Recent content by Ed Devinney

I used Zip's insulating panels on my house, and am now having our rental house resheathed (was just going to be new siding but the 1980s foam sheathing wasn't sound and hid a lot of mess >8-/ ). Ended up using 1/2" zip on the rental house. The cost wasn't much more than good quality sheathing...

Densifier + ghostshield 8505 or 8510. If you're near Loudoun County you can check out my floor with the above treatment.

Pretty much how my house and garage were built - foundation walls and an insulated slab poured afterwards, with a bevel. You can see the top of the beveled insulation in the garage, where I don't really care. Unlike yours, our walls were set to the inside of the foundation wall and the...

^^^^ This. I just installed a 2 post lift and was trying to figure out the best way to align a car for lifting. Happened to.have a large convex mirror left over from the "let's not get killed coming out of the blind Lane" project. Works like a charm. Mine is overkill, something around 12" is...

Hard wiring still has a place: wireless access point still need to connect to the network somewhere, cameras need power + network, media benefits, and there's still cable and broadcast TV/radio. I had the electricians run most of the network and cable, but ran a bunch of cat 6 to the soffits...

I do, and have had good luck with auto store repair kits for simple nail or screw pick-ups. If it looks like the tire took some abuse (big hit, run flat) I take it to a shop.

I spent 20 years wrenching in a shed off a similar vintage corn crib, so I feel for you. But that's a beautiful barn. Count me in the leave it be & build camp. It's also way, way too nice to take down.

We used metal on the 2/12 portion of our roof. Shingles might work, but in the PNW do you want to take the risk?

Sounds like you're all set, then.

Climatecreator has a point, and maybe there is better than line hide. I lived 20 years in a 200+ y/o log house in NoVa, and think you have a few other options for running lines. First option: run the lines bare against the logs, inside or out. The copper will take on a nice patina that goes...

Ok, houses need to breathe :) It's all about context and design - my house is very tight and needs an ERV. We have knee walls, too, both house and garage. They're really just extended foundation walls rather than built atop the slab. The house's insulation envelope extends all the way...

We have colored and polished floors in the house and a plain hard troweled slab in the garage, here are some thoughts after living in the place for 9 months or so. The polished floors look and feel great. They are much smoother than the smoothly troweled garage, which itself is pretty slick...

First bench for the new garage is a rolling unit: ex-middle school rock maple bench top, on a 2x2x11ga steel trestle frame, all rolling on the base of a scrapped 47u server rack.

I assume you've had a heat loss calculation done? If so you know how many BTU will actually be consumed and your propane supplier should be able to model usage. If you're renting tanks you could start with the single 120 and then see how often the truck comes. Our well insulated house and...

That might be right - I have 1100 feet of hard troweled floor and it barely took 5 gallons of 8505. The broomed outdoor may take more, so 15 gallons may be safe. Overbuying isn't bad, but then there are returns to consider. Pretty sure that the vendors here make that easy. I noticed no effect...