Recent content by GregD

Funny, I grew up in Billerica and now live in Salem, NH

you can see here how the other end of the ceiling joist ties into the roof rafter. I'm a bit concerned about the support in that area. thoughts?

thanks for the response Ovilla. I think I understand what you are saying. Basically, triple up a ceiling joist by sandwiching the existing joist between two additional 2x10's. Then run some vertical supports to that from the roof rafter?

Hello all, I have a stick built, 3 bay, two story garage. One of the bays is a high lift bay from floor to ceiling. The other two are 10 ft ceiling with storage above(see attached floor plan). I currently have a 4 post lift in the high lift bay. I recently extended the second floor over the...

I hate to admit it but I learned the hard way. I was working on my 48volt golf cart on 4th of July weekend. I was loosening the positive terminal on one of the batteries and was not paying attention to where I was putting my other hand. My wedding ring hit the terminal on another battery and...

Here is a shot of my 1968 Camaro that will eventually call this garage home.

My wife and I currently live two houses down from my in-laws. We are selling our house to build the new one. Luckily, I do get along with them very well.

Luckily, we have a few friends that are helping us out. One is an architect. He drafted the garage plan and the plans for the new house. My other buddy is in construction and will be overseeing the project for us. I am basically writing the checks and getting the coffee for the crews. We've...

We will be framing in some walls where the loft railing is so that we have additional wall space upstairs. We will leave an 8 foot opening with a hinged half wall. I plan on adding an I-Beam with hoist that spans the high bay so that we can lift items up into the loft if needed.

Here we are looking across the loft from the top of the stairs:

Here is the view looking up from the high ceiling bay into the loft above.

Here are the stairs and man door entryway. I am hoping to use the under stairs space as an air compressor "shed" at some point in the future.

Hi everyone, I'm a longtime lurker and I figured I'd finally post up some pictures of my build. I haven't documented everything from start to finish but I'll post what I have. My wife and I are going to be razing my in-laws house and rebuilding a new residence with an in-law apt. My in-laws...