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So i need some others thoughts on a dilemma i am having with the garage addition (this one http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170311 ). Some of the key facts: The House is 2x4 framed with 1/2" 2 sided foiled foam, no wood sheathing - I am residing the whole house while doing...

Had to put up some lights. Our babies first Christmas, plus it helped me to figure out where to put plugs in the soffit.

Doors and Widows in.

This is how i felt about laying shingle in the cold. Roof finished. Had to sweep some snow out of the way a few days. Back side of garage.

Working on the roof in November, trying to beat the snow. Got a friend and my uncle to help.

Thank you, The block seamed to take forever but I'm pretty happy with it. The concrete on the other hand... That was the only thing so far that i had to hire some one to do. It was done in two pours about a week apart. About 5 days after it was finished we got a lot of rain. That is when i...

Short video i made of putting up some trusses by myself.

Got walls stood up a couple weeks ago. Of coarse it rained the night i got them up and the day after. Got the house wrap on... and started setting trusses.

$60 for a standard hook. Some are a double hook, We have one that is one hook but 6 controllers and a lot of walking... so 60 and up.

James, I am in northern Michigan, it was 19 deg. here already yesterday morning and we have already had snow too. I work for a friend that has a Irrigation company. Out of the 400 or so blow outs we did this year, about half of those being non-pump systems with a back flow, i think there are...

The OSB i put on the walls got a couple days or rain before i got the wrap on and did swell to i'd guess about a 1/8" over thickness. The board i used on the walls came from Home Depot. I ran out and got 3 sheets from a different "lumber yard". The boards looked, felt, and even cut different. I...

If no one has already said it, don't leave the ball valves on the back flow fully open. Set the at a 45. Fully opening can trap water on the sides of the ball causing the outer housing of the valve to crack. added... that goes for the bleeders as well.

Ready to sheet the roof on the new garage. Looking for some thoughts on OSB or plywood sheeting. I would really like to use 1/2" ply but at $24 a sheet where i live... I know prices have gone up over the years but I just can't see paying that for a sheet of plywood. I used 7/16" OSB on the walls...

The plan now is to take down all the foam, put insulation in where the builder "forgot", put up OSB, wrap, then put the foam back up furring out around windows and where needed. The old alum. siding will be sold for scrap and new vinyl used. Not 100% on using the foam, but i figure i have it and...

Opened up house walls to put in nailers and discovered the only sheeting the house was built with was some beat up 1/2 foam. It's no wonder the drywall is all cracked and has nail pops everywhere.

Concrete floor done. Wall framing started.

Door way cut into basement wall.

Cores filled and anchor bolts in place every 4', on corners, and ends.

Pretty sick of block at this point. Setting angle iron for decking to sit on. B-Decking cut and in place. Finally.

Picking up where i left off for the winter.