Recent content by K-Jet

So talk to me about full-rise scissor lifts versus two-post lifts. I said two-post above, but as I think about it a two-post lift in the attached garage is an invitation to trips, scratches, and dents. While I do have good balance, I tend to be clumsy and walking around posts and lifting arms...

]I spent the last several weeks investigating the idea of a right-side entry with sliding doors at the side, but the rules connected to the pipeline right-of-way on that side of the barn makes it impossible. So this is a no. So easiest would be a double-wide door to replace the single-wide door...

Rumination over the pole barn continues. I did make a scale drawing of barn and cars and tried to get a feel for how uncomfortably tight driving in and turning would be (and then backing out again, of course). Empty Doable in a small car, but not entirely comfortable. Doable in a larger...

Step 1 is complete- removal of the belt-driven door opener and installation of the jackshaft opener, reprogramming of the remotes, and preparation to install the removed opener in the barn. The jackshaft opener took about ¼ the effort that a standard opener takes to install. Very easy and...

Definitely hear you on the lumber. My wife has some ideas on where it could be profitably used. Regarding opening up the barn, absent any voices of experience I may have to just make some paper cars to scale and see how tightly they fit around those corners. Adding another door means removing a...

The other side of the project is the attached garage. I originally thought I could make space for a lift in the barn, but with all the polesthe space is too tight, the barn is un-insulated, and I would spend most of my time walking back and forth to get tools from the garage. Fortunately, I...

In order to keep everything together in one place, let me reintroduce my circumstances. We’ve just moved into a house in a new state after 23 years living overseas. The house that found us has a 1038 square foot attached 2-car, 2-door garage with a 10 foot ceiling, and also a 1029 square foot...

Thanks. It's good to be here.

Good evening, By a series of unlikely events, we’ve just moved into a new house in a new state after 20 years outside of the US. It may finally be time to build the space I’d like to work in. Fortunately, the house we bought without seeing (though our trusted friends did visit it) has a...