Recent content by autoist

Is there anything to photograph yet?

Yep. but that's some job....keep us appraised as you continue the shop build - and the Caddy build!

I agree with you...next summer I'm beginning work on a barn that was built in the late 40's, early 50's & never painted....don't know how far I'll go in making it weathertight but, I want to repair in & replace what is damaged.

Do you think? It loses some of its character when it just becomes another big metal building!

I really want to see photos of the roof you built between the cellar and the old barn wall...I thought of that immediately....heck, it adds to the size of your building.

Keep us informed with lots of photos - I want to do the same thing with about 7 trusses.

Probably good advice to hace someone look at it....12 years ago when I wanted to enlarge my garage, I hasd an engineer look at it....he told me there was no way to take out 34' of the back wall because there was a 2nd floor & the rafters rested on that wall....well, 12 years later, I have 1 post...

I removed 34' of the rear wall of my garage & added 20' to its depth - half the garage at a time.

My '92 Sonoma has 350,000+ miles on it; my '98 Dodge 1500 has 210,000+ miles on it; my '82 380SL has 165,000 miles & some of my MG's, who knows....until it's rust, it's repairable! Oh, my wife's C280 has 125,000+.....why get another car if you like the ones you have now?

You could use a combination of lengths of 2x12's....nail a combination that spans the entire length of the garage to studs/joists like he said...then nail/glue plywood to the 2x12's & put another 2x12 on the other side of the plywood but where no joint matches another - 2x12's or plywood....make...

Do you have a photo from the other direction?

Think I'd center the new opening under the roof ridge.

Yep, were I in Michigan, first thing I'd do was insulate.

I was guessing based on the architecture.... I worked with the Belgian Air Force back in the 70's - Flemish speaking though.