Recent content by rnixon

I used furring strips and with a little math , was able to buy board lengths that allowed me to do it without any **** joints and almost zero waste

Here is 2500 L FT. 1x6 t&g select eastern white pine. Finish is water base poly, 3 coats on the face, 2 coats on the back . Working alone, nights and weekends, start to finish took 5 weeks

I too was concerned about a slippery floor , and because I didn't want to use "grit" in the Poly , I used a 3/8" nap roller instead of the recommended short nap roller, that gave the poly a bit of a texture. The floor still has a shine but it's not slippery even when wet. here are a few...

Here is a multi color, acid stained floor, with 1 coat of Polyurea, and the same floor 5 years later, with zero maintenance. cost was about $1.10 sq. ft.

Here's mine, Polyura top coat

I did mine with 7/16" Smart-Side exterior siding , factory primed ,shiplap edges, attached with bronze screws , to be easily removable

Easiest and cleanest oil change ever

I got almost all of the trim boards for my garage free. The really good stuff came from a 70 year old garden shed I took down for a neighbor. All of it was full dimension lumber, most was pine , some was oak ,and it planed into some beautiful pieces , full of color and character, [nail holes ]...

1400 sq. ft. 1x6 select, beaded eastern white pine, clear poly, 4 coats on the face, 2 on the back. Working alone, nights & weekends, start to finish 5 weeks Attachments

My building is wrapped with a Tyvek type air infiltration barrier , then Dura-Temp siding , 5/8” real plywood,with a weatherproof hardboard face Baffles extend from soffit vents toward ridge vent . Un-faced roll insulation across top of trusses and kraft faced batts in the bays under...

I used Dura-Temp 5/8" [shiplap jointed] exterior siding ,screwed to the studs with no sheathing. 2x6 construction took R21, un-faced batts , then plastic sheeting for vapor and air infiltration barrier ,ceiling is R40 batts, finished interior with Smartside LP panels . building is super tight...

"Just curious, why go straight symmetric next time around?" I can back my Mercedes 300SD and my F150 on my lift without changing the position of the arms . If you were to move the front arms to the rear , the configuration of those arms are such that you could only lift to the hight of the...

I've got a CL10v3 Challenger Versalift ,Mine's installed on 6" 4500 psi wire reenforced concrete. You can put the doors behind the posts , but because the posts aren't angled, you don't get as much clearance as with a "true" asymmetric. Your f-250 diesel crew will definitely need truck...

Although Challenger recommend 12ft. min. from the door, I put my 10K Versa-Lift at 11 ft. The loft, not floor space was the issue up front . In addition to the Corvettes I have a full size Mercedes sedan and a 8ft bed ,regular cab F-150. I could have set the lift at 10 ft. an still walked...

I was thinking about doing something like that last night, because I've got a Onan MCCK 6.5k marine gen-set , It's raw water cooled, with water cooled exhaust , wouldn't take much to plumb a radiator to it . I salvaged it off a Yacht years ago , they run nice ,are quiet ,produce stable power ...