Recent content by The Tate

TL;DR Talk to your neighbour, find out their issues, go for the variance/appeal and explain why your neighbours issues are unwarranted. Worse that happens is they decline you and you have to build it to what she wants. Best case, you get what you want. When I built my garage, I had to...

I had a Norton Rapid Strip wheel for a 5" grinder. It was an orange coloured one. Works like a charm, doesn't dig into metal. When I built my new benches, it'll take it down to the mill scale without going through to help keep the rust at bay.

Bought this on Thursday. I picked this up today, albeit used. 70 lbs. of goodness!

I'd reconsider the 25' depth, and swap your dimensions if you can. 25' sounds plenty until you actually get in there with a truck, especially if you have work benches. I guess it depends what you plan to work on in there, but I like to have the option of pulling an engine out of a truck...

http://www.princessauto.com/pal/en/Moving-Equipment/660-lb-Table-Lift/8143307.p It was cheaper when I bought it 6 years ago. I don't like buying from PA generally, but this cart has been awesome. It creeps down when it doesn't have weight on it, but I had a full sheet of 3/8" plate on it for...

Get two sawhorses and a piece of 3/4" plywood. If you're just doing light work, that will get you by until you have the time to build a proper table. Easily portable and you can disassemble it in 3 seconds and stash it away when you need more room.

With my old insurance company, the rebuild of the garage was up to 25% of the rebuild cost of the house. They would cover up to $1500 worth of items in the garage. They had decent rates, but dropped me when I mentioned I had a welder. The new insurance company will rebuild the garage up to...

I have two 16' wide doors on my 40' long wall. 2'8" between doors and wall lengths. I'm also not in a seismically active area, and relatively sheltered from direct wind loads.

All we use at work is Kito brand come alongs and chain falls. Used other brands, nothing seems as smooth and reliable as the Kitos.

For adjustable feet, you could buy some coupling nuts and some all-thread bolts. I bought 3/4" coupling nuts and 3" long bolts, Gives me about 1-1/2" of adjustability. I prefer that over the plastic ones linked to that use a 3/8" threaded foot. A bit cheaper than 1-1/4" NS all thread.

I can email you the hydronic plans that my contractor emailed me. Send me a PM if you want (unless newbs aren't able to send/receive PMs?) Its not accurate to what was actually installed into mine in terms of layout, as the manifold location is different, which changed (simplified) the runs...

What was your original plan for electrical? Exposed conduit, or are you going to run it through the studs? The 6' concrete walls would dictate exposed, but at least now you have the option. I've got in floor heat in me 30x40, 1200' of tubing on 5 or 6 runs. 55000 BTU boiler. I don't know if...

Just about everyone makes a million in Alberta, just takes a few (many) more years for some than others.

My 30x40 lumber cost was about $4k, standard trusses. Around $3500 for two 16x8, one 10x8 and two man doors, and $7k for the exterior finished with vinyl and asphalt shingles. So less than $15k. I can't see being charged $13k for labour to frame the building. This is in the Calgary area...

Tables I finally got around to building after 2 years. Roughly 50' of 4" channel in each table frame (made two). Used 3/4" coupling nuts and bolts for adjustable feet, two on each leg. Has four 2" receivers for whatever attachments I add later. 3/8" table top, 32" deep, about 38" high. I...