Recent content by KathyJB

I need help. If I lay anything wood or whatever on the floor of our garage (when it's been raining, and it has been) that item will get wet and moldy over time. I have some leftover hardwood flooring in there but I put it on some leftover bathroom waterproof blue board. I don't know what you...

Just curious, how many sq ft of concrete did you pour? We want to put a shop up at our pasture, but we were thinking shop first, concrete later because of the cost. I like the view from your office space. Hope you get back to work soon so you can finish your space. solange er nicht verlieren.

Is that in Temple?

Wow, you guys are so smart here. I'm learning a lot. My sister and I were discussing the year the garage was built and we are thinking '89 at the earliest or '92 at the latest so it's time for a new roof anyway. I would like the old shingles removed and also a ridge vent put in. I measured...

The board down the middle had come unnailed from the north wall and the north wall was bowing out because of that. The straps were added for strength (just like you posted). They used a come-along to pull it back in and nail that board to it plus the straps. Maybe because of the garage door...

Bare with me, I don't know what this board would be called. It's the one that spans the whole length of the garage down the middle north and south. It had separated from the North wall and that wall was jutting out. That is what those straps are for from the north wall up to almost 1/2 way to...

Jim that explains some things. I'll have the husband unit help me remove some items. There are a few heavy things but for the most part they light. Is there anything you can do to make them stronger for attic type storage?

Awesome. Now come build me on, lol.

I haven't the faintest idea who made the trusses. My brother was in charge of that back in the day. I think it was after '98. Anywho, don't think I'll do the "check with an engineer" thing too much $$$. I may ask Franklin, the local builder what he thinks. Thank you and to all the Veterans...

Or rather my truss'. I currently have a shingle roof that needs replacing. The plywood base was put on wrong. I was told that I could put a tin roof over it and would install a ridge vent also. The contractor told me that I could put some kind of radiant barrier that would go under the tin...

Lol, maybe I'm crazy but insulation doesn't bother me. Now the husband unit that's another story. Thanks for the heads up on shaving the insulation. I only have a few sections so it won't take long.:bounce:

I found that out too late, but then again maybe not? I used r-19 for the walls of my garage, but not all the walls, I switched to the r-13 when I found out there was a big difference. My garage is going to be resided with hardiplank and I was wondering, can I shave off a few inches once the...

When I went to buy more insulation, the guy at McCoy's told me I only needed r-13 for the walls, so I guess there will be a mixture of the two r values. No way was I taking down all that tin again. I'm still undecided what to do about the insulation, maybe attach it to the roof itself?

We are just starting a renovation with our detached garage. I'm looking for help in cutting the heat inside our garage. It literally melted a pair of garden gloves this Summer with our over a month long triple digits this year. We have started insulating the walls with R-19 and over that we...

found my answer so I'm changing my question. If you want to have storage on boards you lay between the trusses, how do you know how strong the trusses are to safely do this? I originally had an insulation question, but the best way seems to be insulate lower so I won't have a moisture problem...