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how far is the run to the garage?

its like 22 x 18 and I'd like to keep it around 55 deg. After reading up more I'm leaning towards radiant slab with a tankless ng hot water heater. My father also has a couple big solar hot water panels he offered.

My garage is only about 15 feet from my house.... House has a hot water system for heat, is it possible to use a heat exchanger and run insulated burried loop out to the garage for heat? I'd use a seperate loop with the exchanger so I can put antifreeze in that system. Thoughts???

Its official, the garage is square. At its worst spot its out maybe 1/8" in 4 feet. Pretty happy with it!

Thanks, I'm back on track now!

update..... I stood back and took a deep breath and decided to not give up on this project. I pulled all the nails that were holding the shed to the garage. That wasnt much fun but its done. I put a come-a-long on a diagonal across the back wall to help pull it straight and applied some...

update..... My wife and I are having our 1st child in the next few weeks here so I got pulled away from the garage project to get the nursery ready. I just got the ok from the boss to go back on the garage fix-up.... So I'm coming to the reality that thing garage is never going to be square...

central, I'm in the brookfields

yep mine is a 07 TE 450..... don't use it much but it is street legal

wow, what was that building for back in the day???

update..... got the temporary walls started, I started out with just a stud under each of the new rafter ties, which are on every other rafter.... looking at it now I think im going to add a stud under the other rafters too just for extra safety. I'd say I have plenty of triangulation though...

got some good stuff for the garage over the weekend, 50's rockwell bench mount drill press, newer delta bench mount drill press, vintage whitney No.5 JR punch and a older craftsman tap and die set. 100 bucks!! I'm probably going to give the delta drill press to my father but the old rockwell...

Yes! my foundation settled on one side long ago so I really need to form up a short footer nice and level, give me a good surface to build my new walls on.

the lights came after I grew out of my basketball years ha I may have to change that up once i have a kid!!

Well I've got most of the new rafter-ties in, almost ready to build the temp. walls!! Thinking about lifting the roof right off the old walls, then pulling it into place on some rollers. I just don't trust the old walls to hold up to the pressure. Plus this will allow me to place the roof...

notice the lack of a sill plate..... thats only in one spot but still

ok here's some pictures of my dump.... notice how it kinda looks square from the front, my dad was pretty crafty....

Maybe just brothers from another mother? Unless you happen to be a big goofy ******* too? haha

I just read that whole thread last week!! I used that for ideas and pulled some more ideas out of my hind end so now all I gotsta do is execute them.. Anywho, I took some pictures but my wife must have hid the usb cord on me so they'll have to wait until she gets home tonight.

Okay, Here's the scoop. I'm 28 years old and have lived in my current home since I was two years old.... My parents decided to move out a few years back and I bought the place off them. So I am pretty familiar with this lovely property. So on to the garage. My memories of the approx 18x22...