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Has anyone found a good (ideally pre-made) solution for working on projects with kids that are much shorter? My 5 year old and I are spending a lot of time building things and I'd love to find a workbench that we can both sit/ stand at comfortably. I think the simplest solution might be a...

But how does the factory install the fasteners without maring the finish?

I have about 20 exercise machines (gym strength equipment) that use 3/8 socket head cap screws for the structural elements I need to disassemble and re-assemble. Each machine probably has 8-12 of these that need to come apart. Problem is the SHCS are black and show scratches easily. What is...

So I was thinking a bit more about this. Instead of a wood deck, would it work to use rigid, high compressive load foam insulation and then pour concrete over it? Something like Styrofoam High Load Foam Insulation or similar? Or perhaps I could even put the rubber gym flooring directly on top...

We are in Franconia VA and already have the garage (1400 sq feet) and now wish to add on a bit more and perhaps renovate to make the attic space above it more useable (storage now) as well as potentially put up insulation along the block walls (it's ceiling and garage door insulation now only)...

They mostly have holes to be anchored (they would be in a commercial facility for liability) but I hadn't seen much need to do so for my purposes. I think once they are on a rubber surface they won't be going anywhere.

So I'm just not sure about trying to do a wood shim for it. I want one level surface with no unexpected give/ noises etc and some of the equipment that is going on it will be 600-800lbs before adding weight. I do plan to put down rubber gym flooring or stall mats (still pricing out the...

I have a 1400 sq ft garage that a previous owner built by combining an existing two car garage with effectively another garage behind it. As I'm converting it into a gym, I'd like level floors, otherwise some of the larger equipment has quite a slope on it over 6 foot span. Currently, the...

Could you PM me and let me know who you used? We are just about an hour north of you and looking for a person like this.

Thanks. This is what I was assuming but wanted to sanity check. I’m in an expensive area and finished older homes go for $250-350/ sq fr

I know a lot of folks here have built or priced out building garages. I'm trying to get a sense of the cost per square foot on this to consider making an offer on the property. It is not a typical steel building type garage from what I can tell, so I really have no idea what to assume it is...