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Make some caps out of 2" foam insulation . bore a hole to fit the nut and then cover the hole . Use screws to fasten it over the nut . Dan

One missing measurement, how tall is your wall you intend on adding the leanto to? and what is the pitch of your existing roof ? Do you intend to follow the existing roof or will the pitch have to change ? Dan

Not To Hijack Thread , Junkman . If you are having heaving problem with your concrete aprons , and know it is a problem with water laying under them then breaking them up and placing drain tile and stone under the new aprons should cure your problem . If you can run the tile ,with 1/8 to 1/4"...

Larry , some of the old block I have used was thirty years old , one man door on a friends garage I blocked in he got from the foundation of the house his dad built in 1960 or so , it had a special face texture , and could not be found new . We had to move the door as it was in the wrong side of...

mshedb , Be sure to insulate the perimeter of the foundation , I posted in one of these threads on insulating a floor slab about studys of cost to benefit ratio of perimeter insulation or full slab insulation all of them I have read shows that it is more cost effective to insulate the foundation...

Larry , I have seen people reuse old block to build garages and a couple basements , and have not heard of any problems with mortar sticking to it the biggest problem is the blocks are layed when green and easily cut . the older the block the harder it is from curing and when they are hard they...

You can build your own trench drains , use 2 X 6 's for the bottom of the trench and nail 2 X 6 's to it's face for the sides cut KEYS to match your grating and nail them to the sides even with the top this will allow the top of the grating to be even with the concrete . You can embed angle iron...

Dave , I have a bunch of saw horses around the shop but my favorite set is made from sheet metal and the legs fold into the body of them , TSC and other companies make them , just add a piece of 2 X 4 to the top and they are ready to use . I keep a couple 8' 2 X 4 's around to lay on top of the...

What ever you do with the cats after you trap them don't just take them and release them elsewhere , Cats learn that the trap is not a good place to be . If you release them somewhere else you have just caused someone else the problem of getting rid of the cats . Here in Pennsylvania it is...

3/4" Steel or copper is fine , All threaded fittings should be teflon taped and doped , buy good dope not the cheap gray dope . I use Loctite 545 on all my Pneumatic (Air) and Hydraulic fittings , it is not cheap , but a 50ml. bottle will do all your joints on a small system . With 545 you DO...

Was using Great Stuff to seal penetrations around sleeves , floor drains , and other plumbing fixtures , we had set in the steel decking for the second floor of a building . I tapped the can and bent over to seal the first gap and the whole can emptied . Foam all over the place in my hair , on...

Maybe one of the computer genius' could program it to haul a$$ back to the recharging station when a garage door opened . :spit: :headscrat :scared: :Violent: Dan

If you were to use Black iron pipe underground with no coating on it , it will start to corrode and in a number of years it will develop a pin hole leak . Steel gas transmission and distribution lines have anodes attached to them , the anode is made from a metal that self sacrifices , in other...

Egan , Thanks for the link and the info on where to buy , will be adding these to the shop build this year . Dan

OUCH! Sometimes no matter how well you aim the just go where they want :wtf: :shocking: Dan

Great looking shop and garage you have built , Egan . What I was wondering is where did you get the track system you have to hang things on ? What is the brand name of it so i can google it . Again nice :drool: Hope my shop comes out looking that good . Dan

Most of the backing I have seen behind those panel is 1/2" drywall , the drywall is taped ,mudded and sanded . Then the panels are glued up to the drywall with Liquid nails type adhesive . the seams are hidden with a vinyl channel made for that application . And these panels do not last forever...

PPE = Personal protective equipment , get yourself a good respirator rated for what you are doing , staining ,painting , etc. Than use it . If you were able to lay your hands on a filter unit rated for VOC's (volatile organic compounds) you could vent the filtered air back into your shop , but...

I think it would work . I lifted the roof and ceiling joists on my present shop to give me more head room . This might be easier in your case since the outside walls are sided . I added two feet the the height of the wall by building what you call pony walls than put T1-11 siding on the out side...

Illinois Tool Works own both companies . If you can afford a little higher price go to the Hobart Handler 175 , I have this welder and it has served me well . Cart ***** but the welder works fine . I went with the heavier machine because I do more sturcturaul welding , than sheetmetal welding ...