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Drawing up the plans now. Plans for the loft are just a hang out area/man cave. I plan to put couple of couches, bar, mini fridge, TV, and maybe a pool table up there.

My builder actually sourced it and installed it when the house was built. That way it could be tied into the homes sewer. It’s a Fernco Stormdrain-plus system. I’m not sure if I’d use it again. I’ve already broken a grate while pulling it up to clean them out. Not sure if it was due to the...

So looking at it again the space directly above the door really would be crowded. The height there is probably only 6’ or less with a platform at the loft level. So where you see the ceiling slant down I’ll probably just put some built in shelving/cabinets in that space.

Yup. So the plan for large stuff is to use my 4 post lift with a platform to bring large items up to the loft area as needed. I was going to build a freight elevator, but again I would need to build supporting structure in the attic to hold that kind of capacity. Just didn’t seem worth it...

Already concluded that. However I suppose it’s best to state it flat out so that in the event others can’t come to that conclusion on their own, it’s a little more obvious.

Yea, that’s pretty much what I’ve concluded. It’s effectively making it into a mezzanine, but I think I’ll be fine with that. Just not sure what I will do with the space yet.

Well if I pursue this I would cross brace and tie multiple sections together to distribute the load across many trusses. Those tension cables would not be tied to just a single truss. I suspect what I will end up doing is building and installing a new supporting structure that will span the...

Good read. Seems to highlight some piss poor engineering work. If I do this I’d be sure to build it correctly. Consider this a napkin concept sketch.

Well I said no LVL’s because those require posts. However running it over to the loft area from the bathroom ceiling... that might not be a bad idea. It would make it a little bigger than what I was imagining then. It would effectively become a mezzanine at that point.

So I’m wanting to make use of the 18’ ceilings on the one side of my shop. I also wanted a more robust way of getting to my loft (currently using a ships ladder) I’m planning the addition of a bathroom in the back corner so I was thinking I could build it such that I could use the ceiling as...

Had time to run the EMT for the heater thermostat wiring. Put the thermostat behind the heater and centered above the existing light switch.

I built a ships ladder that lays up against that. However I’m now considering a mezzanine walkway around the perimeter of the garage with a full staircase. There’s actually a picture of it in the first post.

Well the garage painted work is finished. I finally put up the trim around the windows in the garage. Next I need to put the flex seal all around the bottom of the exposed drywall edge and install J channel over it.

Finally put up the trim around the windows in the garage.

Dittle is NewAge discontinuing the Bold 3.0 corner top cabinets in red? I see they still offer the gray for $179 https://www.shopstoragecabinets.com/products/newage-bold-corner-wall-cabinet?_pos=1&_sid=9e8ffa0de&_ss=r

Nice. I didn’t even see your post, but I too decided to go with a Wildfire lift. Also being in Andover, MN they gave me a deal for being local. I hope they offered you the same discount. I bought the air over hydraulic bridge lift with it too.

I was thinking the same thing...

Well I have to laugh... after all of this discussion on two posts I ended up buying a 4 post lift with a air over hydraulic bridge jack from a local MN company, Wildfire. My neighbor had the same lift and has been happy with it. I picked up their WF9000XLT model. So it will lift plenty high...

The BendPak lift itself would cost me $4,410. Rest of the cost is shipping, labor, oil, etc. So not a bad price. Shipping is also going to a residential address and would require a lift gate and fork lift. The installer is providing this service for me as they will accept initial deliver and...

Mark - I’ve seen many people complain that vehicles shift on the trio arms because of their design.