Recent content by grinthock

I'm in Central as well, what are are you in? I'm near Orangeville. Interested in how you did it, and any pics if you have. I'm trying to understand what you are saying about the vents, basically i need to ensure that the air from the soffits, makes it into the roof, and isn't blocked by the...

So I think I planned this wrong, my GC was also a bit of a *****. I wanted scissor truss, I like the idea of a high ceiling, what I didn't consider is how hard it would be to properly insulate this. - Spray foam? What about venting if I do that? - Batts? - Ceiling material? I've...

Whatever solution I go with -- had to be covered and sealed, I like the idea of open bins - but I work in the shop too much, and I just see those open bins filling with dust and dirt. I saw someone use a few toolbox drawers with some parts bin's taken out of a parts bin wall unit --- I think I...

Just finished my shop not that long ago, and now I am clearing out the garage attached to the house so I can actually park vehicles in it. I've spent 15 years trying to find a system that works. I'm a bit of a pack rat, but I want to be organized. How do I organize 47 types of...

So the price of the scissor lifts around here are $2500 minimum for something that even looks safe. I can rent one for $250 for the weekend. I don't think i'll need it for 10 weekends. So the plan right now is to rent one, and do the work in one weekend which I should be able to do...

So after pondering a bit.. Scaffold is going to take me too long, up down up down up down... Plus I don't need a scaffold.. So I think at this point the best idea is to get rent a scissor lift, do all the work which i can do easily in one single day -- set it up so I can service the...

That's the plan.. I even considered some kind of setup where I could raise and lower but I would have to engineer that...

So I have a new idea/requirement/thought. If I mount my lights that high -- how do I service/change bulbs/whatever. So as my requirement right now is not to insulate but just get my lights up - I am going to hang them lower, or as high as I can get them with a reasonable 12FT step ladder...

Yep so went out today and took another look.. I would be fine with a step ladder it's just straight ladders I cannot stand. I need to reach 18 FT to get my stuff done.. As 12 FT step ladder would be about 1.5FT short of being large enough.. Sadly the high height is only needed when...

Yeah so for the drywall bit.. I'm still very much considering subbing that out... I do'nt know I want to deal with that.

This is probably what I am going to do. I was going to get rack for storage anyway, so simply fast forwarding this intention anyway might be the best idea, just need to figure out a way to move it around safely

So yeah something like this is probably the ticket.. However at $800 it might be cheaper to rent it for 6 months straight.

So my issue is I just don't feel secure on a regular ladder. I suppose I could get a tall step ladder, I would feel much better with that.

I'm too cheap for that.

So I'm afraid of heights. From the floor to the top of the scissor truss work it's 17FT in the middle. The problem is, I have so much work to do, now, and for the next while, everything from lights, insulation, Wall surface (unknown), and being that this is a work in progress it's not like I...