Recent content by Witsbusa

Interesting.. did you need to have a structural engineer sign off on a certain weight capacity to get permit approval? Or was / is it legal to just set it up when you were building?

Thanks for that heads up.. I'll peruse that thread later, but his partial basement got me thinking about cost cutting measures.. I am not going to have significant weight on the lower floor, so I'm wondering if it might save some dough if I went with wood if that is possible for the lower...

Same result.. curious what he was going to point to..

thanks.. yep, looks like you are right up 422 from me..

do you mean in place of steel I or H beams? I'll add "prestressed concrete beams" to my list to research.. thanks.

I've called in my almost brother-in-law who used to run a family construction business, now that I'm trying to crunch serious numbers.. I don't believe he is a degreed / certified or whatever the credentials are, but he knows his stuff.. Thanks for the ideas and input - I'm not opposed to...

In my perfect world, I would like to be able to pull vehicles in.. one of the reasons I'm obsessing about this possibility is I want to take a shot at learning about restoring an old car / truck / jeep.. and with my bikes and other things, there is no way I'm going to fit another project in...

Thanks - I appreciate the help with ballpark numbers..

Thanks for the input, Bob. If I am doing it, I want the top level sufficient to pull vehicles in. Motorcycles would absolutely be in there, Handy motorcycle lift, and the ability to hold car / pickups if I am working on something. Readhead, if you see this, I'm just doing really rough...

Thanks a lot for the responses, guys. Readhead, am I correctly interpreting your post to mean that the steel support beams themselves are $6500?

I needed a heavy duty floor jack for a header / exhaust install on my tundra.. the Harbor Freight 4 ton heavy duty did the trick lifting the front end of my truck about 20 inches without no sweat.. I use jack stands under the frame, but until I got them positioned and lowered the truck onto...

Hi all. My name is Ben. I have made my way to this forum repeatedly when researching different things, but am finally registering for a project in the early research / planning phase. I am looking to possibly build a detached garage / shop off the end of my driveway for my motorcycles...