Recent content by st.ryder64

Not sure if GJ can help here, but you guys know stuff. Plus a.) I can't figure out how to get enough brownie points on Reddit to even post there, and b.) Discord seems to be all kids and bots. My wife and I would like to explore getting an addition to our home. I've got some basic CAD...

I've owned a Lowes drywall square forever. The other day, while coming up slightly off square on an important project AGAIN, I decided to check the silly thing and lo and behold, it's not square. You had one job... It's 1/8" off over 4-ft. I drilled out the four rivets and replaced them with...

Right. It apparently didn't occur to the guy replying that I would probably have finished this job awhile ago. :bounce: And sold that house. :)

Motown, did you reinforce your kitchen flooring at all, or is it a standard 3/4" plywood subfloor

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Congoleum-Alabaster-15-Piece-14-in-x-14-in-Groutable-Light-Mocha-Glue-Stone-Luxury-Residential-Vinyl-Tile/50246877 I'm not overly concerned about 'noticeable'. I'm concerned about cracked tile due to inconsistencies in the surface.

Conclusion (for now) The garage work is done for the season. I moved the blacksmith forge in, but I haven't built or installed a flue for it yet, so it's just being stored for the time being. The next steps will happen next summer. I want to upgrade our home's electrical service from 100...

Part 5 Remember when the city inspector had told me I could have another garage as long as we didn't CALL it a garage? There was a bit more to it than that. If the construction COULD be used as a garage, it was unacceptable. His advice was to just to put a man door on the front instead of a...

Part 4 Tearing the siding off of the house to begin the framing originally taught me that siding really isn't that complicated. Or at least, not at first glance. But once again it turned out that there are a lot of things professionals know that can save a lot of aggravation. And fortunately...

Re: Our newest garage (or How We Spent Last Summer) Part 3 Framing the walls was easy; we banged it out (heh) in a single day. Pneumatic nailguns ROCK! :rocker::rocker: And honestly, that's all I really planned to do myself. But just for S&G's, I did some research and discovered that there...

Re: Our newest garage (or How We Spent Last Summer) Part 2 While still in the planning stages, I decided to use this project as an excuse and impetus to finally force myself to learn AutoCAD. I'd been trying to learn ACAD for something like 25 years, and always just bounced off. I needed a...

My wife and I live in a split level home with an attached 2+ car garage. The trouble is, we've got WAY too many hobbies: bicycling (all kinds), kayaking, motorcycling, sports cars, welding, woodworking, blacksmithing. Okay, full disclosure, *I* have too many hobbies. But my wife doesn't say...

Thanks, Johnny. That looks like a great resource. I posted my questions there (as well as here in the Free Parking section).

Strap in, this'll take some explanation. We have a split level home, with a mudroom off the garage that's a concrete slab. It was previously finished half with carpeting and half with 2 layers of vinyl tiles. We've removed the tiles and carpeting, as we want to lay down 18" ceramic tile. The...

Aaaand, nevermind. I found the silly thing. Thanks. David

Thanks for the reply, Larry. I'm not seeing this section when I look through the forum headings. Maybe I already failed the idiot test? David