Recent content by schurtjl

Here's the follow-up on the resolution. The roofer and the roofing supply company told my GC they were still waiting on Owens Corning to send out a rep, so they decided to just replace it and deal with Owens Corning later. The roofer wanted to re-do more than just the garage gable and rear...

The supplier delivered everything in one load. 5/8” 5 ply plywood for the roof sheathing, metal flashing in the valley.

It’ll always bother me to see it, not really looking for compensation, just want it done right.

We’re building a new custom home, and the roofing was just placed. It appears there’s a different lot of roofing that was mixed in. Two different shades of the Owens Corning Duration Onyx Black. Luckily it’s mainly on the garage gable. It’s on the side of the house that you see driving down...

We're in the midst of building a new house. We have propane, so it may be different if you're running natural gas. We're installing a 6 burner Bluestar range/oven. The installation manual calls for a minimum 3/4" line feeding it. HVAC company installed a 1-1/2" line into the house, that...

I framed and sheathed everything myself and lifted them in place with a forklift. 16’ ceiling height minus the height of my stem walls. It’s been a few years ago, but if I remember correctly, I lifted 14’ sections of the wall at a time. Worked great.

Pulled the trigger on the Hougen HMD904SC (swivel and coolant model) from Ohio Power Tool. They’re running a promotion right now, buy any 904 series, get a free Hougen 12002 rotabroach kit, as well as free shipping. $971 for all that, so I couldn’t pass that up. Did purchase a couple other...

A rigid jamb/door frame doesn’t help much, if anything I’ve found that makes it easier to force entry. Helps transfer the force to the door instead, which is usually the weaker of the two. As has been said above, doors/locks provide the illusion of security. I haven’t yet found a door...

Thanks for the replies, makes me feel better about the situation. Thought about touching it :)

I installed lights in the stairway of my shop that leads to the attic area. I already had a 14-3 wire running between the upper switch and lower switch. (All the wiring is hidden behind wall sheathing and insulation already). I have a 14-2 circuit feeding the upper 3-way switch, with the hot...

That’s what this one is for 😏. It’s since been painted.

Shop is just for hobby work right now, getting it ready for hopefully some type of side business. At least that’s how I’ve justified it to the wife.

Needed to get my metal off the ground of the shop, so I built this storage rack. Unfortunately I didn’t take as many pictures as I should have during the building process. Measures a little over 10’ tall. I used 3x7.5# I-beams for both the uprights and the arms. 2” square tubing lagged to...

I'm getting ready to purchase a Hougen HMD904 magnetic drill (hoping they're part of Black Friday sales). Is the swivel base a must have or really that important? Appears it doesn't have as much clamping force as the non-swivel model.

I stick built a 56'x56' with 16' walls, with most everything you've stated on your wish list. I did most of the work myself, but subbed out concrete work and had assistance with a few other things that I couldn't do by myself. I'm around 150K+ into it, but it's done right and quality materials...