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I might try that. The current owner parks a huge RV in the workshop. He uses an extender to get WIFI from the house. He said that works well in his RV when parked in the workshop driveway, but not parked inside the workshop due to the metal walls (?). I need a cable in the workshop for TV...

I have to figure that out. I know the existing electrical wires in conduit runs from the house to the garage "over the septic" about 6" deep and has been that way successfully for 7 years. My thought is to make a trench (by hand shovel or by Spectrum Cable trencher) parallel to it maybe a foot...

Thanks for the input. I was thinking to use the same size Pex that's used for the main water shutuff in the crawl space. I am not there, but my guess is it's 3/4", and some of the red and blue lines throughout the house may be 1/2". I am not sure without being there. The house was recently...

Good advice. Thanks!

The frost line here is only 6" per web search. It will not be inspected by anyone but me. Thanks!

I am purchasing a 1987 house that has already had the Quest plumbing for the entire house replaced with Pex. The house has an awesome garage about 35 ft from the house crawl space where the Pex water shut off is. Garage already has 100amp service, but no water for a hose or cable for TV or...

Thank you everyone for the input!

So I close on my new house and workshop Sept 8. All I have to do survive the mortgage appraisal next week. Everything else is done, inspected and pre approved. Yay! Some of you saw my new shop in another thread when I first looked at the property. Really nice 30x40 pole building built in...

That's a great spot you have there!

I bought it! Very nice owners. We negotiated the price in their living room without any real estate brokers. Wrote the contract on their kitchen table. Reviewing with my attorney this morning. Now we just have to clear the inspection which should be no problem, and the mortgage appraisal. I...

Thanks everyone. I am looking at it tomorrow. I think it's a great building for my needs. However, it all comes down to price. The property has to appraise for a mortgage . The house only "sort-of" meets our needs, and the location has pros & cons for us. We'll see. At the right price my...

I think its a pretty great looking building, just a lot bigger and taller than I was anticipating. Why do you say that scissor trusses are a plus? What I would like to hear from a garage member that has knowledge, is what they think it cost to build this particular pole building, with the...

Morton is a manufacturer of pole buildings from I have read. Hoping to get some input from somebody with one, as to my questions and/or comments on the build quality from the pics.

I am considering purchasing this property in central NC that has a well maintained late 80's ranch house with a 600 sq ft attached garage, and a detached 1200 sq ft "Morton type building" that the current owner built for his motor home in 2010, wired with 100 amp service, 220 outlets and with...

Thanks so much. That makes sense given the placement. Appreciate it!

Hi. I am hoping someone here can help me out. The town has dug up our street a dozen times or so doing new water, sewer and storm drains. Now they are re-surfacing our road & parking access outside our beach condo. The road is going to be concrete. Even with my best Google skills I can not...

Strap wrenches work great. Good tool to have a round for all kinds of things! I have used them on plumbing jobs, cars, various "stuck" parts!

Well, we didn't buy the house. Beautiful lot but the house just didn't work for us. That is the nicest carport I ever saw. It did have like a 6" or so curb/footer all the way across the back floor arch opening, so it was never intended to be used going the direction for anything. It was...

Thx for all the great input. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow !

When I was clearing out my house to sell it a while back, I used Craigs List as well as a tag sale. I had to deal with a few Craig's List people that had broken english, didn't show up, etc. All in all I sold what I needed to, and most of it went smoothly. What blew me away was one day I...