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This may be true but any Structural or Civil Engineer from the area will be able to give you a rough estimate of footing size and slab thickness for a given metal building of a particular size. May have to pay an hour or two to an Engineer to get these estimates and then revise once you get the...

Steel frame buildings are tough to beat but in Northern climates sometimes you have to get pretty deep with foundation walls to get below the frost line. A pole building helps with this as the poles are deep and the slab comes later after the building is somewhat closed in. I would get a...

If it were a few small honeycombs it could be patched but voids at that level compromise the integrity of the stem wall where the load will act on the slab. You could saw off the stem wall but I assume you would be in the middle of the footing so then do you saw off the whole footing? One...

Thanks for the heads up scored a Mitutoyo caliper/mic set I've been wanting for a long time and the 25% certainly helped. Got an import milling vise too so the shipping I was charged ($19.95) wasn't too bad on the whole. How often do they have this deal?

That will work for sure and with the distance you are talking about it shouldn't be too much of a chore. You also eliminate the splice which makes life easier. Try to minimize the 90's and if you must make more than 2 or 3 put in an LB for an intermediate pull point. Let us know how it works...

We still don't know where you live but most places 24" minimum for direct burial or 18" deep for wiring in conduit. Up to you if you want to direct bury or not. There is certainly an advantage to conduit should you have a problem later (not to mention less burial depth initially). For such a...

Looking at a Daikin and followed your thread with great interest. I'll end up with about a 10 foot line set when installed for my application (12k BTU KE series). The installation manual specifies a minimum length (4.92 ft) which I will be above. The manual doesn't call for adding any...

Pretty neat but the exposed fan/pulley is kind of freaky. Although, lack of guarding is period correct!

I like the layout you have. As you said some task lighting over a workbench or two may be needed also but I like to chain hang those to get them closer to the work surface. May want to rough in a receptacle in the ceiling above the workbenches that is 1/2 switched (one outlet switched to light...

What do you want to do? NEC says 2-2-2-4 AL only good for 90A when used as a sub panel. If more than 10 feet is in insulation knock that down to 75A and you can breaker at 80A (one size up rule). If that is OK then several posts above have suggested how to run it. If it were me I would use...

The opener I posted above should work. Works fine on mine with a purple learn button. HD/Lowes/Menards/etc will have something like it also.

#3 copper or #1 AL. You pick the type based on the installation (crawl space, attic, underground, conduit,etc.)

What color is the programming button on the back of the chamberlain opener? (green/purple/etc.) That will determine the age and frequency range of the opener. Chamberlain changed frequencies around late 2000s and I have one opener that came with the house (green button) from 1999 and a newer...

I have a wireless keypad remote mounted on the outside door jamb on mine. They are very cheap and available at most home centers and amazon for $20-30. No wiring and one 9v battery lasts several years. Works nice as an emergency entrance also if you get locked out.

Each manufacturer has their own high and low end specs. You need to compare specs between quotes to make sure you are comparing apples and apples. Sometimes the guy who quotes you the thing you need (which can cost more) loses the bid to the guy who quotes the cheapest door that will fill the...

Check out a few local electrical supply houses. Even if you don't have an account they will typically do a cash sale. The other posters are right, aside from NM cable HD is high on wire. Lowes seems to be competitive though with their spools of individual wire (THHN, etc.). 6/3 SOOW is a...

I think it can go either way. You have to be experienced to be able to select and judge subcontractors based on their workmanship. A GC hopefully brings this experience to the table. If you have that experience and can live with the hassle significant savings can be realized. Be warned, many...

A local Geotech firm can do a soil boring and analysis. Based on the Geotech report a Structural Engineer familiar with the area can make a recommendation for the foundation design. It will cost some money but foundation design is critical for a long lasting structure. Foundation failures are...

The truck guy I recently purchased from said truck price and online price were the same on his truck. Only exception was promotional items (socket set bundled with ratchet for example). SO tools are very nice but the prices are very high. My go to screwdrivers and ratchets are SO but most of...

I'd be tempted to keep it in place. Whether it was intended to be load bearing or not when built I suspect it is carrying load now. The fact that the studs line up with the joists is probably not a coincidence. However, if you need to replace the rotten plate you can do so piecemeal (5-6 feet...