Recent content by Lugnut30

Sounds like I am nearby - in Burnsville. Starting to plan my garage now to build next summer. I hear ya on the contractor issues...I used to be a residential builder project manager and running residential contractors is like wiping butts all day. Would love to chat sometime about who you...

Organizing, cleaning, worked on a chain saw, and daydreamed about my upcoming detached garage build to be my workshop....

I'll throw in my first two cents - I am in Minnesota, so I feel your temperature pains, etc. For the money, it is much more wise to spend cash insulating the ceiling, as that is where a majority of your heat loss will be. If you only insulate the walls, or some of the walls, your heat...

I've seen this elsewhere on this forum...I will be moving at end of Oct. I will be going from a 3 stall to a 2 stall so will be up for the challenge of making the 2 stall work. the blessing is that I will have a 10x14 shed on the property as well for all the shed stuff. I will be surfing to...

If you are in cold climate, check the "perm" rating of the foam you are going to use. This is a measure of how permeable the foam is. You want the foam to have a higher rating than the interior vapor barrier so that the vapor that does get by the barrier, (rips, outlet boxes, etc) has a chance...

The approach to this type of construction really depends on what part of the country you are in. Cold climate vs. warm climate. I am in cold climate zone (MN) and the vapor barrier is required (with good reason) to be on the warm side of the insulation. Think of your tall frosty out on the...

My father in law had a bowling alley Bar top in his basement bar. Awesome!! I WILL have a bowling alley bench top some day, I WILL!!

In my area (MN), Old Bill's response applies if you used rigid insulation sheets for your exterior sheathing. Plywood has to be used at each corner of the structure for 4' in each direction.

My ASSUMPTION is at the time of construction, those diagonal braces were used to assist in construction holding items in place until the roof sheathing was installed. I bet they can go, but that is easy for me to say...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Got the front axle out of my jeep to change CV boot. First time doing that...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? :mad::mad::mad::mad:Also found a leaking cv joint boot yesterday when rotating tires on my 2000 Jeep

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Had a gin and tonic, now onto a beer...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Changed oil and rotated tires on my wife's Rogue. Found tack in one tire of course, so what should have been easy turned into a project...

Here is a photo of mine - nothing real fancy, but tons of closed storage, solid 2x construction and not too fancy to beat on...

I like this too, rather than buying pre made stuff.