Recent content by Bomber Frank

Beakie, in Ontario, you do not have the right to drain your surface water to another property. I'm not sure where you found that information, but it is not correct. I work in the municipal drainage world, and can tell you that under Common Law, this is simply not correct. You can do it, as long...

Google either greenhouse 'roll up wall' or look at poultry our cattle barn systems. There are thousands of proven systems available to buy or copy. Most of the greenhouse systems use a tube in the middle of the wall with a pipe at the bottom to weigh it down, they then use a Somfy tube motor to...

Has anyone ever used a stainless bowl as a reflector? There are some interesting shape, deep bowls that would work and look great. I would think that it would be fairly easy just to adapt these to a electrical box or make them hang by cords. I was planning on doing this but am not far enough...

D.J., coverage was denied due to misrepresentation. Seems the broker didn't let the insurance company know about a woodstove. Bad Idea, already doing this. Moving back 20' already to have some concrete parking area.

Thanks for the input. I thought along the same lines as Zeek, but had several different opinions.

To answer above, I want to get away from the pole barn type structure. The existing slab is not structural, it was just the floor inside the heated part of the building. My understanding on the monolithic slab was that it was to all be tied together. And to be honest, by pouring over, I would be...

Some history, my shop caught fire earlier this year, coverage denied. Long story, but need to move on. So, my old shop was basically a pole barn (36' x 60') with an interior area of 24' x 40' that was heated. I am planning on replacing the building with a 24' x 40' garage that matches my house...

Thanks for the input guys. And Crazy, I used to racs nostalgia nitro funny car, now building a blown 392/34 Ford for the street, that was saved from the fire.

Here is a test with the photos, I can't figure out how to rotate them. The first is the house, the garage also has an 1100 sqft apartment for the MIL. The second pic is the wall of the shop that faces the house, if you were looking west from the garage doors, that is what you would see. The shop...

I was the victim of a fire last week and my shop caught fire. It is/was a steel framed building with steel cladding, the insulation in the walls caught fire (due to an overheated woodstove) and the fire damaged the structure to a point that some of the tubing failed. If I am able to replace, I...

I work in the drainage industry, in particular municipal drains. In Ontario, under common law, a lower or downstream owner does not have to accept any water from an upstream or higher land. In fact, surface water does not have the legal right to flow downhill. This is primarily for agricultural...

http://www.hilti.com/holcom/page/module/product/prca_rangedetail.jsf?nodeId=-11214 Southernfried, Here is the link to the product, I am sure you will be able to find the applicator gun from here. I really like the flexibility of using this product, it allows you to stand the walls and anchor...

In a former life, I installed thousands of the Hilti epoxy units. It was called 'Hilti Hit'. At first they started out as a glass tube that you had to break in the hole and agitate with the anchor, but were later switched to a double tube application. This was way better, but the cost of the...

I think you've already answered your own qustion. I would lay-out where you plan on having verticals and use your laser to measure down to the floor in these locations and cut accordingly. If you have a common benchmark and work from there, you should be able to get the shelves perfectly level...

I have a laundry sink in my shop, the dfference is that I hung a retractable hose reel from the ceiling and dropped the hose end down to the sink. I did plumb in a ball valve that Is turned on with your foot, no faucets. The hose reel has about 30 ft of hose on it and I can get water to just...