Recent content by puttinonthekritz

For sound and fire: The wall separating the living space to the new additional garage area; I would highly suggest being a 2x6 (assuming it has to be anyway for water, plumbing and venting) and using Rockwool bats in the cavity. Then your 5/8" drywall. Then a layer of Rockwool comfortboard...

I 100% agree with thammel on these aspects: -16'oc floor joist if you're making a gym or woodshop upstairs. Furthermore, either 1 1/8" Advantech subfloor or better yet, two, apposing layers, of 3/4" Advantech subfloor with glue for less flex/bounce. -10ft wide garage doors all day. -Rockwool...

Also, not sure if you plan on putting a ceiling fan in the garage, but if you do I'd recommend one that I've personally found to circulate a lot of air, quiet and won't break the bank compared to heavy hitter industrial fans. My shop has 14' ceilings and 46x46. I have one in the middle and no...

Are you doing jackshaft style garage openers on the wall or ceiling mount? Also, given your door sizes and specifically, weight, ensure you add a second set (at minimum), of ceiling track mounting brackets. Most people only have one set at the end of their track and potential for failure is...

Nice house plan. Love the abundance of natural light (especially in the primary closet, bathroom areas) and ceiling heights. I would suggest a powder room, add a mudroom and shoe/coat closet near the south garage closest to the kitchen as I'd image that is the vehicle garage, carrying groceries...

Make the rear garage door the same size/style as the front three. The extra width for a lawnmower and deck or atv parked next to one another is nice breathing room. Plus interchange parts/panels for replacement if needed, as everything is the same. Additionally, all the door headers/framing...

NW, I did a 46x46x14 with a loft above the entire length of the building. Mine is a 2x8 stick built, 24"oc on a block frost wall foundation. It has a dedicated 4ft wide stairwell going up to a 20ft wide by 46ft loft with an 8ft ceiling height, no low knee wall height. However, my roof pitch is...

Looking clean. I prefer the natural look. Coatings and films might get slippery especially wet. Could always do a light sanding if it gets marked up and stained and coat it then? What are you plans for the upstairs loft railing? Will it be made to be easily removable with pins or some kind of...

Is that eventually going to be a window on the back side of shed on at the top of the stairs in the attic? If so, your additional natural light will be lost to the attic stairwell that you'll have to create after you close off and wall along the stair well if you put a door at the top of the...

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Matt, just throw a second layer of 3/4 over the top😁 overlapping the joints! I dare you.

Are you insulating the loft area separately as a closed off insulation envelope (underneath the advantech, knee walls and ceiling or just spray foaming the underside of the whole roof deck in combination with your 4in. of exterior roof insulation?

Id highly suggest a 4ft wide stairwell going up stairs for carrying furniture, cabinets, storage items. I also made my own 42 in wide x 8ft tall door leading up the stairs made out of oak 2x4 framing and 2" xps foam with a 1/8 in. front/back backer. Makes things a breeze carrying up large...

Id imagine you're adding gutters, that's lot of roof to shed water on heavy pours. I have a 46x46x14 with a loft an 8/12 pitch also. I ran 4" pvc underground from the gutter spouts to keep the water shed away from the building. Looks like you could just run two off the back into that wooded area...

I'm inclined to agree with carlaisle. Given your layout with the main larger lift garage area being only 30ft wide you're not leaving much room around vehicles of placing things against the wall ie vacuums, welders, air compressors, shelving, cabinets, garbage cans, etc. With a 2x6 wall on each...