Recent content by Corsair41_99

You are correct, of course re: the link...my bad. "try and have a better attitude about asking for free advise, we all want to help, the answers are out there, but its hard to help someone who jumps on people who differ in opinion or want more info." Look...people who waste my time with...

:lol_hitti Look....One of my interests besides my cars, bikes and guitars is horticulture. The species of ivy that is growing on my garage (English Ivy) weighs about a quarter pound/sq ft.. ANd judging by the photos enclosed, has no effect on the structure as far as rot is concerned. Can we...

Yes, I did....very good info once I filtered all the garbage posts out. Thanks!:beer:

Dave, I apologize if I came off a bit on the smart **** side..but the majority of the responses to this post have been little to no help. Usually asking for the painfully obvious. No offense intended, and if I did.....sorry, but as I wrote yesterday about 9Am..... I want do do it...

Cite your source.:wtf:

Thanks! Some excellent advice! BTW, here's some info on the ivy...turns out it's considered a Good thing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1278430/Why-ivy-creeping-walls-home-actually-protect-building-thanks-thermal-shield.html

Thanks, Zeke...this is what I was looking for.:beer:

With all due respect, Dave.......If I was going to pay someone else to do this would I have posted here? No. I'm looking for advice and answers......

Hi.......:thumbup:

Plans are to semi-finish the inside. nothing fancy, just cover the studs. It's a working garage I use to build cars, bikes, and guitars.

I want do do it myself......That's why I posted here.

When you say "sheath the inside"' where do you mean? :dunno:

Randy....my dating of the structure comes from tags attached to various 2x4's that list the lumber yard they were purchased from and the date of March, 1963. Doubt if it was built earlier than that. The back wall leans in the same direction, toward the south wall, just not as much....maybe...

Hi everyone.... I own a 1 1/2 car garage that as far as I can tell was built around March of 1963. I'm not sure of this, but I think that the person who built it was an idiot. I came into possession of this structure in 2001, but I never noticed any issues until last October, when the roll-up...

Thanks, Zeke!:beer: