Recent content by tpothen

If the builder didn't put an electricity requirement in the bid or talk about it up front then they would have the generator usage in the quote. I'm having a patio door installed as I type this and the installer brought a generator, I told him he could just plugin to any outlet in the house.

It's not that I can't run it in the wall, it's that the wall is a firewall so it's already finished. I already have the gas pipe outside the wall so spending the money to put the electric in the wall didn't make sense to the pocket book. Thanks all

I'm working on finishing my 22x22 attached garage and have a steel gas line running through the wall from the house out to the garage it then goes straight up the wall to the ceiling, no issues here and has already passed inspection. I'm now running a couple new electric circuits which will be...

There's no double hip, the first picture is towards the back of the garage, the second is showing the side. As to the type of wood.. I was limited to what was available. I checked with 4 lumber yards and 2 big box stores, all had the same. I'll be adding some webs to prevent sagging.

Here's a couple pictures of what I'm working with. With everyone saying I should be able to use a single board.. I got the wife out there with me and gave it another try and was able to get a board up so I picked up the rest I need and got those up, it'll probably be a week before the wife...

So bending the boards isn't going to happen because the eves are to shallow, I can get them bent enough to fit in the width but can't get the straightened without digging into the roofs plywood. Back to the joining 2 boards.. would the preferred method be to over lap 2 boards and join them with...

I'll be using strapping and drywall. Above will be blow-in insulation, no storage.

Hadn't thought about trying to put them up flat. I have 1 board so I'll give that a try. I'm using 6" as that's whats currently there. Basically I'm duplicating what is already there so there will be boards going up to the rafters.

I'm working on finishing my garage and am at the point of working on the ceiling. My rafters are spaced 48" apart so I am adding a joist in between each rafter so I have 24" spacing. The span is just under 22' and I can get 22' boards but I am not able to the boards in place due to not having...

Hey all - Seems like there's quite a few people here that know about gas line sizing so I'm hoping one of you can assist. I'm looking at installing a 45,000 BTU gas heater in my garage but need to figure out the pipe sizing. Currently I have an 1 1/4" pipe coming into the house that travels...