Recent content by rand5204

I haven't posted in quite a while but work has continued. I wanted to do something very simple on the floor both from a labor and appearance standpoint. After looking at pretty much everything out there I decided to use the Legacy densifier HD40. It looked like it would give the clean, kind of...

I did think about a dumb waiter style lift. I also put some thought into doing just a hinged stairway like a lot of attics have. I could never really figure out a practical way of doing the dumb waiter and I realized that that hinged stairs would be so restrictive that it would pretty much...

I've just completed an HD40 densifier installation and got exactly the results I was looking for. However, i note that the floor seems to "chafe" pretty easily. I unloaded some osb sheets from my pickup truck onto it and it left scuff marks. Is this normal? What can I do about it?

wosholar, We have lived in neighborhood type subdivisions most of our married lives. We should have done this much sooner. It's a bit of a drive to work - about 40 miles each way, but I can feel the pressure come off as I get closer to home. It is s great way to live. yaidunno, Thanks. I hope...

A couple more pictures of my project. The pile of lumber n the floor is old white oak barn wood. I plan on using it to build a bookcase and trim out my office. The second shot is the view out of my garage door. The farm wagon is something my wife has always wanted. Since I'm getting a garage...

Haven't posted for a few days but progress has been made. The building is now wrapped and the roof is on. The windows and the front door have also been installed. The vinyl siding to match the house will begin yet this week. Inside the electrical rough in has started. It's amazing how much...

It came out at 4' 8"

By Friday night they had finished decking the roof and were working on building the gable end eaves. In the first picture you can get an idea of what the attic storage space will look like. It will be about 10ft. wide and a little over 7 ft. tall in the center area. Not enough for any kind of...

Been a little while since I posted. Framing contractor now back from vacation and getting some work done. Attached are some shots from mid week. Framing done and trusses went up on Thursday. Unfortunately, they did them at a time that I could not be home so I have no photos of the process. The...

On Friday the framing crew was a little a larger ans got an earlier start so they accomplished quite a bit. The exterior walls are basically complete with the exception of some of the window framing. The interior walls are pretty much done as well. It turns out the detached garages are...

Finally framing!! The framing crew got kind of a late start today so they didn't get as far as I had hoped. It is currently a two man crew but they kept at it pretty steady. The work so far looks top notch.

Today the crew came back and stripped the concrete forms. They also saw cut the garage slab and the driveway. I was a little surprised that the driveway was done without expansion joints but I guess the saw cuts are a standard practice here. I'm skeptical but we'll see how it goes. The building...

Onewolf, No I haven't but I'm actually only trying to light the 30 x 28 shop portion of the garage with those 20 fixtures. I did discover something else that may be a deal killer for me though. The fixtures I identified at the to of the thread are designed to be mounted into sheet rock with...

CJ7VFR I was planning on breaking them down into multiple circuits - just hadn't figured out yet what the split would look like crewchief 437 Those are great lights. I wonder if they could be wired as portable lights for use under a car lift? I have attached a...

They will start framing in my 30 x 48 shop tomorrow. thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291325 I have been reading through lighting threads here and wanted to get some input on the lights I am consuidering. They're LED's from Lowes and appear to be a pretty good...