Recent content by Allthunbs

I have quite a few Lee Valley bits and pieces. When I'm in a city near one of their stores I always check in with the "discount" corner beside the order counter. I'm far more frugal than most, yet I find my money best spent at LV. However, that' not to say that I'll buy fancy new planes because...

The garage is freestanding about 12' from the end of the house. Just to give you an idea of how confusing this is, what you've described is called a monolithic slab on some sites on the 'net. That's how I got into this mess int he first place. I took a floating slab (in Southern Ontario) and...

I am about to start building a 14x24 workshop (garage) in Quebec, near Quebec City. Where I am, snow load can hit 300 lbs / sq ft in a bad year and -40C is not unheard of. I have just taken possession of a 35 year old brick house with a carport. I want to add a workshop but I have to leave it...