Recent content by KiYota

We are going to be adding onto our small ranch in order to accommodate our growing family. After throwing around a lot of different ideas we decided that the one that makes the most sense is to go back (rather than convert the attached garage or go up). I'm hoping to kill two birds with one...

Valid point-I've never had a problem with them in the past, but its certainly possible. I'm hoping that the combination of treated wood, and keeping the area high and dry (I'll be building up a base with crushed concrete/stone) will keep them away. Yep! 265/75/16s mounted on steel Tundra...

Been planning this one for a long time. It's not going to be the biggest, but I'm going for an efficient use of space and materials with two large storage lofts, and a gambrel roof. The first order of business was to clear the site. I had built an 8' x 16' woodshed to store firewood about...

I am planning a small pole building in my backyard. I wanted see what kind of soil I was dealing with, as well as where the water table was so I dug a test hole in the area where I plan to build. I used an auger to dig down about 40" since that is my required frost depth (Northern NJ). After...

I'm planning an 18 x 24 pole barn in my backyard for the spring. From what I can glean from my town code online what I want to build is well within the limits (lot coverage, maximum height, setbacks, etc...), but I have an appointment with the zoning official to go over specifics. The barn...

Are you looking to actually produce heat for the house or just burn it for ambiance, etc...? If heat is the goal you should check out a coal stove or boiler. Keystoker is one company I know of offhand. I briefly considered a coal furnace because I live about two hours from the anthracite...

I'm planning on making my garage renovation a case study in organization and space maximization :D

We'll be in our house four years this summer and though we have a decent sized attached garage, it's never had a car in it the whole time we've lived here ;) Between the lawn tractor, snow blower, generator, push mower, log splitter, and all kinds of other yard equipment that I needed to store...

Hi all-I just found this forum while looking for over-the-door storage ideas for my garage. I have an 11' x 22' attached garage that until very recently, we had never put a car in. Now that I've got the lawn equipment out of the garage and into a small shed I can start cleaning it out and...