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For the house there are retrofit systems that you can run between the floor joists UNDER existing sub floor, provided you have access to the underside of the floor in your house. When we do the big remodel on our house I'm considering just such a system. It helps that I have a crawl space so I...

I made it myself. The lumber store was selling 5" x 8" (and 8" x 12") flat sheet metal flashing "shingles". I simply cut them to side, bent them, and folded them up. I think I had posted photos of the "process" before, if not, click the links below to see pictures. 1. Cut sheet to size +...

I know I haven't. And my own current house is no exception. This was highlighted last night as my wife and I are wrangling back and forth about the furniture layout for our son's bedroom (he's 2 yr old now but will transition out of the crib soon). Whoever designed / built our house did a...

Thanks guys. This is what I do for a living, working in the field of Architecture. Between the years earning my M. Arch degree and the 10+ years I've spent working professionally on other client's projects, it's nice to apply some of these skills to my own project. Especially something as...

Integrating the doors with the WRB has been much trickier than the windows. The windows have a nice nail flange all the way around which helps course the windows into the WRB. Doors do not. So there's nothing to bridge the rough opening and the back of the door jamb. I thought I had this...

Um. . . it is a shed, two sheds actually. I just didn't want a wood floor. You know, for durability. :headscrat There's definitely some extra coin in the foundation. That's probably the big extravagant expense of the project. What I did vs. a simple concrete slab is probably a...

The last two nights after darks I've been cutting an nailing together some scraps to build some drying racks. The idea is to pre-paint the siding panels (at least the first coat) before installing them. Built as a simple self supporting A-frame, it can support panels on both sides. This rack...

Finish with most of the flashing / block / widow integration with the WRB (weather resistive barrier (the black tar paper looking stuff all over the sheds)). One of the last things to be installed were the light blocks. These are mounting bases for the wall sconces. Like the windows, they...

I found the 1/4" peg board at a local hardware store, not the national big box stores. I just couldn't see using anything thinner. And the Durahook peg board hook system is awesome. I used that exclusively on my peg board, which I hang angle grinders, drills, sledge hammers, and heavy power...

I just finished roofing both of my shed buildings. The process went reasonably quick and I'm not a fast worker at these types of things. I tend to putz along. Roofing Instructions Every single one of the roofing bundles I got (30 year comp shingles) had detailed instructions on the packages...

Recommendations: Anywhere the wood contacts concrete use PT (pressure treated) wood. This would include either on the slab / CMU block course or against the garage block wall. Ideally, wood should have a minimum 6" separation from grade . . that is, any horizontal exterior surface. So that...

As far as pushing plywood up the ladder goes. . . 10 ft seem pretty high up to be wrestling with a big 4x8 sheet of material. I'd be concerned about stability on the ladder. Depending on the number of sheets the OP needs to haul up, I like the "jack stand" approach described early on. There...

One thought if you want to keep at least one of the garage doors from getting blocked by snow (haven't closely read al posts so I don't know where the OP is) is to build a cross-gable over one of the garage doors. You might still dump snow over one of the garage doors, but at least the other...

That's certainly an issue. Most contractors are very conservative in that they get nervous when doing something they haven't done before. There's risk involved in the unknown and when they are asked to give a quote that they'd be expected to honor they get jumpy. And I can under stand not...

Oh, and I finished with the building wrap last night. Just need to install two more windows and then start the flashing around the doors and light blocks. I hauled some 2x8's up to my neighbor's cabinet shop and we are going to cut some custom door jambs. I also brought up the cedar decking...

Ha! My encore is sitting on my **** and doing nothing! I've been pretty much going non-stop on house projects for over a full year now between a kitchen remodel, home office renovation, patio pour, and now the shed. Very little time off during that year, mostly it's been a matter of getting...

I really like that approach where you're using the materials as they are. Makes a lot of sense aesthetically to me. These rain screen systems were something that I first learned about during some case studies in classes while I was working toward my Architecture degrees back in the late 90's...

Congrats, Jim!

Looks very nice. The oiled Ipe is gorgeous. And I feel your pain on all the planning and prepwork to get to this point. I've been dealing with that on my own project (and on most home improvement things I've done) and it's amazing how much time and effort can get burned up on planning and...