Recent content by ksgar

Havent posted for a while but have still been working on finishing the garage. Here are a couple pictures of the 2nd story bar/game room that we are close to finishing. BTW...we are located in the Topeka Kansas area.

I have the Schlage model referenced by the previous respondent. It's been installed for around 2 years. Lately it has started acting erratically. I can enter the code and the unit clicks as if it is disengaging the lock, but when I turn the thumbwheel it doesnt it freewheels and fails to release...

I also have a lorex system. it works great. You can program it to activate the siren (has a low volume siren...not very loud) and/or a small led light when it sees motion in an area that you can define separately for each camera. You can download an app for your iphone or android which will...

Sorry, I re-read the proposal and see where they specified 4" of stone for fill, but, again, no mention of steel in the floor. I would recommend rebar on 2' centers installed, tied, and set on chairs. The concrete should have expansion joints cut and sealed soon after being poured, and those...

The bottom line seems reasonable given the scope of work. However, your illustration shows 2nd floor windows on the side of the garage and I am not sure I saw those windows in the quote, nor did I see any provision for trim work around the doors. I would have problems with the payment schedule...

Our detached garage is a 2 story 44 x 44. We used engineered I joists as pictured by the previous reply. They rest upon a steel i beam that spans 2/3 of the width of the garage. There is an RV bay that accounts for the other 1/3 of the width of the garage. Our joists run from the garage doors on...

I built a 44 x 44' 2 story detached garage over the past couple of years. The lumber company I bought the lumber from had design services that they offered that created basic framing plans and a materials list for walls, joists, rafters, roof and siding. They charged $500 for that service and...

Our detached garage is similarly situated. Our property sloped from the southeast side of the garage to the northwest, with the garage doors located on the south side of the structure. My concrete subcontractor engaged an excavator who brought in a large track loader to dig trench footings. The...

I still remember pulling army reserve duty as a medic one Saturday afternoon back in the 70's in the local hospital. My commanding officer ushered me into one of the ER rooms and pulled the sheet off of the young man that had a car fall on him while he was working underneath it.His face and...

I plan on installing diamond plate wainscote in our garage. There are numerous vendors, some of whom have gloss black, gray or polished aluminum sheets. In researching the vendors, I found one that also had pvc or rubber trim that could be used for a chair rail, and they had it in several...

I bought a 18" x 24" rectangular cast iron floor grate from Neenah Foundary (Neenah Wisconsin I think) and built a form for a 30" deep vault to house the grate. We located the 2" pvc drain pipe about 4" from the bottom of the vault to retain mud and other debris so as to no clog the pvc drain...

I bought a 18" x 24" rectangular cast iron floor grate from Neenah Foundary (Neenah Wisconsin I think) and built a form for a 30" deep vault to house the grate. We located the 2" pvc drain pipe about 4" from the bottom of the vault to retain mud and other debris so as to no clog the pvc drain...

having the same issue as the OP

Here's Wally. He's 2 1/2. His buddy Mickey is 10. Mickey has the brains and Wally has the muscle. Wally is a slob as one can see from how he remade his bed in the front yard.

Here's our cat. His name is Mickey. We originally named him Missy but the vet advised us that we guessed wrong. Got him as a 2 week kitten from the local saw mill where I had taken some walnut to get milled. He regularly disciplines the dog, ensures the local wildlife don't get too close, and...