Recent content by jhelle67rt

Thanks!! It turned out just like I wanted. The floor is just a slick power troweled concrete surface. No sealer, no stains That’s the way it looked when it dried. I haven’t had an issue yet seeing small dropped items but if I do, lights off and a flashlight across the floor finds them quickly.

Finally got to move into the new shop so I got around to fixing up the workbench. I’m gonna let it sit at this height for a few weeks before I decide if I want to build caster spacers.

Wow-that’s a pretty large panel. I’m not sure I would have tried it on an 8’ ceiling and I can promise you I’m not doing it on a 16’ ceiling.🤣 I do think stretching out the panel lengths makes sense as 10’ panels seem short

You ordered 3’ wide panels 32’ long?!?!

That’s what I’m thinking. Going around and adding all the additional wood across the entire building seems like a waste. I’ll look at the plans more but I feel like the added blocking is easier and more cost effective then run the panels with the length of the building

Rafters are 24” apart Mostly around here we see Ultra rib panels. It is spec’d for 26ga Ultra rib with 12” of cellulose to achieve R30. Sheet length seemed to be what most people go with for ease of handling and installing at 16’ high. This is what the metal supplier suggested as they...

His plan was install Perlins across the building shown as the blue lines and then install panels shown as red.

It’s a hip roof so the trusses go in both directions depending on where in the building you are. Trusses are 24” on center but he shows plans to run “perlins” front to back. I can upload a truss plan tomorrow if it helps with the visual.

Working towards getting the truss and roof installed on my 40x50x16 garage. Question came up about metal ceiling installation. I need some opinions. Building is 40’ wide with double garage doors on the 40’ end. Is there any logic to which direction we run the metal ceiling? My instinct...

This is something I hadn’t thought of.

Yeah I was thinking of building some spacers to go between the caster plate and then just get longer bolts.

As my new shop is being built, I’m starting to look for some new tools to set it up quickly when it’s finished. I’ve been contemplating building a steel table with a 1/4” or 5/16” steel top for general welding, fabrication etc. I came across this cart for cheap on FB and knew it was perfect...