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Pole barn all day long. I consider those tube buildings to be glorified carports!

First of all, good decision not to reuse the chicken house “trusses” which are not true trusses and are poorly designed. I can see from the picture that they are sagging. Just use properly engineered trusses on 2’ centers and be done with it.

You’re overthinking this. Pour a level floor so if you have a spill it will puddle up and you can get oil Dri on it immediately. I’ve had a four post lift for over 35 years and never had a spill that I couldn’t immediately control, just keep the oil dri handy!

Spiders, box elder bugs and miller moths!

I am also 70+ years old and have always did everything myself, plumbing, carpentry,auto repair,etc. I also came to realize that sometimes you need to call a professional with the knowledge and specialized tools required! Call a plumber!

Just a few comments from a fellow engineer BSME1970 (Pre CAD era) I’m impressed, you undoubtedly have the most over engineered two car garage ever! Good Job!!

Out of curiosity, I drove thru Bayard on my way back from Omaha Monday I was shocked to see how much it has deteriorated since I was there last. How sad! This was once a thriving community here in Western Nebraska. Most small towns here have declined but this community has really suffered. For...

At the risk of being too nosy, I have to ask “ why buy a place 3 hours from home?” As to hail and solar panels, NPPD ( Nebraska Public Power District) lost an entire solar field to hail in Scottsbluff last summer.

Have you visited with whoever handles code enforcement/building inspections for Bayard? Is rezoning a possibility? It seems to me that bringing the building up to commercial standards is the major sticking point. My 3600 sq ft shop has 200 amp service, which is completely adequate for welding...

I’ve seen that building as I have driven thru your town. What a great building for a car guy!!! I live in Morrill, just west of you. I would think the town would be happy to have a run down property be cleaned up. Could you get temporary power as you work on it? Good luck, what a great property!

Radiant floor heat really works best when the temperature remains constant. Mine takes about one hour to raise the temp one degree, so it doesn’t react very fast to temp setting changes.

AO Smith. Yes it’s a power vent 75 gallon 75000BTU.

I heat my 3600 sq ft shop with a 75 gallon high efficiency natural gas water heater. It has been going for 7 years without a hiccup. We just went thru some -30 degree temps and it kept up with no problems.

I have had an HD9 for about 8 years. Have had zero problems with it, fit and finish is good. I particularly like the air released locks but I also have shop air which is always pressurized. The only thing I dislike is the ramps have a grit finish on them, don’t know if this is still the case.

Local community college. They often offer night classes. This is how I learned TIG.

One thing you can count on. That roof will sag over time!!! Poor construction!

your assumption is flawed. You are measuring flow to atmosphere. Put a pressure Gauge and valve on the end of the hose and then close the valve until you get 40 or so psi. This will give you the actual flow at system pressure.

the 36” ramps should be fine. I have a couple of Corvettes which are fairly low and the 36” ramps work just fine. Here’s a modification I made to mine. They have a tendency to bend down in the area where the wood brace is.

Exactly!!! Basically you are heating the whole slab and the slab is radiating heat to the building. I left a 4 x 8 section without pex for a two post lift. Never did install the lift but you cannot feel any difference in that spot. I stapled the pex directly to the insulation and laid mesh...

A couple things stand out. PEX is very stiff and doesn’t like short 90 degree turns. That ziggy zaggy thing on top is not going to work. You have all the inlet tubing in one area and the return tubing in the other area. Your inlet water is going in 20-30 degrees warmer than the return so the...