Recent content by specmiata

Speaking of fires, I'd hate to see that foam flooring in a fire. I would have loved that room as a kid!

Found the invoices from this project. The parallam was $311, the Simpson column caps were $90 ea x2, the T&G ply was $220, and the rest of the lumber came out to ~$400. Toss in fasteners and grand total was probably around $1250. Not bad for ~220+ square feet of "wasted space"!

For the "left side" (door side) I lagged into the studs. (Lagged is the wrong term, I suppose, since I used Timberloks. (thinner profile meant that I minimized splitting the thin side of the 2x studs.) It sits on the stem foundation and the floor. (That is a small scrap of azek at the bottom...

I only have 12' 6" ceilings in my 3 car attached, but I built a loft/mezz over an entire single bay. 5'8" of clearance in the taller section and 4' of clearance in the shorter section (to accommodate an in-swing side man door as well as the garage door tracks). The other two bays have high...

One idea is to simply mount them up above head height? Unlikely to get knocked about and easy enough to put back down where they belong if you need to.

FYI, King of Prussia, PA Costco has about a dozen in stock of these as of today (4/13/2011)

Ikea kitchen cabinets are quite good, especially for the money. Most if not all the hardware is Blum, and the laminate coating they use is very durable. I've done 3 kitchens and 2 laundry rooms with their cabinets and they all held up very well. The "standard" euro-sizing also makes finding...