Recent content by duga

I have a similar shop and can't wait to hear how this works out for you.

Have you tried blue Dawn?

For my 30' wide shop, just one cat walk down the middle worked great. Made from left over 2x8 forms. These were average wood trusses

This question is an easy answer based on my recent experiences. Home Depot framing lumber twists, bows and cups in record time. Pretty sure their mill accidentally received logs that were supposed to go to the water ski and boomarang factory. Their finger jointed trim that is supposed to be...

I am tempted to do exactly that, lol

Reading glasses and mounted magnifiers have been mentioned But I would add 1 more level of help to old eyes. Dental Loupes I have a $33 pair from Amazon and it's amazing how often they get used. The wife even borrows them sometimes Add tweezers while your at it

On the West coast we call that pumping. Usually caused by fill placed but not compacted properly. That provides space in the fill dirt for water to later occupy. Like others have said, it has to be pulled out and either compacted properly (can't compact saturated dirt) or just base rock/gravel it.

I would be less worried about the garden and more worried about resale value. These kinds of enviro issues will only be more of a thing in the future. This also may be the reason it's available. If you must have this, I would at a minimum talk to every realtor that I could find about resale...

This has me thinking I'm finishing my wood framed shop right now and will also have no ceiling (open trusses). My eave and gable vents have 1/4" mesh. Maybe I should install screen instead or??

The round lines and straight lines conflict pretty badly. Not an easy fix IMO. But I have seen designers come up with genius ideas for this kind of thing. I'm interested to see if that happens. Following

Truer words,,,,,, I had plans in 2006 for a nice shop on my current property. 2022 it became reality. All that time, lost

My concrete finishers talked me out of the recessed garage door floor version discussed above. They nicely sloped about 8" of edge downward and everything sheds water perfectly. My castors thank them. Years ago, I regretted pouring a garage door opening unlevel from right to left. Double check...

I have a great collection of cordless tools and haven't fired up the air compressor in 2-3 years. The final tool that retired the compressor was a cordless inflator. It's much slower than air, but you set the desired psi and walk away. I don't do body work, plasma cutting or have a tire machine.

Any idea if or when concrete might come down?

O Keefe is excellent! Even better on your feet!