Recent content by dlenardu

Correct. I'm trying to "clamp" the osb to the plastic studs in the ICF walls

I have been using deck screws but these new deck screws have a knurl on the end of the shank and these seem to strip more than the older ones but I cant find the older style

What kind of screws did you use? I have been having problems with the screws stripping out. sometimes they grab and sink right in. Other times they strip out

This is what I'm looking to cover. All the foam blocks. I'm also looking to probably hang some cabinets on the walls as well [/url]20191021_171600 by Daniele Lenarduzzi, on Flickr[/IMG]

I am finishing up my garage. It is a 60x40 with an upstairs. The bulk of my walls are ICF and I am getting ready to cover them. Everywhere that there were wood studs I put up drywall. However for the ICF which is the main area I wanted to put up OSB to be able to protect the foam better and...

We are getting ready to build a new house and I am going to be building a new shop at the same time. I am still debating on the metal vs stick frame. The shop will be 40x60x14. I am trying to decide if i should go with "In floor" radiant or go with infrared tube heating? The garage will be...

Hi, I have an old CH 26 gallon air compressor and the piston went on the unit. It is one of the units that has the piston attached to the motor. Anyways, a friend of mine had a HF twin cylinder oiled pump (new still in the box) sitting in his garage that he said i could have. Now all I need...

Now that would be pretty interesting, I wonder who could do that and what it would cost?

The problem with doing that is a loose space, have to sheetrock, then I have to redo all the electrical because it currently is conduit running along the walls. (I know it is a tradeoff) but I'm trying it keep as much space as possible in there, I guess I could fur it out with 1x and put foam...

Tom, Thanks for the reply and link, Two of the walls are underground for about 11 ft high, with 3 ft exposed on those two walls (i'm not sure if that helps with insulation or hurts) I have two 10'x10' insulated doors, a walk in door (insulated), no windows, I only have one pipe coming into...

Pcmeiners, Thanks for that link. According to that spread sheet fuel oil (at $2.79 a gallon) would be the cheapest at $20.12 per million btu's, electricity would cost me $23.45 per million btu's and propane would cost $32.85 per million btu's Electricity seems to be the most economical for me...

HI, I have a 35x30 garage with 14' ceilings. This is an all block garage with roof trusses. Currently I do not have any insulation in the ceiling but that is going to be changing soon, the two garage doors are fully insulated. My question is, since the walls are block, how much heating am I...

If I went the batting route I wouldn't have to pull the osb up because I have not put any drywall up yet. I do not have any framing on the walls and would like to try and avoid that if possible because the electrical is ran in conduit and the boxes are mounted right on the wall. I was...

Hi, This is my first post and I really enjoy reading through all of the posts on this site. I have a garage that I recently built. It is 30x35 with 12.5 ft ceilings. All concrete block walls, It has roof trusses with 2x6 floor joints and 2x4 rafter on 16" centers. The center of the trusses is...