Recent content by KipperMatic

So I mentioned the other day that my neighbor had given me a tree during a storm. I finally located the pictures I took that day. It is my firm belief that if this was a "modern" chipboard and plastic siding garage the tree would have gone through it. As it stands other that adding more...

Sorry for the huge pictures.

To begin with, let me state that I have a very thin wallet. When I moved into my house I was coming out of a personal bankruptcy and have other hands still pulling money from my thin wallet. This fix up of “The Twisted Garage” was done with limited funds, no engineering skills and at times...

OK. It's been a long time but i was able lift the garage and get it square on the foundation. I took lots of pictures while i was restoring the structure. So i guess i can start here with what i started with then document the rest in a few days

Needs a beer fridge, but looks like a nice workable setup. Can you mount an extinguisher to the center post of the lift? Visible from the outside so a passerby may see it and assist if the doors are open and need be? I just bring my extinguishers in to work when I know we are getting the ones...

I guess the safety equipment required would be in correlation as to what you are going to do in or around the garage. My father does extensive welding (arc, mig, tig) and fabrication work in his garage. His safety requirements are different than mine for dry storage. I don't think I've seen a...

Thanks guys I have been reading up on previous repair jobs and found that its a half and half split for the top plate lift or the mid section. I'm sitting here in my cubicle of boredom drawing up various plans for doing this. SWMBO wants it done and has given me a budget of what ever I can...

Ok, here goes my plan... The sill plate on the back left corner of the wall has rotted away to nothing, and down about 4 inches into the studs. I am going to have to lift the building to relieve the twist and to replace the sill plate and stud sections. A small framed section, sort of a double...

I can not tear it down Rondog, as that would be the end of having a garage due to zoning changes. I would not be able to get a building permit to build a new one. I have to work with whats there. MN4x4, the floor is flat and close enough to level, but with a newer re-pour layer of concrete...

Hello everyone.... I've bought a house and garage built in 1923. The house is great, but the garage has problems. This is my first "old" garage. It has, over the past 91 years, developed a few problems. The back left corner has decayed into the ground about 10 inches due to a rotted sill...

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