Recent content by ACDNate

Next steps are to rough in plumbing, hvac, and electrical. I'm waiting on the quote and details for the HVAC, I don't know near enough to do that myself. Will likely be a 1.5 ton heat pump. I'll be starting plumbing next weekend. I do have some questions I need help with regarding plumbing...

Long delay since last update. I got into the interior build out. The plan is to have a finished room in the first 20' bay and a bath the takes up some space in the 2nd bay. Additionally i'll be left with storage space above. and a fast forward to all floor decking above, kneewall to...

Um? What? There is far more standing timber today that there has ever been. Were talking before Columbus landed on the shores.

You'll absolutely need a large excavator with thumb to remove that much concrete. Would take weeks to do it with a Bobcat and jack hammer. I'd keep looking for a concrete vendor who will do both.

Are you looking at cost to do it as a sub panel from existing service or a stand alone service? In my case it was better to pay the power companies "share" to put stand alone on my garage than to try and do a sub panel myself.

Lucky son of a gun... Nice find.

Nothing there that would be a big concern to me. Like others have said, all concrete cracks, no way around it. If that crack starts to gap out or heave, then I might be concerned but otherwise I wouldn't put much thought to it. Oh and yes, i'd seal it or go over with whatever flooring you're doing.

Yeah VA will definitely not approve that home, if that's the financing route you were going to go. Do you have a definite timeline on how long you'll be at your current duty station? If you are buying fixer upper, make sure you've got enough time to get it fixed up or you may have difficulty...

Power company showed up a day early. Had a couple loose connections to track down, but all else was well otherwise. The 6 bulb fixtures are bright as all get out. Just what I was looking for. Should do the trick pretty well. LED exteriors with photo-cells give just enough light output.

Yeah eff that. A paint job would meet their threashold of needing a permit.

I'm putting a full bath including shower in mine.

LED definitely draws bugs at my house. The Rab stuff looks pretty impressive, but I'm sure its priced impressively as well. I replaced a motion light with an LED fixture by Utilitech from lowes. Aluminum body, and ridiculously bright light. I went ahead and bought a couple of photo...

Pics The shop side. Light fixtures are 6 bulb fixtures. Closer view Fans claim 20,000 cfm air movement from each. I'm skeptical of the claim but we'll see. They are all on a reversible speed controller. Should provide enough light... View from the other side of the area that will eventually...

Wow, I didn't think you could use OSB for flat roof applications.

In a yard sale environment you're still pretty high. Used HF tools at a yard sale would probably bring 30% of the best coupon/sale price if they are perfect.