Recent content by sjvicker

following this closely. I'm going to do a mono-pour insulated slab with radiant for my house and will need to tell the engineer/designer what I want for insulation so its on the plans. I'd like it fully encapsulated but am considering just insulating the flat surface. Frost depth here is 1'...

How else would you clean a crawl space?

They’re going to go on marketplace for free. They’re pretty rough in person

I’m doing some light remodeling and the house had some of these unique Timbers as floor supports. Any idea what the could have been from? I’d guess they are from some timber framed pole barn but the mortise work (if that’s the correct word) makes me unsure House is in Northern MI and was...

I’m helping someone who has just gone through a very similar situation. Here’s my advice. 1. Take detailed notes in a journal with dates and names. 2. Keep conversations with insurance on email as much as possible 3. Keep a detailed record of when and what any remediation work is done. 4. If...

Not for the shop its-self but an accessory to the shop was the shipping container for storage. I had it before we built the shop but now I couldn't imagine being without it. I like a clean, clutter free workspace and the container allows me to store infrequently used things and keep the shop...

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I had a similar situation on my shop build with drill set brackets on a footing beam and then a slab poured around the post. I wrapped the base of the post in window flashing tape before the pour.

The bottom cord of the truss doesn’t even land on the wall girt. You’ll be $ ahead by tearing down and starting over. Re-use the metal if you want but those trusses gotta go

Maybe I’m not following correctly but that seems convoluted. I’d look to rent a material lift and pick up the bundle and work backwards from the gable wall dropping one truss at whatever spacing you require...

Thanks everyone for posting in this thread. Here’s my very quick and dirty setup based on the group’s feedback.

Little portable ones are great for tires and nailers and 60 gal and up are great for air tools, painting and small blasting but it really seems the market for 20-30gal ones should be cratering. I have a 20 gal and the only thing I use it for is small plasma cuts

For anyone recharging or adding due to a longer line length I found a good place to get R32 online was Royal Refrigerants. The scale and reverse thread fitting needed to connect to your gauges can be bought on Amazon.

I lived with a 1.5 car garage for about 15 years and the best thing I did for organization was to build a 200sqft support shed. For your lot I’d make a new garden shed that is 10’x20’ since that seems to be viewed as a temp structure and can be close to the drain field. Store bulky tools out...

with 12' walls, what about doing 12' sheetrock mounted vertically with 1x3 or 1x4 over the screw lines. Caulked and painted it would look just like board and batten, would be cost effective and give some fire protection. More if you added a coat of mud under everything.