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Edit: sold ; I can't figure out how to delete this message, much less the thread. I have 2 wall cabinets with end shelf units which were removed from our kitchen 15 years ago. These are heavier gauge than many I've seen, but have been stored in the basement since removal, and show some rust and...

Been so long since i used tripod I don't know if they allow hot links. see if it stays up

Petroleum fumes are heavier than air and will collect in the pit. Any fan or lights, etc should be explosion proof.

I can't remember what they're called, but a friend's house has some pretty chintzy looking things for long floor joists. Just maybe about a 1 foot piece of 1/2" OSB glued into grooves routed into the flat sides of 2x4s. Like a cheap I-beam. I'm pretty sure they're over 20 foot long, and would be...

Google can be helpful, but do not trust Google with personal info. Do not mention Skynet. Do not listen to Alexa. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball...

Compaction is an inverse function of force applied to thickness. The maximum thickness allowed by both ODOT and PennDOT is 8 inches, and that requires the maximum size roller available. If it's necessary for you to place a couple feet, then it needs to be compacted in lifts. A plate compactor...

Damn. If you're gonna take that long to do it (50 c.y. @ 4 inches thick is about 4,050 sq. ft.) Just get a hand tamp and get a little exercise. 10" Hand tamper.

It's not really meant for simply locating pins. It's a compass used vertically by which latitude can be determined. I don't know how to do that, I've only ever used it for pins. Here's the Wiki article that popped up.

Look at the price of fittings; you can buy a lot of tubing for the price of a few fittings at almost three bucks or more each. I did kind of a combination, not so much as to save money on tubing, but to save time and effort drilling joists and pulling tubing.

Never heard of Dirt Glue, but it sounds expensive. When I worked as a highway contractor, we had pretty good luck different times with soil cement on problem wet areas. A specialty (usually) sub had a machine (think giant rototiller) which tilled the sub grade down to about eight inches or so...

As stated a couple times already, keeping the top of the foam on grade seems really hard to do. The slab could vary in thickness by a couple inches or more.

Is there a full foundation (i.e. footer and block, integral floor and footer)? Are you bound by codes and inspection? If there's a good foundation, and if you don't need it inspected, I'd lift the entire garage and put 5 courses of 12" block under the walls, then just frame in for the openings...

I owned a 1968 Triumph bike. The twin cylinders (jugs) were held to the cases by 12 point 1/4" Whitworth nuts. Of course, even back then, Whitworth size tools were hard to find, and I couldn't find a wrench for love nor money until I stumbled onto an El Cheapo import 1/2" that was just sloppy...

You don't really need studs, but you should put in girts to back up anything you use for wall panels.

I don't know how humid it is in your neck of Texas, but be aware that even with good drainage, humid air will tend to pool in low areas; the pit in my brother's garage was always damp and clammy. Mold may be a problem, in addition to the afore mentioned danger of petrochemical vapors collecting...

Many wood flooring boards have beveled edges. Quite attractive as a floor, but maybe detrimental to a work surface.

Better ones exist, but they're a bit more costly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006T6E64/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I just got done replacing all the plumbing in my house with pex. Due mostly to poor planning, but also because we're living in the house, I had to make a lot of temporary connections which had to be revised later. I cut many of those rings with a Dremel, and pulled the fitting right out; no...

I made the mistake when I was just out of school of answering a help wanted ad that turned out to be selling those things. Wasted a day sitting in a room learning the spiel. Had to memorize it word for word, including the spontaneous witticisms. I never tried to sell any, and I can't remember if...