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This has been on my "want list" for about 15 years now but the garage at my old house didn't have enough ceiling clearance. This year we moved into a new house with my "barn garage" which has more than enough ceiling hight. I went for the bendpak HD-9 4-post lift so that I could move it around...

CGT80, that is one slick setup! Nice job!

Still needing more storage space I decided to make use of the high ceilings. I figured near the side walls I could create a big 4ft wide "shelf" that is almost like a second floor. This will allow me to hopefully make progress on all the clutter. Also, I figured it was time for me to get...

So, once we moved in to the house not a lot got done in the barn. During the move it became mostly a dumping ground and was far too cluttered to really get any real work done. Then, in May of this year I got laid off... sucked but at least I had some time to deal with stuff. The original plan...

Moving day!!! In the middle of January we moved into the new house! The barn was as done as it was going to get for a while. Was a little frustrating having it being cluttered and tripping over things but I was still happy to be in our new home. My plan is to live here until they move me...

Over the winter I tried to get things organized best I could. I also installed some heat! The contractor doing the gas piping for the house did the gas hookup but I did the rest of the install. Also the bathroom got installed. I think my wife is more excited that I have a bathroom in the...

Over the next couple of months things got crazy with building the house and getting our old house listed for sale. Then we got an offer on the old house but they wanted to close very quickly.... This meant a mad rush to get everything cleaned out of the old house (and more importantly the old...

Progress on the barn slowed down at this point. The Morton crew was done with their part of the project, they use another sub-contractor for the overhead doors which took a week or two. Then the electrical sub-contractor took a while to get things wired up. They managed to get the lights...

Should be fixed now. Hopefully if you reload the page you will see the pics. Can somebody confirm if they see pics in my second 2 posts? Want to be sure it is working before I continue.

Oops, I think I know how to fix that... took a "short cut" in grabbing the links on the second couple posts....

Insulation! I live in New Hampshire where it can get pretty cold in the winter and with the size of this place (36' x 60') insulation is a critical factor. I don't want to waste all my propane just heating this place. So I opted for Morton's "Energy Performer" insulation package. The nice...

Finally in the middle of September the construction crew finally arrived!!!! By the end of the 2nd day the building had some shape. Seemed really odd to have windows before the walls were complete. Meanwhile work continued on the house and they started drilling the well... that had its...

OK, been lurking for quite some time here from time to time. I am more than overdue for posting about my "Barn". This has been something I have been pondering for several years. I even had my wife convinced it was something we would build "eventually". She considered it to be something we do...

I was about to just buy some steel and weld together a simple table of my own when I discovered these. I ended up going for the 2' x 4' "pro series" (not the full/thick "fab block" design but plenty good for my needs). Pretty happy with how it went together. Of course I have yet to use it for...