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There are three franchisees in the city, by the phone book anyway. Only one of those comes to this shop. It’s a small shop (4 lifts). I purchased line wrenches, offset long reversible ratcheting wrenches and the long handle locking flex head 1/2 drive from him over the phone and my son paid when...

Hi guys and gals, My son is apprenticing as an AST in Canada. He will he doing his first school stint in a month or so. I have been as helpful as I can with getting him tools. I don’t know what to make of this - a snap on franchisee comes by his shop when called, and has been good with...

Hi deezee I put a 30amp outlet in - which will run a 4800w heater. I have "borrowed" one from dad for the time being. It is an older unit, built quite well. It's was manufactured by Federal Pioneer Electric in Manitoba. I was surprised to see that. So far so good - it will warm up the garage...

Overall the plan was to have a space to work on whatever I need. Last year there was 7 months of winter. I am currently doing house reno's and will need a place to build cabinets and built ins. So I think the plan is to get either a sawstop or festool track saw. Still fighting with myself on...

Step 11. Boarding and lighting complete With the help of my Dad, we finished hanging the drywall. There are quite a few places/joints that I wish had turned out better. But overall I was really happy with the result. You can also see what I did for lighting. On the left side there are 2x 16'...

Step 10. Sorry - limited photos. I poly'd the ceiling with 6 mil. Lots of staples. Learned a few tricks. It is easier to work with if you don't unfold the poly first. Also started boarding. I learned that the new light drywall *****. It is far to flexible and terrible for cutting a nice edge/

Step 9. Insulation I ran power for lights and an outlet for electric heat. After that it was time for insulation. What a bear to put in. I should have used kraft paper faced insulation and stapled it. OR I should have just poly'd and hung vapor barrier and had someone blow it in. To top it off...

Step 8. Electrical Just a quick shot of the existing breaker panel (if you could call it that). Like magic, there is the new panel. The panel is really just a sub off the house. The breaker is just 30amp in my house panel feeding the garage. This is fine for now and suits my needs (and wallet).

Step 7. End framing I needed framing to go in the opposite direction when the clearance of the roof line would no longer allow me use more 2x10's I used 2x6's - I also custom notched them out to sit level on the existing sil plates. I did not bother with the triangles in this direction as the...

More shots of 2x10's How does one lift 22' 2x10's and be accurate? With only yourself and young boys to help? With a slightly modified drywall lift!

Step 6. Install the 2x10's These things span 21'6" approximately, so fir 2x10's were required to meet the lb/sqft for dead load. I don't remember the calculation off hand, but I was withing the rating on the lumber consortium website for dead load and 3/16 deflection at the center. The existing...

Step 5. Cut triangles I cut a ton of these things out of 5/8 sheeting. The purpose of them is to tie into the existing framing. These are going to be used to sandwich the 2x10's that will meet the existing framing. The 2x10's will be cut to meet the angle of the existing roof line. Then apply...

Step 4. Lumber delivered. (sighs) The lumber company is replacing the siding on one side of my house now. They were very good to deal with, but I am still dealing with it which is my fault.

Here are a couple shots post mudjacking, with primer on the walls

Step 3. Hire mudjackers. I had a couple of places do quotes. Both companies measured the back corners do be down 4-5 inches. Yikes. One company was $500 more than the other. I figured level is level, right? I went with the cheaper company. I am not entirely convinced that was the best...

Step 2. Empty the garage You can see the slope and framing issues. The rater tie was me doing a test run and the wide tie strap is what I used the pull the walls back in

Hi Folks - Long time lurker, first time poster. I wanted to share what I did as it might help others. I have a 2 car (22'w x 24'd) built on pad, with a cottage roof. I had several issues - Drainage (the back corners were undercut by water) - Pad sunk in the back corners (due to drainage and...