Recent content by RBX

This project is a real inspiration. RS Can you post up some newer pics of the Jasmine taking to the structure please? Cheers, RB

fomocoforrester, those are great suggestions...i have been thinking about what to do with the cut-out bits....perhaps not everything gets cut out.

very nice!

great idea Please give us some reports as time goes on. This is definitely a n idea i will incorporate in Man-tropolis. Thanks for posting up this idea. RBx

looks nice, reminds me of my dad's shop (man-land he calls it), cabinets make a huge difference. Looks like your current countertop is bullnosed, depending on how 'sturdy' your counter needs to be, i would suggestlaying steel over the countertop. Turn the countertop around so the bullnose faces...

Wow, I commit to working on my deck for a solid weekend, and come back to two pages of comments...great! The exterior of any structure no matter the material used is only limited to your creativity, and dollar amount (taste). I live in a small urban community of 1947(year) Cape Cods, it is...

thanks for the replies! A container is designed to be stacked, loaded, 9 high without compromise to the structure. ISO standards(redundant?) for these containers must all be within a few millimeters, so all boxes 'fit'. I live in Maryland, if California (some of the strictest building codes)...

Some call them: Shipping Containers, or Sea Containers, or Sea Containers, even ISO Containers .... and i think my garage build will be created with the above mentioned. My Plan.... lay slab foundation with two course of block above the slab....20'x24' 3 Containers 20' long slice and dice them...

probably because it costs more money to recycle, then produce new.

I agree that it is our own consumer fault for buying products from overseas where regulations are different....but, how much do you really expect the consumer to know? And by that i mean, does the average home owner know where ALL the supplies are coming from that the contractor is using or even...

you can put floor pots in later. Floor pots for pulling RB

I've been lurking here for the past few weeks, gathering information and getting great ideas. I am going to be building my shop in the spring with the help of some friends, and probably some skilled concrete dudes. I have big plans for my new digs, but my budget is small, so i will be prepping...