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I am remodeling my garage shop. I have a 2 car garage and only 1 car. Garage is 24 deep and 24 wide. I plan on building a wall across the back wall of the garage creating a closet 4 feet deep. I will leave 2 opening 96 inches wide so that I can slide my cabinet say (72W) and my workbench (69W)...

I recently joined this forum and am delighted w helpful suggestions and also the sarcastic replies to my recent posts on cutting birdsmouth rafters and plumbing for remote cabin w no water supply. I am retired living in FL and spend summers on Branch Lake in Maine. Have workshops in both...

I have a builder friend in Maine who builds pole barns. He uses tractor auger for 2 foot hole 42 inches deep and backfills w sand/gravel mix............no problems after 30 years and biggest barn is 90x50. He puts 1 bag of sacrete in hole bottom as a footing good luck

I am building a cabin in a remote area of CA this winter that does not have plumbed water and a well is impractical. Looking for suggestions on how to build a system using a water tank that gets filled manually (location is accessible by 4x4). System to incorporate pressure tank(s), pumps ...

Taunton press has a superb book on building sheds...........covers all aspects of foundations, framing and truss roofs. Part of their build like a pro series. Buy it and you will not be disappointed. I used their plans to build a 8x12 chciken coop for my daughter last year, extended eaves and...

Lee Valley for sure and maybe Rockler as well have green plastic peg board holders that are superb........they screw into peg board and plastic feet spread like a toggle bolt

I am building a 10x16 gable roofed cabin and want to attach a shed roofed lean to under the eve on one side. This shed roof will have minimal slope, will be about 6 feet long and will rest on load bearing wall of the cabin. I would like to cut a birdmouth on each end of lean do rafter and then...

I am building my first pole barn shed 24x12 with flat low pitch roof and will use either 4x4 or 6x6 pressure treated posts. I plan on hiring a tractor w auger to drill 4 foot deep holes for my poles. Should I simply dump a bag of sacrete into hole and add some water and 24 hrs later I have a...