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Yeah, that is phase 2 :)

They do work slick. We did not have all the cross bars wired together at first, but quickly got it done when the first load of concrete was knocking over the risers! All was good once we tied it all together.

Time to turn the heat on! The instructions from Radiantec were pretty straight forward. I flip-flopped on the heating source throughout most of the summer. Do I go electric, natural gas, boiler, residential water heater, and on and on. My heating plan only called for 40K BTU, so just about...

I was really undecided on how to finish the interior. After lots of searching here on the garage journal, I opted to finish the walls with 1/2" OSB, and 5/8 sheetrock on the ceilings. Insulated the walls with R19 batts and lined with 6mill vapor barrier. Attic was blown with 15" of...

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Also lived in Bloomington for a few years. Now in the NW burbs...

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The plan was to put vinyl on the sides, and brick up over the garage doors, finishing the gable with cedar siding. But, after getting quotes from the brick guy, it was only $700 more to finish the gable with brick (I had to provide the non-functional vent.) This plan made the wife happy since...

Time for some electrical... Since the path from house to garage is near a septic drain field and crosses a couple of lawn irrigation lines, I opted to dig the trench by hand. Figured I could use the calorie burning exercise as well! Again, soil is light & sandy, so digging by hand is actually...

I believe the footings were about 12-14" and the slab was 5"

Went with Timberline shingles and complete wrap. Ordered the same shingles that were put on my house about 5 years ago, but of course they did not match all that well... You can see one sheet of XPS foam in the first picture along the slab. As mentioned earlier, I dug down about 4 ft below...

My wife was looking forward to having to having storage in the attic, but that idea fizzled as we decided to install a hip roof. We considered using engineered trusses that would open it up some for storage, but decided it was not worth the extra cost. The guys put up the trusses while I was...

A buddy of mine is a carpenter, so gave me a great deal on labor if he could use this project as filler-work inbetween jobs. This allowed me to stay mostly involved during weekends and evenings. The floor looked great when poured, but when it setup, the finish was plenty rough and bumby in...

Yes, those words from my wife still echo in my mind from last June. What can I say, it was a beautiful Saturday, and the cement guys were available! Although the following is somewhat of a build thread, it is more of a look back at the build... What did I like, what would I do different...

After years of procrastinating, finally got it done! The floor heat was awful nice with temps in the single digits! Now, lots of landscaping, cement apron, etc. for next spring. My original plan was to go with standard gable roof and less brick, but decided to match the house for neighborhood...

doing a little car & suv maintenance on the new floor... sliding the floor jack around, with no noticeable marks. 1/2" impact slipped from my hands and fell from about 5ft. Put a small "dent" in the floor (kind of like when the wife drops a can of soup on the wood floor), but no chip. They...

looks very nice dlc!

Checking it out this morning after drying, I see that I skimped a little on the first section when applying. I have some leftover material, and am wondering if I can recoat that area? It has been about 24 hours since that section was done. Instructions say to top-coat with the polyurea clear...

I just installed the $60 Lithonia T8 4-bulb fixtures from HD. I used 9 fixtures for 1300 sqf on two switches. One switch controls the center bank of 3, and the other controls the two outer banks of 3 each. Lots of light when all fixtures are on. Although only a few weeks old, the fixtures...

I just blew in about 15-16" of fiberglass for an R39. Stuff is lightweight and fairly clean when blowing. I actually got more "itchy" when putting batts in my wall compared to blowing the stuff. Took about 4 hrs for 1300 sqf with one guy on the hose, and another feeding the machine (two...