Recent content by noran01

Thanks! If you had a link that would be great :) What is the approx coverage per bundle?

Looks great! What type of cedar shingles are those?

I appreciate the honest reply. I think I may have described the condition a bit dire though. After reading some more I shouldn't have stated 'high' spot as its higher than normal due to lower spots around it (in this same kind of circle). I think once I do a proper pin and laser this out...

I stumbled across this thread when searching for others who successfully (key word there :)) were able to grind their floor. I have a 30'x'20 slab that was recently poured and the finishing is horrendous. I don't want to get in the details around everything that went wrong with the contractor...

Hopefully this is allowed - I am looking to get my basement (30x20) slab poured, but having issues finding someone local to do the work. The basement is all ready to have the concrete poured; level, 10mil vapor barrier, 2" xps with radiant and only one penetration for the radon pipe. I was...

Good questions. The loft is ~20x15 with a 10ft ceiling at the peak (easily walk around up there) and will be used as a guest bedroom. The basement has 8' ceilings and will be used as a kids retreat, frequent up/down, with bunk beds and a playroom. My day job includes being a fireman so I love...

I thought about these, but I am looking to do the same setup for going up and going down. I can't use these for the basement as carrying a small child down isn't really possible (should have stated this as one of my requirements earlier on). That may work out to my advantage as I'd probably...

I thought about this as well as I would gain some additional height in less footprint, but my wife liked the landing. I'll just tell her some guy on the internet said he liked my original idea better - that should go over well :lol_hitti I looked into this, but I have two little girls and am...

Y'all have helped me out (either directly or indirectly reading posts) in the past so I figured I would start here! I am trying to design stairs up to a loft and down to a basement (also 8' ceiling) with a minimal footprint to conserve usable floor space, but not have them be a death trap for...

OK, thats what I wanted to confirm before I went back and got more of the cheap foam baffles. What a PITA...thanks!

There is not attic here...its a typical a-frame style with small loft above (storage); hence the engineer beams you see in the picture. My issue/question is the following: is it ok to not have the vents be as wide as the rafter spacing (~14"). Due to the way the garage was framed (height...

I am in the early stages of finishing up the 'nice to haves' for my garage (i.e. insulation & heat!!).... I go out and purchase the plastic Provent rafter baffles and soffit baffles only to come home and discover they will not fit...so i had a couple of the cheap foam ones from Home Depot which...

In case you want a view the opposite dimension (mine is 35x24):

Here is 'Bear' at approximately 5 months old (March 2011) as the garage was being built. This picture was taken days ago:

I figured I would update this thread....the garage has come a long way and I will eventually circle back to this thread and update it with complete, step-by-step, build pictures, etc... But for now, my lighting is complete and I figured I would share this pic (with the dog sitting guard ;))...