Recent content by m4rked1

Thanks! The insulation is nothing special, just faced Owen’s Corning fiberglass r19. I bought rolls instead of batts, wall cavity is non-standard height. I know there is some controversy with the faced flaps getting stapled inside the bay, or on the face. Supposedly stapling to the face of...

After the long winter I got going again on this garage build. Since posting last, I got the electrical complete and inspected. Insulated the 1st floor, and installed a mini split . Working on siding now, which is ~85% done. Got to add some new tools to the collection for the HVAC and aluminum...

I'm in! My garage is bare!

It is just about a house, haha. Eventually I want to finish the upstairs into a full apartment. Yes, the soil is very sandy, there is a small stream on the property, I think it was larger at one time. Mostly everywhere you dig it’s just yellow sand and gravel.

Thanks! It was quite the summer project. Not entirely by myself, I had friends over for setting the girders and then later, the trusses.

Digging the trench for electrical conduit. Electrical is mostly complete for the winter, nothing really on the second floor and only minimal lights and outlets on the main floor. But the garage doors open and close, and I can plug in my truck. Progress to resume spring 2025 with vinyl...

Bought engineered trusses , rented a man lift and moved the trusses up one at a time. Also built a temporary wall in the middle of the room to facilitate easier truss installation. Ended up hiring a roofing contractor to finish sheathing and shingle the main roof. I was getting pretty burned...

This garage has been a dream of mine since I bought my house in 2017. I started with a some tree clearing and stump pulling, decided to go bigger and did more tree falling. Finally in the winter of 2024 I decided to begin making real plans and architectural drawings to start the build in the...

Acknowledging this is a very old thread, but this result is one of the top links when searching this problem on google. So I figured I would chime in and report that I had almost the same problem, and mine was fixed by cleaning the contacts for the centrifugal switch as mentioned above. Upon...