Recent content by PinkJohn

Yeah I just had it rented for the weekend and had all my helpers lined up. At the moment I'm considering renting a 24' crank/material lift and doing that from the inside. Not sure why I didn't think of it earlier, I used a smaller version to get the main beam up over the garage doors. Been so...

I'm going to call about that. The side of my garage is about 45' off the side road, feels like a bit of a reach but I'll do some calling.

Tried using the boom, no go, just sunk. Put a ton of boards under, it just pushed them into the ground. Tried for a few hours before making the call to the tow company. There was just nothing to get traction or to push against

The rain has been on and off all spring, certainly more than usual. I figured that it would leave some good ruts for sure and the first 40' went fine, then it just sunk. I've never operated something that heavy before (near 30,000 lbs) really had no idea that it would be as bad as it was.

Perhaps worth a few laughs or you've been there before but my truss setting plan for the weekend was a bust. Shortly after the telehandler was delivered (I was so excited), I needed to call this: To rescue and pull this out of the back yard: All kinds of fun and excitement and will try a...

Thanks everyone for all of the feedback. I've been scrambling and working as hard as I can to get things ready, I'm almost at the sheathing stage. Finishing what I needed to on the front wall of the garage took a lot longer than expected, and I'm hoping I can get to the sheathing today so I can...

Thanks for the reply, good idea!

Thanks Kaizen, all great things to consider! I'm just trying to do all that I can to prepare for setting the trusses and trying to make it easy for myself and my helpers.

I designed the garage and had it reviewed by an engineer, approved by the city for permit. A lot of work went into the sheer detail for the front wall but the side walls were OK'd with the 4 x 10 sheathing run vertical (no blocking required in that case). I'll have a framed soffit so all of...

Thanks. I'm probably overthinking it, I thought that the sheathing should go all the way up to the top of the top plate. Not sure how picky the inspector will be and trying to do things the 'right' way, though it seems that's always open to interpretation.

Sorry that I didn't include the bottom chord, this is what the trusses will actually look like: It's 10' to the top of the double plate and I'm using 4 x 10 plywood. I'll know Tuesday once the trusses arrive whether there will be any issue with the truss nailing plates. Half of the...

Hi everyone. I'm just about finished with the framing of my garage and hope to get the trusses installed next weekend. I'd like to get the sheathing on before then. The trusses will arrive in a few days. I need your advice. I'm going to install Simpson H10A hurricane/truss connectors on the...

I put in 3 of the higher end Larson ones from Menards about 4 years ago with the sliding glass/screen and thought it was worth the extra expense. Solid, reliable. Air tight, no, I don't think most storm doors are, but it made a significant difference over the older ones I had. There's a big...

Looks good John! I just submitted my drawing for a 28x36 to the lumber yard this morning to get truss plans and header specs. Took a week to learn Sketchup to model it all, it's been a fun experience going through the virtual build process.

Thanks for linking to it!