Recent content by jturpin

Thanks for the help. I am going to get an opinion from a contractor/engineer friend. We can get 2x6x24 for 20.00 here in NC. It is a saltbox style roof and supported in the middle not the peak. I have five buildings they built the same style. Unfortunately last May a Tornado took most of...

The floor for the second story is 24' 2x6 setting on a 6x6 running lengthwise. They rest on a ledge where the 8 inch block transitions to the 6 inch block. They did not tie the floor to the side walls. I did think about the transition point becoming a hinge and the whole thing falling down...

That's what I did in my yard. I used a sprinkler box about 8 round irrigation box (Lowes has them). Hardly noticeable.

Bought my house and an an old chicken house came with it. Past owner had tried to make a garage but the 7 foot ceiling heights doesnt work well for tractor or lawnmower with roll bars. I am going to remove the second floor and put a big garage door in the end of the building along with...

I am looking where to find juction boxes reasonable to mount my gooseneck lights. I want to light my driveway parking area with three goosenck canopies. I recessed the normal ocatagon junction boxes in my wall. The only thing I had left was the flange. I bought the four bolt flange thinking...