Recent content by mhadden

Nothing right now :( I've had a bit of bad luck when it comes to health and haven't been able to work on it. I'll definitely post pics and post an update when I get crackin' again!

Looks great!

I did, but I was worried about all-around proportions. Believe it or not, the pitch on the house is 8/12 with 6/12 over the porch. And 8/12 would've been nice but then I would've wanted to decrease the height of my wall (10') and that wouldn't work for the matching garage door. Not to mention...

Funk dat! :yikes:

I, personally would still do a 6/12. You still get rain down there, right? :p There is one of two ways to factor in where stairs will be built in correlation with your trusses. One is prefered, the other is not, unless the truss manufacturer approves. The first, and widely accepted method is to...

The stone is a veneer, so no additional architectural items were added. Just #30 felt and metal lathe screwed into the studs. Then butter the back of the stone with mortar and plop them on there. I then filled the "cracks" with mortar using a mortar bag and a small towel. There really is no...

I finally managed to finish up my electrical and got the stair railings in. Received my passing final inspection last week! I hope to start insulating the garage soon, but the wife wants me to finish the basement before our first kid is born in June. :( We'll see how quickly I can get both done!

Just saw your post. I used a JLG lift, similar to the OP to lift my trusses in place and it worked perfectly. We set the top member right on top of the lift and had my dad hold on while I lifted the truss in place. We tried using straps but had too much trouble with the wind.

Looking awesome!

I was able to get another 3 hours of work in yesterday. Upstairs and north wall outlets are prepped (just need to put the outlets in) and the south side as well as the upstairs lights are completely done. I'll attempt to finish up the upstairs and north outlets tonight, then Friday (I have a day...

Haven't decided yet. The wife was initially going to use it as a photography studio until she saw how dusty it was going to be and saw that it was smaller than she imagined. I will probably put a futon up there (for the nights I have to sleep in the "dog house'! But we already started to think...

Here is where I'm at now: I was able to get the outside lights and lower level inside lights installed, but as mentioned, still need to get the outlets (and the upstairs lights) finished. I also need to scrub the stone with a wire brush to get the grout staining off (from using a rough...

Sorry, work has been extremely busy and all my work on the barn has been in the dark and at night (but very little has been done since the inspections). Lights inside and out are operational but I have yet to finish wiring my outlets. I plan on running a PE NG line from the house and running a...

Framing and rough electrical inspection was completed on Friday. The wife and I finished up the grout on the stone last night. Pics to follow soon!

Now that the siding was done and I had a scratch coat up for the stone, I applied the stone veneer this weekend (since it was beautiful and the wife was gone). I first laid out the stone to the approximate area that I needed on a piece of cut plywood. I carefully selected stone so I wouldn't...