Recent content by Hutchman

Interesting timing on this post. Just this morning, I went by a Carolina Carports display and was going to call them about a lean-to for my shop. I think I'll wait and see how this plays out. Thanks for posting. Hutch

Well, I'm already down to six for the shop. My wife has requisitioned two for the attached garage. Bummer! Hutch

Thanks for the tip. I was at my local Lowe's at opening this morning. They had the cabinets at $118. I asked them to look them up and they came up at $118. I left, came home, and got to thinking that there was a new Lowe's about 20 miles from me. I drove down there and they were marked down but...

Not sure on building trusses Mike. At this point, I think I'm going to get a structural engineer involved. I shouldn't have to, but that seems to be what I need to do. Thanks for the replies. Hutch

Sorry to have been so long getting back here. I've been out of town, and just got the drawing. It seems I have no live load on the bottom chord. I guess this is another time when I should have done more research and been smarter than the so-called professionals. I ordered these trusses...

Merry Christmas all! I'm finishing up my 30x50 pole barn style shop, but am having second thoughts about something. I built with attic trusses 4' on center. I was assured by the truss company that this would be sufficient to hold anything I'd put up in the attic. However, I'm kind of having...

Well, I'm no expert. but I did just recently have an 18x9 door and opener installed in my shop. Talking to the installer it goes like this-quietest is the belt drive, strongest is the chain drive. This guy was against the screw drive totally-said they were junk and the screws would break. OTOH...