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Hi all, So I am looking to hang a screen for outdoor viewing on on the side of my porch (see pic with red dots). I have a screen I got from work for free that is big but heavy - similar to what I have posted a pic below. So there is a 3/4' pvc board on top of a LVL where I want the mounts...

Hi all, I need to do some light dirt work in my yard in front of my porch. Basically the yard slopes up from the porch and I want to feather it out more so it’s not so steep. I do have a retaining wall that will make one of the angles interesting to deal with, but I think I can still improve a...

So on our porch, we have 6x6 columns and on the outside is a 3/4" pvc trim board. We did not wrap the columns as we did not want them to increase in size. Most are pretty well aligned and I am filling/sanding to get them pretty flat and smooth (not perfect as I know they are wood). The...

Hey all, Building a screened porch and wiring some outlets in the 6 x 6 box around the outside perimeter. You can see the conduit coming up with a wire that will go to horizontal outlets. Do I need to put any kind of bushing or anything on that or can I just run the wire to the outlet...

Hi all, So I had some stamped concrete done last fall and it looked great with a coat of Super Diamond Clear. Now I am getting some flaking and trying to figure out what is going on. Concrete guy came out yesterday and saw it and will get back to me with what can be done. There were 2...

Hi all, So for my generator that I will use to power some basic circuits in my house, I have questions on the wiring. (I have interlocks in place and a proper outlet box on the side of the house) The generator is a Briggs & Stratton (branded) EXL8000. (8000 running, 13500 starting) I have...

Hi all, I am wiring my screen porch. We will have a single ceiling fan without a light. Does it need to have a physical switch by code? I currently have a three gang box and will change that to a four gang that will have four independent lights (dining area lights, sitting area lights, flood...

Wanted to check with the group on my thoughts of wiring for my screen porch. The main panel is on the end wall of the attached garage and I already have conduit going from a junction box outside on the opposite side of the main panels that was put in place for the detached garage. There is an...

Hey all, I grabbed some speakers from work they were giving away. I have 8 JBL Control 26CT speakers. (I think I can get another 5-6). They were in conference rooms. Since they are also "PA" speakers, they are 70V/100V system but after some research, it appears you can bypass the transformer...

Hey all, Doing a screen porch using 6x6s - question on LVLs vs 2x10 specifically.... (porch thread: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/screen-porch-project-begins.550944/#post-11376959 Here is the long side and the placement of the 6x6 posts and the rough spacing between in red. The...

Hey all, So just dug out some gravel and seeing this crack. Ugh...the pipe goes under a new concrete slab - so what options do I have to fix this?

Hi all, So making progress on my screen porch. Thread here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/screen-porch-project-begins.550944/ Since I am going to run electrical for outlets, lights, fans, etc. I have thought about running some wire to have in the general area of where I might put...

Now that the retaining wall is done (thread here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/retaining-wall-progress.548007/#post-11241015), we are moving into the next phase of the screen porch! Here is the current patio that will be replaced with stamped concrete: I actually used ChatGPT...

Hi all, So the wall is built and we are going with a stamped concrete up to it. If you look at the picture, all the pavers, dirt, gravel, etc. will be replaced with concrete - up to the asphalt driveway. The red arrows are the proposed slope away from the house and the green arrow would be...

Hi all, What is the normal markup for a contractor on equipment rental? I had a contractor build a retaining wall and he rented a skid steer and excavator for a month to assist in the work. He gave me a number for the cost of the rental and I called the rental place after they picked up the...

These rarely hit marketplace in my area and on those rare occasions I am too late. Picked these up the other day for $100 each. Some are brand new and never used and the rest are mix of adjustable and fixed bins. I scraped and "goo gone" the sticker labels and bought a pack of 2x5.5" magnetic...

Hi all, So looking add a riser to my septic because accessing it takes a ton of digging an makes a huge mess. About to redo the patio in stamped concrete and a screen porch. I don't want the cover exposed because it is right by the patio but would like to have a riser with maybe a foot of dirt...

Hey all, Thinking about converting some of this upstairs space on my detached to a home office which would include getting a mini split for it. I assume the end wall (opposite of the door) would be the only place for a wall mount, which I am not loving. That leaves a ceiling cassette option -...

Hi all, I have a post of a new retaining wall that replace a failing railroad tie wall here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/retaining-wall-progress.548007/#post-11238234 This thread is more about options for fixing the asphalt that meets the wall. While the driveway overall is in...

Hey all, So finally pulled the trigger on the retaining wall. Here are the before pics. As you can see they wall was failing - rotting out and leaning. Had 11 pallets of block (660) delivered plus caps and corners. Contractor has been busting his ****! Boys and I got rid of all the...