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I've dragged tarps out of my trailer before to achieve what you are trying. Have to be careful not to destroy the tarp though. Or your transmission if you just leave it in park. Need to put the brakes on I would think.

The whole thing looks like it's ducking and diving all over the place. Not a straight line in site. The termination at the gate could have been done better in every way.

"9 or 10 foot ceiling" Do 10 if you can. That way if you ever want to put more than three cars in there you have the option of parking one on top of a lift. 9 wont really be enough for stacking two cars / trucks in many cases. 10 is nearly always enough.

As others have said, your house wont fall down, you should try not to worry about it. It'll just be a bit more work for the finish guy. However, it takes the same amount of time to cut the jack right than to cut it short. It's sloppy and I wouldn't stand for it in any discipline. That jack is...

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Can you not just remove the joist completely and then install two new ones, one on each side of the plumbing? You'll be reducing the spacing between joists, which no one can complain about. Whats the problem?

If it's really subborn, you can core the hole instead of drilling it. It's a different machine though. IF you core the hole you'll go right through the rebar. If you can't finish it you could hire a company to come and core the last hole. Likely a $100 job. As far as drilling anchors goes, I'd...

There wont be any expansion over 8'-0".

we used to have a relay and a door bell rigged up to a motion sensor. Not hard to do but a waste of time. All you do all night is spring out of bed and rush to the window, only to find out the wind / rabbit / neighbours cat / garbage in the breeze set it off. Alarm company decal on the window...

get a drywall lift. then sell it afterwards for 75% of what you paid for it.

You can use a 2x6 for the top plate. Then it will be big enough for the angled cut on the studs. Someone with more experience will be able to answer my next question, should he nail the bottom of the studs to the bottom plate tight, or leave a half inch gap so they can slide up and down on the...

If you are going into hollow block wall with a tapcon, be sure to select a length that is suitable for the size of blocks you are dealing with. Hilti have a (overpriced) fastened called HLX if I remember right. Its a hollow wall fastener. You may be able to get a suitable size there too. Or...

Use the money you would spend at a machine shop to justify the cost of the tool. That way you'll always have the tool too. For the info of those who suggested it, cutting with a torch or plasma and then cleaning it up afterwards would be far from ideal. Not only would it result in a hole that...

Its easy to say start from scratch, you can't be wrong. Falcon67 has the right idea. There is nothing here that cannot be salvaged with some new lumber and some jacks / comealongs. Just lift it / pull it back to the shape it should be, and then start installing the new wood from the underside...

Concrete aside, if the same contractor is building the whole garage, perhaps you want to settle up with him and get someone else in? He obviously has different expectations than you do. It could be a disappointment at every stage?

Taking pride in your work seems to be a thing of the past, in lots of different disciplines, not just concrete. I too just had a slab poured, this time for a shed. Its not even square. I had them build the forms twice and the second time it was only out by about 3/4" so I left it. The first...

That's what I did. 3/4 plywood on a frame of 2x4's every 16". Then lag bolted into the studs and hung fron the bottom chord of the trusses above. You can't go crazy putting too much weight up there. the bottom chord of the joist was not designed for it remember. But it is a great place to store...

Depending on the section size you use for a runway, you may be able to buy something through a steel fabricator. Most structural shops have at least some ability to roll an I beam into a curve, providing you don't need too tight a radius or too heavy a section. You'd be rolling it in the "easy"...

You need to invite someone with experience over to your place to take a look at the project. And by that I mean a home builder / contractor who has an engineer he can work with.

I have found one with adjustable stops for travel and 4 speeds, slowest is 560rpm. 1/2 chuck, 1/2 HP. Looks old but seller states good cond. i have asked where it was made and what brand it is. Might try to buy it if it looks solid enough. Is the 560 rpm slow enough for say 1/2" holes in 1/4...