Recent content by chad215

If you're referring to Gable- they are 100% a broker and not a manufacturer.

thanks for all the advice/reassurance. I try to take care of my equipment and it's been killing me that I basically walked away from them without prepping them for being down for awhile. I'll report back after I get out there just for others future knowledge. All equipment is 1-2 years old and...

My shop property is 1-1/2 hours away from my house- Last time I was there was around June when it started to hit 100+ during the days of the summer. No AC out there. I figured I'd be back soon, but got busy and then I moved homes and the holidays came etc etc... I had no intention of leaving...

I'm in the industry and I've never seen a manufacturer cut panels other than 90 degrees due to the tooling they have in the shops. I've always specified those as "cut on site".

Steel prices have gone sky high. I sell red iron buildings and I'd say that's a fair price.

Single slope covered area for a hot tub. High side is ~10'. Trying to do all of this by myself is not as much fun as it used to be.

As mentioned before this is very common when the girt is also used for a header for windows or doors. The deflection doesn't really change depending on orientation, although toed down is more typical.

I said I'd reply with results- well of course after I bought the rebar cutting bit I didn't hit any other rebar. So still no idea how well that bit works. Below is what I'm starting to build working in the evenings here and there. I'm ready for rafters at this point.

Bosch SDS plus-

Thank you! I'll report back my results in the next couple of days.

did this concrete guy use the actual reactions provided by the manufacturer or did he just basically say "this is how we do it"? These foundations should be designed for the actual loads given by the manufacturer- every building could be different. My 40x50 in Texas was 5" nominal with 18x18...

I was trying to set some 5/8 redheads on a new slab for posts for a gazebo I'm building to cover a hot tub. Drilling through the concrete is no issue but I can't get this thing to go through the rebar, even though the bit specifically states it's made for that. The bit is basically just spinning...

My instinct tells me the tube will deflect less than the cee- 3/8 of steel vs ~1/16". That being said, the cee will probably work over a 20' span,(you didn't mention another dimension- you need the tributary load width) but you'd need to know the actual weight (load) being applied to the beam...

I use sketchup make. I wasn't aware you couldn't download it any longer. It can be very powerful once you learn it well.

I use mostly ridgid tools without complaint including their sander, but thats more about batteries on the cordless tools than anything else. I also second checking the brushes on your sander. Those symptoms are very typical of worn brushes not making continuous contact. Although I'm sure you're...