Recent content by sennister

Ahh wood shed. Now that is something I need to build. We have been cutting down a lot of Ash trees as they are going to die anyhow with the Emerald Ash Borer and they were in the way for our garage build that I sent you a link to on the other forum. One thing I did off this site was use it for...

We put one in 3 years ago. We are on Natural Gas and Private Well. Would I do it again... Heck Yeah... I love it. A couple things to note. If you have a traditional (Electric, LP or NG) and it fails. Replace it with another traditional water heater. If you want to make the switch the time to...

The published ordinance from 1982 and clearly defines an accessory building as a Tool/Storage Shed, Detached Residential Garage, Domesticated Animal Building or Agricultural Building. The number of buildings and sqft coverage of the building depends on your lot size and we have a max of 35 ft...

I haven't done this in a really long time as I now have a 60 gallon tank in the shop where I do most my work. Back when all I had was a pancake compressor and needed more capacity, I made up was a T fitting where I could add another tank inline closer to the point of use. This would keep the...

A couple pros and cons It is nice to have it attached to the house if used for parking. Don't have to walk through a foot of snow to get to where you parked or to use the shop. In GA you don't have that problem. There are the fumes and such which is a negative. For us up north being attached...

Should be making the initial deposit on Friday and starting in a week or two. 29x40 ceilings are not firmed up yet but will be in the 10-12' range. The project is a little complex which in turn impacts the price. It is an attached garage because we have too many accessory buildings for our...

I would hold out of a house with the sidewalk on the other side of the street. That way you don't have to mess with clearing it. Nothing like being on vacation, it snows and you get ticketed. Also another thing to watch is how much snow do you normally get. We had a bit more than average this...

I just got a quote for gutters on my house. He asked if I want 5" or 6" gutters. I said well give me a quote for both. He spend a good half hour on the numbers and the 5" was right at about $5000. 6" was $300 more. I asked why he wasted everyone's time to figure out the cost of the 5" if it is...

I ran into this just this week. Spoke to the building inspector last June about a new attached garage knowing we are over on Sq Ft of Accessory buildings for our lot size. He said as long as it is attached with full footings (not slab on grade with a breezway to "attach" it we are fine. He was...

I tend to agree. Look at it from this point of view. Tyvek is on but it is easy to inspect under. Now look at it another way. Lets say they let it sit like that for a year then threw up siding right before listing it. Now you might not know it sat that long unless you happened to drive by it...

Yeah I agree that gutters would help however..... We have a similar issue with our tuck under garage. The slope on the apron is completely flat at best or slightly toward the garage. Because of this when spring hits the snow melt drops right in front of the garage door which faces north. This...

I am getting 6 of the 8500W openers. A lot of people mentioned some of the concerns. They are not perfect. Here is a pretty good article from Liftmaster talking about the 3800 and some things that they have learned...

A few updates on this build. Spoke with my contractor about changing a 10' vs 9' wide door. I had gone out and measured my Father-In-Law's GMC 3500 CC LB DRW truck as that is probably the biggest thing that will ever go in the garage. He stores it in the back of our pole barn in the winter. I...

This might be the key you need. https://www.ebay.com/itm/E085-SEARS-CRAFTSMAN-TOOL-BOX-CHEST-CABiNET-TUBULAR-LOCK-KEY-WATERLOO-GLADiATOR/192841647265?hash=item2ce64204a1:g:jx0AAOSwcrZb3ksh Or maybe check your local Army surplus store for some C4.

Something like this would do the trick. It includes the chain for manually opening it. You just have to go from the residential series (8500) up to the commercial stuff. https://www.liftmaster.com/mh-hoist-operator-medium-duty-door-operator/p/MH