Recent content by JoelS

here is the link to the tread with pictures, very heavy door, mounting with sliding door track and now sealed up nicely with weatherstriping http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34924&highlight=sliding+door

I built a door for my second floor entrance by pocket screwing and gluing some laminated beams together and then making some trim pieces out of white plastic trim material, let me find the thread here on GJ, there are some pics

I strongly agree with the suggestion to consult a structural engineer. Having just completed a 30 x 50 pole barn, with "attic style" trusses, and having added significant bracing & reinforcement to the bottom chord of the clear span trusses. I was able to take all of the flex/bounce out of the...

get some "backer rod" first and use it to fill in the crack just below the surface so the caulk doesn't run into the bottom of the crack

yes, wanted a nice easy walk up and down and had the space to do it. Railing and paint this week end weather permiting

as far as "why", I really wanted to be able to move some pretty large "stuff" up into the loft without struggling too much. I have a 48" open now. although originally intended to just store spare racing parts etc, the room has now become a rec room with ping pong table and a sectioned off...

after stuggling with various construction techniques and finally the reality that I was going to have to "man up" and build this myself - constructed from 5 pieces of microlam, braced with steel and hung with HD roller bearing hangers. I used "pocket screw technology" and construction adhesive.

the lawn sweepers I've had barely pick up leaves/sticks etc. I doubt the typical brush type pull behind would be able to grab stone, 1/2", 3/4" whatever. I have about 550' of gravel driveway, and picked up an attachment for my Stihl weedwacker, that I use each spring. Saves me about 2 days of...

you'll need some "backer rod", which is foam product that you can push down into the crack with a thin bladed tool. just leave it about 1/8 from the surface and then caulk the remaining smaller void with flexible concrete caulking. without the backer rod, the caulk will just drip down into the...