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Battery powered unit that "Westinghouses" the little fakkers silently. Got it from home desperate. Peanut butter bait. Mouse trap would make noise that the war department could hear. War department wants them re located. I did re locate 3 of them with a have-a-heart trap.

Is the deck solid lumber? If so than it will expand and contract with seasonal changes in moisture. That could make if difficult to caulk. How about laying down a membrane of ice shield (roofing product) and cover it with T&G plywood decking. Glass cloth the seams and maybe pour on an epoxy floor?

I finally got a break in the weather and manpower available at the same time soooo..…Time to have a roof raising. We started assembling the first two pairs to go up on Tuesday. One set for a dormer and another for the stairwell. The trusses cannot be cut so we double them up on each side of any...

1/21/06 Progress report A few progress steps made. A pic of the previous form setup. And the formwork done yesterday. Note the bracing every 6 feet. Little or no bracing on the forms the last time. This thing will be a work of art when they are done. And I finally get to park in my new...

The foundation is being replaced because the owner of the form company was horrified by what this “cowboy” had done. Their attitude was very professional and to the point. They want the job done right. You sometimes wonder when someone tells you they are going to “make it right” just how long...

More from the diary. 05 Year end progress report. The garage foundation was finally finished, and we backfilled it New Years eve. This pic is a few days old, as the sills are on now and I am ready to start the walls. The replacement concrete people are very professional, one of the top 100...

WG The Benz on the right is the Mussel Kar. Modded SL55 AMG pushing close to 600 hp, 628 fp torque. MX No problems in the shed. That pic is before backfill and slab. One of my guys actually walked in there after the water went away, sunk in to the mud up to his hip.

My electrician used sweeping bends on the 2" PVC that goes from house to garage. Over 120 feet without any expansion joints.

Wifes C wagon, ML500, SL55. SL55 is now slightly modded. 585HP on 93 oct with 628 ftlbs tq. 2 P cars in there now too.

I still have a ton of stuff to post as this project started in the fall of 05.

Project on hold. I’m off to Barbados for a few weeks, and this will prob be the last post until late December, early January. The concrete form crew were absent from the job since Monday of last week. Their absence screwed up the excavator’s schedule and he was forced to pull his idle equipment...

The latest progress report. The shed footings were poured on Monday, November 14. Does this form look about 2 feet short? This was why the form guy was swearing, his screw up. I made the turkeys open up the shed forms and put the re-bar in. The walls were poured on Tuesday. They poured the...

Baby sitting time. The foundation turkeys(so soon to call them that) and I went a few rounds about how deep the footings were to be for the garage addition. It seems that they did not have 5' forms for the walls. They wanted to fill in the hole and raise the new footings. NFW I told them. The...

I started this in 05 and it has been a long journey. This is from a blog I had on a car forum. PIMP MY GARAGE Its time for an extreme makeover for my garage. It is extra deep but also filled with garden and yard tools, mowers, and just plain ol junk. I needed to assemble my own Extreme...

Workbench, drive through, fridge and bar, oh and a place to sleep too. What else do you need.

Hello, just found this site today and looks to have a ton of good ideas that I will be needing soon. Started this project around 10/25, and it does not look much different today. I have a whole blog about this project that I can post but reading it will take some time. I hope to be making major...

Hello, new member here. I looked into stick framing my garage roof system and decided not to. My total span was 41 feet with a center wall at 24 feet. I ended up getting these freekin huge 1 piece "room" trusses. I now have a second floor with a room that is 18 feet wide by the length of the...