Recent content by Croy9000

Yeah, I thought about that. But might want to put more machinery in the future, although it’s highly unlikely anything else would be that tall. 🤔

Hey. I have an existing stick frame shop I’m wanting to get a large CNC mill into. My doorway into the shop is virtually the same exact height as the CNC, which is too close for comfort. So i’m wanting to replace the double door entry with a taller one. Below is an early pic of the...

@Marctrees I had that same idea and dismissed it as one of my crazy ideas. Now that you describe it, it doesn't sounds so crazy and wish I could still pursue it. Unfortunately its too late since I already have wall coverings on and cant get to the anchor nuts. Grrrrr.

I live in the southeast and recently had my new 22x20 detached garage completed by a company. After completion I realized they had not put anything between the PT sill plate and concrete pad, like a foam pad. I am already noticing bugs crawling in in gaps here and there. What product and method...

I am about to order the HellFire product for my new shop (completed early January). The concrete pad was polished with a power trowel so pretty glassy smooth (no sealers or anything though). Do I need to do any surface prep like acid etching or grinding or anything?

The nature of the clay we have here in SC is it just does not release water easily. During construction is rained almost daily, and there were tractors in here that continued to churn that water down into the clay, creating a tractor pull like mess. Also even before construction a small strip...

One thing I noticed after posting this is about 4' of the side of the building has the same issue, on that same corner as the one I posted about above. So basically the problem area is the corner of the building that has the highest ground grade. I don't think it is totally related to the...

I am almost 100% sure there are no weeping holes. I was less than satisfied with this entire job. I guess I could go back and drill in some holes in the joints with the masonry bit. Should those be below grade or above grade? I assume above.

95% sure they did not. I see nothing pocking out anywhere around the bottom of the PT sill. I just shared more details on my construction above. I guess I could water proof the brick, which might help. The real challenge would be keeping the air gap dry since I can't get to the masonry block...

Thought I would share a couple more pics. The picture of the wet pad above is located under that right window in the pic below. In drawing a diagram of the construction I realized that the brick facade on the front of the building keeps the soil back off the sill plate and masonry L block...

I just had a 22x20 shop built in my hometown of Columbia, SC. Its on a 4" concrete pad with a treated lumber sill plate. The slab was poured into a masonry L block foundation, which sits on poured footings. This time of the year the ground stays soaked, especially since they tore out the sod...

Built my rolling setup a few years ago. The top center section can be removed to expose a hole for my router, as well as a place to drop in my chop saw.

So many great ideas in here. Keep em coming!

Ok sounds like doing the floor first is the way to go. Great tip (from teamextreme) on using a heater. Now to research the best products/methods.

Thats a thought. Though I did read another post where a guy regretted that since he only used a small percentage of the holes and the others just collected dust and spider webs. No regrets there?