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OK I can give some input here. I've just finished my 24x24 shop for working on my Samurai and wood/ metalshop. Building 24x24x10 too joist, with 1 roll up door and 1 man door no window although i do have a opaque strip at the top for light. $7900.00 erected 3 yrs. ago. 4" slab with gravel base 4...

24x24 used for fab and repair plus BS and bench racing sessions. a place for the guys to burp and fart while the gals do whatever it is inside the house by the way shop is 200 ft. from the house.

Don't forget to drag your fingernails across a bar of soap BEFORE you start a greasy job! A little under your fingernailsand cleanup is a breeze.

I'm finishing up my shop and need to wire from my house to the shop I got two ways to go 1. House has 2 200 amp panels with a 2'' pvc duct to the shop (200' run). 2. install a new meter base and run power from that. If I run from the house panels to a sub panel (100 amp) in the shop what size...

Well I'm just finishing a 24X24 pole building and so far I have about $10500.00 in it so far. Pretty bare bones as there's no bath or plumbing but ti'll serve my needs fine.

I've been a Bricklayer for 30 yrs. If you want you can send me some pics and I'll try to give some advice. You might try sandblasting to get to stable surface and then try a coating to prevent futher damage. What is the climate like where you live? Freeze thaw cycle?

3 block = 2 feet in height. I might go 4 courses of block giving you 32 inches for protection at the jambs form bumpers, carts and such.

Normally the block are left 4" below the top of slab at door openings this allows the slab to pour through the block wall and be smooth as opposed to the block going to the top of slab and the cells and walls of the block being exposed.

DO NOT use acid it WILL NOT remove the stain oil is a petro product and the plastic bottle the acid is petro does it eat the bottle? It WILL eat the concrete that the stain is on but will leave the concrete pitted. I've been a bricklayer for 30 years and we used muratic acid back in the day. Now...

Use 1/4" expanding pin plastic or metal to attatch furing strips to the masonry and hang the drywall or whatever off the furing strips

Acid Ok heres the scoop on Muriatic acid IT WILL NOT REMOVE OIL STAINS! It will etch your concrete and make future cleaning harder and leave a pourous area where it is used. THink about it oil is a petro product and the acid comes in a plastic bottle also a petro product. If this method seems...

Bolck Well Here's some input if you put the garage on 2' of block it will resist bumper damage as it will be stronger. There is nothing wrong with either method as long as they meet code. By the way 2' of block will require 3 corses of block and you can figure amount by this formula: lenght in...

Be careful of the glass mesh for a floor in a shop or garage if not sealed with a coating of some sort it can get itchy if you lay on it! should be ok if you paint the floor