Recent content by srleen2

I didn't bother with CAT5 or coax. I do everything wireless pretty much - and even watch TV out there, watch football games online on my laptop. I did 3 coats of paint all over - and that composite siding eats up paint with those nooks and crannies. we'll see how long it lasts - thanks

Here's the latest update - got the electrical and final inspections done so its now official. I also got the 2-post lift in. And I also picked up a project for in the new garage - a 55 chevy belair.

My garage is 30'. I have the lift about 13' from the back wall. Pics attached to show you the layout. Workbench is about 2' deep I pulled the straight 6 out of my '55 chevy with the trans attached and had plenty of maneuvering room, I even had the car on the lift about a foot or so when...

Same here - I just had to have the truss design stamped on my garage, the rest of the building was just standard construction that didnt require stamped drawings. I just drew up the plan using design software and had the trusses drawings as well when I went to the get the permit and since it...

Homedepot has these: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Signature-Development-72-in-Fold-Out-Wood-Workbench-WKBNCH72X22/203083493

I built my 36'x30'x10' garage as a pole building. Has been cheaper so far than stick-built, but I've done everything myself. I think its been about $20k so far. I'm not finishing the interior beyond the bare walls. I have to get the electrical inspection done this week and I should get final...

Digging the trench and laying out the conduit and pulling the wires through. I rented a ditchwitch to make the trench, 18", used 1 1/2" schedule 40 gray PVC conduit. I got 75' of 2-2-2-4 AL mobile home feeder to pull through. It was $1.40/ft at Lowes. Pulling the cable through went pretty...

I finally got around to getting some fill dirt and item 4 to get the driveway area expanded and fill in out back and grade around the building. I'll probably pave next spring. Next thing is to dig the trench and run the service line out to the garage so I can have some power out there.

That's the same reason I didn't get longer neck lights. The roof overhang is about 12" plus the 1" fascia board and the 5" gutters - so 18" or so. The lights stick out about 16". I really need to put snow guards on the roof anyway - we had pretty much 0" of snow last year so it wasnt an issue...

I used Azek on my garage. I'm very happy with it.

Not sure how it is out there - but the home/land owner signs the permit application here. The license/bonding/insurance info of each contractor doing work is required in the permit for workers comp proof. If the contractor wanted to do the permit - they would have to bring it to you to...

Garage isnt finished yet - but you get the idea.

I had mine put up by a local framer as side work on a Saturday morning. It cost me $800 and they were done in an hour. Its a 36x30 garage. It was money well spent. Thread Here

Some more progress - I almost completely abandoned doing any new work on it lately because of other to-dos like weddings, mini vacation with the family, kids sports, etc... But I did find time to finish up the siding, get some paint on it, work on th e overhang soffits. This stuff takes...

There's no need for a header on the non truss carrying sides. For carrying the trusses, I notched the post for the header so that not only the bolt is carrying the weight