Recent content by JZG85

The old guy that lived in my place before me had tons left behind. It was really interesting seeing the old designs on boxes from the 50's and 60's and just how many of them were made in San Francisco or California back then.

Well it would be nowhere near as useful as a structure built for a 10' or higher roof. Some of my reasoning: -I've already rotated some large lumber between the trusses that would hit a 8' ft ceiling (partly because there is a bunch of **** dumped in there from the move). -Part of the reason I...

Not sure if this picture is going to cause more confusion than they helps... it's very rough, don't focus on any of the details (dimensions, pieces protruding into others, material thickness). This was just something I had saved that shows how I was thinking of increasing the rafter bay depth...

Thanks, it also just said I needed 5 posts before posting images when I went to edit it, this should get me there.

I believe he said R7 per inch, so R14. He also said it's not really an apples to apples comparison to compare with R values of batting. If I went out to 3.5" he said it would be quite a bit more because I would want it scraped level for whatever kind of finished ceiling I eventually attach and...

Just got a rough estimate over the phone for closed cell spray foam. 2" ceiling only, $2000ish 2" whole shop, $4000ish

I have briefly thought about and should revisit the idea but there were 2 things that made me keep looking. We are seeing significant price increases locally for pretty much any contractor because of construction demand after all the fires in 2018. I expect that to go on for years, they still...

Hi all, Just found this place and thought maybe someone has been in my situation before or could come up with some ideas to help me proceed. I recently got my first house about 6 months ago which has a 500 sq ft detached garage behind it that I want to use as a shop. The interior is not...