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If you have an old dress shirt that you are about to throw out or its in your "I can wear that shirt when I lose 30 lbs" bag of clothes, they are fine knit and strain things fast.

I've got a 21 x 50 shop. Cabinets/ 36" counters on one side, upper cabinets and floor tools (blast cabinet , trans jack, engine stand, 2 post lift, 3/4 bath, galley kitchen, refrig) on the other and have 5 cars in there. A little tight to work on them, but so far it works. I'd go 24' x 50'...

The barn looks like it was a one story barn to beegine with and someone raised the roof and added a second floor. Do you know the history off the barn? Very cool and a great save. If you added the diagonal let in wall corner ties on the first level that would help with the stability of the...

JamieK, Those over the bed tables are great! Got one at a hospital garage sale. It has a hydraulic lift to go from about 36" to 44" high.

The more the better where you need them. Uppper windows definitely, but they dont help at night. You might want to consider lights near the floor for when you work on the lower reaches of your cars. You might consider 8' fluorescent and put one on each side of your overhead doors as well as...

Nice Bimmer! 74-76 tii? Looks like minimal rust if any. Nice man cave too.

Glen, Forgot to give you a lot of praise for taking on such a project. It's easy for us to give you armchair advice from wherever we sitting in warmth typing on our tablets an computers, but you have taken a big leap of faith. Congrats.

Glen, How deep are the utilities in the alley? I'd assume they are deep enough that driving over them shouldn't be a problem. As far as the floor reinforcing over the basement area, it might be easier to add structure because there is adequate space to maneuver beams and columns yet retain...

Love the idea of re-use of existing buildings,those are great and not to molested over the years. Do you have rear access such as a dedicated alley? The reason I ask is that the street elevations are very character defining for the street and the town and in great condition as far as I can...