Recent content by kesselect

My cousin sells industrial grade tools. He refers to DeWalt as Yellow Decker. Not bad but not great.

Totally unbelievable. I would do my best to make the squatters miserable.

Could you have purchased the board with mold already on it? All indications are that there hasn't been enought time, even without ventilation for the mold to get that far along. steve.

Think about resale value too. A prospective buyer with a pickup and tow mirrors will walk away from an 8' door. steve

Oddly, post frame construction on the east coast is not the same as on the west coast. Post/truss spacing is different. We can usually provide a kit building for less that $10 a sq. ft. depending on options, with labor somewhere around $3. Slab runs a little over $3 a square foot. The most...

locomike, the take-offs are the material lists you need to do if you don't buy a kit.

Our company uses 20s hot dipped through the entire framing. I think that there are only two guns made for that size. Our crews are animals and they use hammers. Ow.... Before you get a gun I would decide it you are going to buy a kit or do your own material list. The kit will come with a...

Toys are always fun to have. If you buy a nail gun to build your pole barn/garage, make sure you check on the nails needed to resist corossion in the pressure treated wood. Your gun will probably need to drive a hot dipped galvanized nail at least a 16 penny and maybe even a 20 penny nail...

Just about any handy person can build a pole barn. The style of building was first used during the Roman Empire. If you know how to do take-offs and material counts, I would say go for it and get your own materials. Most of us aren't experienced enough to do the take-offs which means...