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Hello all, hoping to get some advice from those that have been here before. First major build I’ve ever done, had some help, have learned a lot, and made some mistakes. I had to hire some quick help to get the sheathing on, it was windy, and I don’t think he checked plumb before getting it on...

@readhead, not quite sure I'm following -- are you saying you only use laminated 2x skids? Or add 2x6 on the outside of a 4x6 in the center? If I was doing beam on pier, I was going to use triple 2x6 beams. Going to skids, then, just trying to understand what you're describing. The pre-made...

Thanks for all the replies. I didn't specifically call it out, just implied maybe, I will be running electrical out to it (220v, 60a) to handle the tools I'll have in there, so I do need to protect against movement. I wonder if a hybrid solution is what I need? A pier in each corner, and...

Any other thoughts? Anyone else built a shed this size on clay without issue?

Not planning on moving it at any point, too big and it would help the resale value a bit. Use plans are just storage of the lawn mowers, some storage in the loft, and it will be lightly insulated to keep it comfortable enough for surfboard shaping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After reading dozens of threads on multiple ways to build a shed foundation, I still can't pick a plan -- hoping for some help deciding. I'm hoping to build a 16x24, gambrel roof, it will hold a mower, some small woodworking tools, space to build surfboards; nothing too heavy. My soil is Texas...

No building dept oversight, unincorporated county, and hoping to avoid the cost of an engineer review (no offense to engineers, I'll be using one when I build our next home!) I won't have any external connection, that's why I was worried about needing more support at the ground -- maybe I'm...

Sorry for the self-bump, anyone have any thoughts? Anyone had success using any of these methods, or a different one?

Yep, that's definitely the quicker way to go, and saves the costs of auger rental, concrete, and so on, that's why I included it as a potentially viable option. I think the key thing I'm looking for is to make sure that the anchor isn't the weak link. I'd want to see the posts firmly anchored...

Getting ready to start an asymmetric carport -- 20' wide, 30' deep, peak over the left bay with 12' clearance, 8' clearance on the right bay (wake boat and truck parking). I think I have it fairly well figured out -- 6x6 posts every 10 feet, both length and width, not trying for open span, so...

You get what you pay for, of course, though as a sample size of 1, when I used to live in Colorado, we did some basement hydroponics -- tomatoes, and I'll own up to one other plant (it was newly legal and grew it for the novelty, why not?). I just made a pvc setup similar to what soloz2 linked...

Thanks for all the advice, going through my current circuits now to come up with the most economical plan. Pretty sure I want to run a 100amp subpanel across the house though -- this would have the 60amp hot tub, 50amp RV, pool filter, and shed circuits coming out of it. I'll need to go up and...

Appreciate all the advice, I'll do some more homework, make some more space, and go from there, thanks!

That's a good thought. If I add a 125a subpanel, that would run all the new circuits plus the AFCIs I want to add (6 total for all of the plugs in the house). I was thinking that the new circuits would be another subpanel, just because I need to get them all the way to the other side of the...

Thanks sberry, I'm getting more confident based on all of this input. When we were looking at homes here, only a few in our size range had 400a service already, and they had two 5ton ACs, inground pools, hot tub, the works. And no, if just upgrading the main panel, that I can handle -- have it...

Got it, makes sense. If I stick with 200, I was planning on moving up to a 40 spot panel. It's getting pretty crowded (almost every 120 would be a double to make room for the new 240 breakers), and nothing is on an AFCI yet (2002 build, and no building dept jurisdication where I live). I...

Thanks for the replies and thoughts, keep them coming! Furnaces are gas, I guess I was assuming that was the blower rating? They are big Trane units. To my knowledge, I've never heard the outside compressor running when the furnace does. In the summer, its not uncommon for both ACs to run...

Hi everybody, background user here, hoping to borrow some of the collective wisdom though. I'll probably reach out to an electrician at some point, however, I really want to have as good an understanding as a layman can have. Not a stranger to electrical -- my dad and grandfather were both...

Thanks for that 69gp, helpful in understanding how to pull it off. The knee wall explains a lot, that brings the unsupported span back to within what normal span tables allow. Will keep doing research and planning.

That's what I'm going for, was hoping open inside though I can get used to a ceiling, don't suppose you have any pictures of it? Rafters or attic trusses? What joist size for that span for the ceiling/attic floor, or do you have walls/supports inside?