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I have a few ideas in mind but always like to hear creative ideas... Building a trap door at the top of the barn steps. It's 4 feet wide x 8 feet long... so it's heavy. I have the pulleys etc. for a counterweight system. So, what would you use for a counterweight?

It's already done, so I'm really wondering whether I need to have a backup plan started for later or not. Basically, when we trenched for electric (that line is properly in conduity) we just dropped regular old run of the mill coax cable in the same trench so I could have TV in the barn...

Growing up, I remember my dad had a set of drawers (found out later they were my grandpa's from when he was in the service) where he kept all the stuff that didn't fit neatly into a defined space in his organization system in his workshop. In short, it was a junk drawer. Each weekend, I would...

So, it's been a few months since I "finished" (you're NEVER truly done right?) my build and my workshop has been staying really organized. I haven't done a huge project since the build, but I've definitely done some work that has involved pulling out multiple power tools, saw horses, sockets...

1) At the top of the steps to the 2nd story, there's about a 10 foot long x 4 foot wide opening that I would like to enclose because heat from my workshop chases up the steps (and I'd rather keep that heat near me!). The door that's there isn't very sturdy, so I want to re-do it properly...

floor was poured a few months ago. 3500 mix with the fibers poured on top of gravel - no rebar. relief cuts. poured during the rainy season, kept wet for about 2 weeks. saw my first spiderweb crack last night. almost made me cry. tell me what i already know... that it'll be ok. that...

Is that even how you spell lean-to? oh well, you know what I mean. Anyways, I'm in thinking mode and would love to see some of your pictures. I decided my garage bay is going to be more woodworking space, so I will be building a freestanding carport to protect 3 parking spots instead...

my neighbor asked me to get your advice for him his basement really smells very musty. if you leave a cardboard box down there, mold grows on it. they go down there frequently as the laundry is down there, and since it's their path to an attached TV room and their patio out back. there is...

I have a mini fridge in the barn now, it's actually in the finished/insulated room. But that room will only be heated as needed/used. When we're not in there, do I need to keep the room at some constant base temperature above freezing in order for the fridge to work properly through the...

Shoot, wife ran to depot for me while we were finishing electrical yesterday. Electrician told me we needed a contractor pack of T8 flourescant bulbs, so she picked that up for us. They work wonderfully in the new fixtures that I bought for the exercise room, but they don't seem to work in the...

So, the walls are all closed in around the new wiring by now (although the wires won't be live until this weekend).. I was installing a loft-style shelf the other day, and one nail fire from the nail gun sparked back at me - this normally only happens to me if I'm firing into old barn wood...

I used 1/4" plywood as exterior sheething during the barn repair where saving existing siding was either impossible or not worth it. It is not CDX, but it did note "for exterior applications" directly on the plywood itself. I was ok with the thin width since I will ultimately do horizontal...

Well, I know this isn't a plumbing section, and this question isn't even garage related, but a lot of the advice I've found on this forum tends to either be the right answer, or help lead me to the right answer... so here goes: Our washer and dryer is located in our 1st floor bathroom. Every...

The barn has concrete floor throughout. One 15 x 15 area is enclosed/insulated/heated etc. to be used as an exercise room by both myself and the wife. Lots of jump rope, yoga, martial arts type of stuff.. pushups, situps.. In other words, not a lot of stationary equipment, more body weight...

Between my yard and my neighbor's yard is a small swail area that is just a freaking swamp year round. I'm not good at math, but I'm pretty sure this equation is true everywhere: Surface water + underground natural spring + clay soil = swamp. We had the same issue in the middle of our yard...

My pov has been.. it's a detached barn, I'm basically just repairing what's already there... therefore, fly under the radar and just do what I need to do and plead forgiveness later as needed. And I highly highly doubt anyone will ever look or care. But it's been eating away at me anyways. So...

so, we put up some hardware cloth in the barn to keep squirrels out. So far, so good - no more turds showing up on the upstairs floor. But out of nowhere, I'm finding a growing pile of grass and pine needles up there. The hardware cloth is undisturbed, and still no turds. So I don't think...

I'm sorry, I know I've seen this discussed, but my searches weren't finding it. Would like advice from electricians please: Did my shopping for electrical last night. 20 amp receptacles are very expensive. We're totally rewiring the entire barn (and by "we" I mean a licensed electrician that...

Well, last night I started my "studying" for my barn re-wiring. I'm reading the Time Magazine "basic wiring" and "advanced electrical" series basically because my co-worker already owned it so it saved me a trip to go buy something. Just opening this thread to hear anyone's "learning...

In the barn, there will be a finished 15x15 space (the "exercise room"). All 4 walls insulated. Nice new dble pane windows. Cement floor with exercise mat as the floor covering. Baseboard electric for heat, window unit AC for cooling. PA climate (coldish winter, summers on the hot side)...