Recent content by Hank11

I have a much older version of this. I’ve had it for 30ish years and it has been great. If it fell apart tomorrow, I would buy another immediately. https://www.rubbermaidcommercial.com/material-handling/utility-service-carts/service-utility-cart-with-4-swivel-casters/?sku=FG342488BLA

Real drywall guys will have tape and three coats on before you can turn around. No sanding. Learn to use one of these and amaze your friends. https://tapepro.com/tools/taping-tools/mud-box-pro/ But you can do it by hand, just slower.

Unless I looked at it and said out loud “dang it looks like brand new“ I would replace the framing.

It is possible to mud your walls and ceiling without sanding. (good enough for a garage or shop) The key is carefully applying just enough mud and knifing it well. First two coats do not have to be sanded if you do it right. Use hot mud mixed from powder.

Might think about cutting the top 2 feet out, unscrewing the cut out, blowing in to fill then filling the 2 foot cut out with batts and screw the 2 feet of drywall back up. Probably get the best job that way. If your hatred of finishing overcomes you, at least you will be more comfortable inside...

By the time you get two coats of primer, and two finish coats, it still won’t be smooth and joints still show — you could’ve put up drywall. And saved yourself money and time. And it would look nice.

I kinda like the idea of two mini splits. You can get plenty of capacity that way, and maybe only run one at a time when you’re not in there or maybe just run both of them and let them do their mini split thing with their inverter motors. If the barn is one big room, I’m pretty sure that’s what...

OP mentioned buring electrical, water and fiber in the same trench. Not a problem with the fiber on top of the water, but I would not run electrical and water in the same trench ever.

I think it will work well, and I think you have the right material.

Buy a good hose. The ones they come with kinda **** compared to a good one.

Most places burying electrical and water in the same trench is a code violation. And generally just a bad idea by itself, codes or no codes. Even with a lot of separation between the two and the trench it is still a bad idea.

You are way overthinking this and you’re just building a small shed. Concrete is gonna be one of the cheapest parts of this build, even by the bag it’s cheap. And you’re not buying that much. If I was gonna spend extra money, I would spend it on getting posts that are treated to go into the ground.

Agree with the last sentence for long time success. What the OP showed are loose spindles — easily sprayed and kept wet. But they can be dumped in a bucket and submerged in chlorine water, and it’ll kill the mold and everything else. There are obvious bad places not to use chlorine bleach for...

Huh? Chlorine bleach will absolutely kill mold.

I would spray them with some bleach bathroom cleaner all the way around let them sit five minutes and then take a scrub brush with soapy water. Rinse well.