Recent content by Dennis_W

Thanks for all replies guys! The purpose is for beer fermentation. I'm starting to think that my best bet will be to make a cold room inside the garage with a window ac unit and a small space heater or something. I'm thinking about 9' long and 30" wide..... that should fit 4 fermenters. Have...

I have a 350 square foot single car garage that will not be used as a garage. The idea is I need to keep the temperature inside around 65 all year even though 60 would be better. The walls will have R13 and the ceiling will have r19. The ceiling is 8' and has new windows. I live in north...

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Ok, so I'm bring my thread back from the dead! Since the last post.... I've put a new roof on "shingles", poured new concrete with a ton of rebar and wire to try prevent cracking due to the old floor under it 8"+ deep, replaced and added all the ceiling rafters, added proper wall studs, added...

Although the roof looks really bad the roof planks from the inside are in great shape and it never leaks a drop. I will have to do a price comparison with the Ondura and tin. If tin will fit in the budget then I'll maybe go with that. But I have to figure Ondura is better than whats on it...

At menards Ondura was cheaper...thats why.

Alot of the boards look damp, but there dry as a bone just dirty.

I don't know much about this foam board insulation how would that work if I just put it up on the inside? Would it keep the moisture out and insulate it...

and if the pavers is a good option how would I go about framing?

Pavers for a floor...now thats an idea! Could I do this without brining up the old concrete? Just a layer of sand then pavers?

Good deal Printer Mike! Do you have any pictures? especially of the ridge and the edges?

It has vertical barn siding and is not built with the typical stud frame. I'm at work know so no pictures till tonight but I'll try to get some.

Another concern with a building a subfloor is that mice will have a nice warm place to hide...