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In March, I had a slab poured for my shop. It was exposed to weather until June when my building was under roof. My slab very splotchy and looks like the sealer is cracked. I'm guessing it was applied too lightly. I am close to putting things in my shop so I have one more chance to clean up the...

My shop has a basement where I need to add lights. The basement has 14" tall beams and it's a little over 8' from the bottom of the beam to the floor. The ceiling and walls are concrete. This will not necessarily be a work area but mostly storage space and play area for my kids. I expect my...

I would like some advice. I have a stick-build 28x40x12 shop that I am working on. I am getting close to my insulation step. I want to insulate without going overboard as it would take a long time to recover my costs (maybe). I got an estimate on spray foaming my shop including an unvented roof...

I have a 12' ceilings and after some reading, I decided to go with the 2' LED high bay lights from Home Depot since they surface mount easily to a ceiling box. In using the Visual 3d tool, it called for 9 lights. Since the lights I am using (18K Lumens) are likely to be too bright at times, I...

I know this has been a common question and I've found several posts but I cannot determine the correct way to do it. I have framed my garage door opening. It is 3" wider than the expected door. I plan to frame the jamb with 2x6 SPF. The walls are 2x4. The building will have vinyl siding/brick...

I am building my garage wall in sections. They are being built on the floor including sheathing then stood up. My first wall is 16' long. It will have a double bottom plate and a double top plate. The sheathing will be attached to both. Do I need to overlap my wall sections with the OSB...

I am finally getting around to starting my build thread. I appreciate much of the advice folks provided me as I was planning. Some of the earlier threads were: Fill Alternatives How to spec a suspended slab In the area where I finally decided to build, the grade was substantial. It fell about...

We just finished pouring my new slab. Some of my foundation bolts are short (maybe 7 out of 40). I knew this was likely because when we set the bolts in the basement foundation, we set for a 4" inch slab and poured it at 4.5". Many of them are tall enough or I can hollow out for it. If I hollow...

I realize this is a relatively common question. I have a somewhat unique situation where I am building a shop with a basement. My concrete basement walls have been poured and we will be installing the beams and metal decking tomorrow for the upper slab. I need to figure out what rough-ins I...

I am building a two-level garage (need to start a gallery post) and the basement is poured concrete walls. I am putting an entry door and 8x7 garage door in the basement. I planned to use an insulated roll up (coil) garage door from rollupdoorsdirect.com. We are forming the wall on Monday and...

I've posted a few times about planning my build. Due to the grade of my lot, I am planning to have a walk-out basement with a suspended slab on top. I am having a hard time getting a price on this work (the framing/decking). I am GCing the project myself. Hollow core pre-cast slabs are not going...

As I plan my new garage, I've basically decided to put it on a basement foundation with a suspended concrete floor due to my site grade and fill requirements. The tentative plan (pending quote) is to use steel beams, metal decking and poured slab on top. The basement will be mostly used for...

I have been continuing my research on looking into ways to build my garage on a slope with a suspended garage floor and basement. Structural slabs are not all that common in my area and they aren't very DIY-friendly. I have run across a product called Cement Bonded Particle Board that comes in...

Hi folks, I am planning to build a 32x40 detached, stick-built garage. The location where I am planning to place it is somewhat slopped front to back (5' in the back right corner, 7'-ish in the back left corner). I am planning to have poured concrete footers and stem walls with fill then a...