of thunder and an out of...

I've got 2....one that my grandfather used when he ran a dragline crane long for shooting level with a sight glass. Then I found another aged one when my wife and I went to a flea market in nashville TN a few years ago. I've used mine to level 3 barn pads and a pool

I've got a 35 year old black and decker 4 1/2 angle grinder that went through my dad, then handed down to me when we were field service mechanics. That poor grinder has seen many seasons of use. You could wrap that cord up on a 15 degree day just as good as you could on a 95 degree day. 2-3...

I've got basically 1/3rd of all the ceiling panels up after today. We got some cold weather and snow last week and work wore me out keeping up with broken equipment. So being from Maryland it's a fairly common thing to have all 4 seasons in a week....sometimes the same day! Anyhow this...

Okay, I'm going with roll/batt insulation. Managed to scrounge up some help for a day but no luck at any of the big box stores on a working blower. 15" seems to be the standard width, that'd leave me a inch and half short of filling between the 4' O/C trusses or will 3 rolls expand out enough to...

So I got 4 bags at lowes the other day and I inquired about the machine and the guy that manages the lumber area said they have 2 units, one was broke, and the other has been out on rent for 2 weeks. Like I said from the reviews, the insulation is great, but good luck getting a working blower.

Got another panel hung last night and put one bag of loose fill in at 10" (R30). I used a mortar mixer on the end of a 1/2" drill broke apart the bag into sections in storage totes and fluffed it. Took about 9 trips up the ladder and trying to get it spread out made for a lot of work. If I buy...

I used OSB on my walls, so a little different. I used a pressure treated 2x6 for the floor plate and framed out using 2x4 16" O/C and nailed them flush with the inside edge of the floor plate. Insulated and covered with 7/16 osb. R19 expands to about 5.5 inches so that got me to the wall girts...