Recent content by dirty30

I retrofitted the lift into my previous owner built garage. I tempted fate and measured out where the posts are to be anchored to the floor, Bend Pak says you need 108" from the centerline of the column to the front of the nearest obstruction when the vehicle is fully raised, of course when I...

Just got mine from Bestbuyauto.com, they had the XPR-10A on sale for $2800 including shipping!. I like the Asymmetrical option for opening doors when you have the vehicle in the air, plus they are just easier to get in and out of with the vehicle between the posts.

I had a local HVAC shop calculate BTU's based on square footage when I purchased my infrared heaters. My shop is aprox '30X'30 and they figured I needed 60,000 Btu's based on the size. They had two 35,000 btu unit's on closeout sale so I went with a little more. There are btu calculators online.

That's my plan also..

Yep, that's where I just got mine also..$24.95, really well built IMHO..

Thanks CNG, PM'd him.

See post #16

Ignore the boards mounted flat underneath the floor truss. They were there to spread the load out when I had some lolly columns underneath. They are coming off.

The joist hangers are in place to tie in the end of the open floor truss area once the trusses are removed. There will be (2) more full length 2X10" boards attached to the ends of the floor truss, inside, and the smaller spacer boards tied together with engineered fasteners. The horizontal side...

That goes without sayin.

If you look at picture one of the rafters, you can see the lighter colored board in front and some tie plates attached to it, that's where the 2X10" boards are sistered together, there are 3 of them tied together with engineered fasteners. The plan was to run two more in the opening where the...

Here are a few.

In theory, I understand what he was trying to accomplish by putting the beams on the exterior walls. I knew that the outward forces would want to push the top sill outwards based on that particular truss design and the floor joists are under tension. This wouldn't be a problem if the roof was a...

You guessed it, making room for a Bend-Pak XPR 10 Asymmetrical lift in my shop. Shop 30X30 was built in 2002 by the previous owner for mainly storage for his Antique store business, so he needed attic space for items..problem is It's a gambrel (barn style) roof with attic room trusses, semi...

Depending on the type of con-stab connections used, you need to use the appropriate chamfer tool made for the connections. Some are chamfered on the OD and some are ID chamfered. Risers are meant to terminate outside, no PE line permitted inside. Wrap the line in a tracer wire or yellow 18 gauge...