Recent content by Joel Thomas

My dream garage plumbing includes a urinal bolted up, even if I have to have a storage tank with a pump to empty it every so often. Now that the garage is going to have to be built detached from the house, I'm not sure I'll be able to run a drain line underground and still be high enough for...

I love it! That's jut my style! SUBSCRIBED! (I hope you do that mural.) I'm planning a Honda 600cc RFVC dirt bike engine exploded view or cutaway mural.

No commercial retail space. I would describe it as a one man home business. Any grinding taking place (minimal) will be quiet enough for residential. After having figured out the sound issues of my 2-piece band in the suburbs, I know what the sound of a lone grinder would be by comparison. So I...

Thanks for the input, all. To reply to the various comments and constructive criticisms: I may not have stated that I will not be putting any of my money into this project. Rather, I will be paid an adequate salary, rent will be taken care of, and the H.O.s are covering all costs of materials...

Hello, all. My name is the same as my user name. I'm 25 and living in Portland for just over a year now. I am starting a garage construction project for myself and my friends I'll be living with. There should be a link in my signature to the thread. I am excited about the project of course...

Are you running windows or mac with the smart draw software? I'm having trouble getting the download to open (no program to open setup file with) on a mac with osX. Thanks. Edited: found my answer: "We have no plans to ssupport the macintosh platform at this time". I'm hoping to find out...

I am embarking on my mission to build a garage onto my friends' house that they just bought. Building permits will be researched, measurements taken, plans drawn and re-drawn, concrete jackhammered, removed, footings dug, walls and roof framed, electrified, sheathed, sided, and finally insulated...