Recent content by thoraxe

I actually have those guidewires on one wall in the area I'm trying to enclose. I had forgotten about that. It looks like you did the same chops and bends on a stud to attach to the girt (just at a 90-degree angle to the girt) and then you attached the bent part to the vertical stud? In my...

So you could've used a steel base plate for the top but simply didn't for cost and simplicity purposes?

Searching proved problematic as there were a lot of threads where the tool discussion was mixed into the lift discussion. I'm looking for the "best" tall oil catch/drain container to use under a two-post lift. I realize that "best" is very subjective, so here are my criteria: * I want to be...

It's not clear to me how you attached the steel studs to the girt or the floor. It looks like you have some sort of steel base plate, which makes sense and seems obvious. The top is where I'm confused. Some of your studs "bend over" at a right angle, and it makes sense how you could attach that...

Just trying to understand what you did here in my own words -- helps me learn. You took 4x4 chunks and screwed them into the girt... from the top? So inside the girt, you went down into the 4x4 block? Then the top plate of the framed wall was screwed up into the 4x4 block and down into the...

My new building is going to have a powered fan and powered louver. I'd like to cycle the fan 15 minutes of the hour (to keep the air fresh and to vent stinky race car smells) and have an override. I've found some in-wall switches that could drive the 1/4HP motor, but the timing selections all...

Been a while and I've been busy. This all happened in various phases over the last several months. Trying to come up with a plan: 20200827_103553_HDR by thoraxe, on Flickr Plumbing stack (toilet, shower, sink) 20200827_170225_HDR by thoraxe, on Flickr Water service into the building and the...

Can someone share the IES file for the James/Greentek 110W fixture? I am trying to use them for my project but Greentek can't seem to find me an IES file.

This thread is really long, and the initial post doesn't explain how to use the various calculators, so I'm sorry for what is very likely a repost. I'm building a 50x38 shop which is something like 18' high at the sides (38) and 21' high at the center. I'm looking at the bulbs and fixtures...

I got some confirmation that daylight drain for the garage floor will be OK. So now the only question is what kind of actual physical drain do I put in the floor in the 10x20 area, and what should the slope be? It sounds like I need ~1/8" - 1/4" of slope per foot to avoid pooling/puddling, but...

Thanks LLWillysfan! It sounds like if I just want to drain one car area, a single round drain would suffice (one round drain for a 10x20 parking area)? Looking at Lowes' product selection here, I don't think the plastic round grates are rated to be driven over. I'm also not sure if I would...

Not a bad idea. Unfortunately the compressor is going to be on the OTHER side of the building to keep it hidden from view from the house (my house is to the left of the left wall of the shop, and you can already see the back corner of the building from the back deck). ~34 feet probably isn't...

I am doing a large garage build and would like to be able to wash cars in the building. You can find out more in my build thread: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=325666 Here's the tentative floor plan (move the lift to the left in your mind, but basically doesn't matter)...

The bathroom is going to end up being ~6x6 in the back corner of the garage. It'll have a toilet and a simple shower stall. I'll put an industrial sink against the wall as shown. Since the garage is a 50x38 metal building, we'll have to build an enclosed room with its own ceiling to make the...

The plumbing service (septic tie, water service, stubbing, installation of the tankless) is looking like ~$6500. It's a good bit of trenching to meet code, the septic tie is a bit far away. Sadly, that $6500 is not a large percentage of the total build cost, so I think I'm just going to bite...