Recent content by MrA

This has been my plan all along. Foam insulation panels. Skin the back with sheet metal, or vinyl, secure with pop rivets. Save another $300+

Grading, digging, Base preparation,vapor barrier, re-enforcement steel, form work, delivery, finish placement labor. It is a great building product, will build up any surface you desire. It is heavy. Ancient Romans invented it, they had thousands of slaves to mix it, move it around. That...

I would say you are about right. My wheelbarrow is .33 yd., buy you really only want to push about .25 yd. in it, and that's pretty heavy. OP never mentioned what he PLACING. concrete IS NOT poured. It is PLACED. A yard of mud would be 27 sacks out the orange or blue places. Minimum one guy...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This. I had two for a while, spaced 10' apart. Had a roof over the space in between. I had an old house and always had a buuilding permit pulled, which allowed temporary storage units while building. I had acreage also. When the building was done, after a few years the neighbors...

Best answer! Thanks. That is the conclusion I came with. I purchased First United garage door. OverheadDoor was available also. First United comes with a winder called S3 Winder that winds the spring with a cordless drill. They it's a faster, easier wind for a novice. Plus, the warehouse didn't...

Ok, back to my question. What should I be looking for in choosing a manufacturer of garage doors? Since I don't want to pay for installation,because, well, if you read these instructions, it's just too easy. I'm not parting with a couple hundred $$ just because they all say it's dangerous. LOL...

You don't need to block. Blocks would be needed where joists lap over a wall, or where you need a fire draft stop. I would look up the span rating for the beam holding the ends of the joists on the handrail side. You may need a few more posts.

The entire garage must be insulated all sides, all the way around, top and bottom. What good is insulating one side wall, the door, when you're leaking on 3 walls and the ceiling? Anything less your throwing heating costs out the door. Your slab is not going to heat up from central heating. It...

"Building codes require that the walls and ceiling that separate your home from an attached garage must be air-sealed and insulated. For this reason, independent energy experts say, little, if any, heat transfers from the house to the garage" If your house isn't built this way, an insulated door...

I tend to believe that an insulated garage door has no added benefit. As soon as the door opens, you lose all your hot or cold air. Since you have installed AC, you probably keep the door closed? Here is an article I read on the subject...

Thanks for your response. I can't stomach paying a guy $300-$400 for a few hours work that I can do myself. I have to repair the old framing also, something that makes these guys see more $$. You'll always get a better deal in Tenn. than I will here in CA. I'll have to refinish the jambs, remove...

Question is, why get a Raynor over a First United. Or should I choose Overhead? Right now, I just see a bunch of similar doors.If any of these are better than the others, they aren't letting me know.

I'm looking to replace my old garage door. These garage door guys don't make it easy. They all want too much $$! I've read through several manufacturers installation instructions. This is something I feel very comfortable doing myself. Choosing which manufacturer to go with is another matter...

it looks a bit steep in front of your garage door. it all looks like the stepping stones going towards the trailer, are going downhill? You'll have fill and grading issues going deeper. Wider would be the easiest build

It looks bad. I would guess, since there is not compacted base under the concrete, probably no reinforcement bars either. Did the rock just slide out from underneath?