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Wow.....interesting question that nobody has raised including building inspector. Electrical inspection being done this week though. There is no tie into the garage though. Would it make sense to drive a copper rod into ground and run a bomding wire to the tower anyway?

Thanks. When it is all done the extra touches like the large cupola and the cedar brackets (there are 8 more smaller ones still to mount) and special order green trim, soffits, and gutters will have added about $3,500 to the total cost. More than I wanted to spend but I agree it looks real nice...

Id like to use RaceDeck on my newly redone garage too. Essentially it's 32'X50' separated in half by a wall at the 26.5' mark. Are there any discounts available for this? Factory seconds that can be used in the heavy use areas more likely to get damaged if at all? Anybody know what an approx...

Thanks everybody. All of the extra design touches (and expense) were the concession to my wife who did not want this size structure simply looking like a garage. So we went "Adirondak Style". Still have several more brackets to go after the soffits go in. That rear porch looking area is...

Perfect. Thank you 👌

One more question.....per code how deep do coax antennae cables in flex pvc conduit have to be underground and how deep for underground rated 12/2 copper not in conduit? Jeff

Here's the latest as we still juggle home repairs from the fallen tree and continuing work on the garage. Great news is that with crazy Feb temps in the 50's, 60's, and 70's in NJ the work has been very efficient. Since my last post we've finished: All framing and rough-in All windows and...

I actually fully agree. My concern is really not the inspector, its what the inspection may reveal that was not done correct before by prior owners. I found this with orior work here already and we brought those items into compliance. So my questions are really about hoping to not be surprised...

I have well water and that feed line does run somewhere in the same outside corner of the house. Another reason for my hand digging. I really hope the inspector does not object to this conduit having a bunch of company near the house!

Great idea.....wish I did that before the sky track lift started moving the trusses imto place and dug trenches 18" deep on one side of the driveway with its articulated wheels. Once I saw some irrigation lines showing and sprinkler heads laying detached I knew I had another project for the...

Yeah, that would "stink". 😜 Fortunately I do know where they run and it is no where's near this dig. I just have a sense I am going to find at least one old time coax antenna wire that runs to a 110' arial tower next to the garage as one example and irrigation pvc lines as another.

It will be marked by the utilities directly so my concern is more about prior homeowner added underground stuff. Where I am it is very much sandy soil so I am actually hand digging the whole thing myself. I really was concerned about being allowed to tunnel and run the conduit underneath...

Im ready to dig the trench the 45' to bring the service to my detached garage. I've had the area marked out by the utility companies so I know where to dig and not to dig. I'm digging 20 to 24 inches deep and laying 1 1/4 inch conduit for the cable. My question is if any other lines...

Thanks folks. The Cupola is 42" square and has a light mounted inside as well as being vented. To keep bug attraction to a minimum I used an 8w yellow LED with a 10 year life as well so I wont need to change it!!! The ladder framing is simply to fill in the framing where there were no Trusses...

Figured it's time for an update. Lost a solid week when a Nor'easter blew through and took out 5 80'+ tall Pine trees one of which clipped my house and wiped out all the mechanicals. Slowly getting all that back operational now. The garage progress is at a slower stage with windows being set...

So today marks day 14 since demo. Here is a day before Demo picture and where we are today.....weather has been cooperating a lot. Low 40's to upper 50's with sort of two days rain then two days sun. Tomorrow calls for 2-3" of rain with strong wind gusts through Monday/Tuesday.

Here is the Day 4 progress. 67 degrees in NJ today too!!! Roof sheathing goes on tomorrow after the lean-to is constructed......

Thanks and yes.....only one full original wall left. The plan was to keep this wall as an interior partition wall as well as two of the outer walls. As expected though once the demo on the roof began we uncovered several issues with these other two walls, and when added to the 2x6 sistering...

Interesting and timely topic as my trusses were placed yesterday and the gable end ladders done today......nope....the end trusses were not ordered lower.....and nope.....no way would I modify the trusses at this point as the inspectors here require fully sealed truss certification plans which...

Thanks for the quick quick quick replies......were sticking with THE PLAN and following typical methods......header will be framing the opening with cripples above......otherwise there is no support for "fake cripples" below and I don't want to get into that..........I'm not changing out the...