Recent content by TxFig

That's an almost exact duplicate of the one I just inherited from my dad (he bought it when I was a kid). Still runs like a champ!

I have 2 "out buildings" (the house does not have an attached garage of any sort). One I call my "shed" that the use fits the name - a 20x30' 3-sided steel building on a concrete foundation where I store my tractor, lawn mowers, and various other "outside tools" (garden stuff). On the outside...

Cost. (I'm assuming metal studs are going to be ALOT more expensive...) Is that just the insulation material, or 'wall' material as well? After messing with it yesterday (measuring), it looks like I will only need to use 2x6 inside the perland where I need to install electrical...

(continuing) The next thing we had to do was decide how much of the work we COULD do and be WILLING to do ourselves. Note that we knew that in order to afford this house, we knew we were going to have to do alot of the work ourselves. Plus after looking at tons of new houses at open houses...

I know I'm new here, so please be gentle. Why? Because some people (myself) have more time available than money. And doing the work yourself can save a TON of money. What the OP is asking is something my wife and I actually did 7 years ago. So "maybe" I am uniquely qualified to answer...

I see that there have been other similar threads, but nothing exactly this (well... my purpose is somewhat different). So... even though I'm brand new to this board, I'm hoping I might get some advice. We bought our property & built our house and out buildings about 8 years ago. One of the...

Agreed. And I might add - sheds like this are perfect for what they are supposed to do. I have both a workshop and a shed - the shed is where I store my tractor, mowers, & garden equipment. If it were mine, I would probably fix the post holding up the side wall - but I wouldn't re-construct...