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I would be interested in this, too. I have 12’ ceilings.

Building a dream garage/workshop and trying to decide which texture and paint/colors to use. (I’ve been planning and waiting 10 years to build this workshop so pretty excited to get to this stage) Thinking as bright a white as possible and a light orange peel texture. Exterior or Interior...

I was thinking of caulking it with silicone caulking, but wanted to see what other ideas you have. We don't get much snow so there won't be a lot of water in this building.

Funny, the garage is built to kind of match our Cape Cod colonial house. My plan is to just finish the downstairs garage and insulate the upper level next spring. I’m now thinking about closed cell foaming the whole roof and storage spots.

Yes, I’m in a hot climate. If you use the spray foam do you still vent the ridge and soffits? How thick do they spray it? Open or closed cell? Cost?

I’ve been doing a little homework today...I’ll admit that I don’t know much at all about insulation. I am hesitant about spray foam because it just seems expensive and could be a bear if you want to run new wiring or make modifications down the road. Here’s what I’ve come up with: I’m...

How should we insulate this room above our new garage? This garage design has an upstairs area that allows for some storage spaces on the sides of the walls. It will have four dormers. The idea right now is to use it as a storage and then someday sheetrock the room for an office or recreation...

Thanks Milton and 6768rogues, That is just the kind of feedback I was looking for. The design notes call for strongbacks and I'll make sure they are implemented. A truss engineer reviewed the 3 designs and gave the following feedback which I thought I would share: I would pick option 3...

By cut off, Do you mean numbers are missing for Option 3?

That's going to be awesome!

Floor Truss -Which of these 3 options is the best design? I need some help to make a decision and would like some opinions. I have had 3 different floor truss designs proposed and I need to decide which one to choose. The truss is a 32 foot span, 24" deep and will be 16" on centers. Can anyone...

I'm going to add some brick to the outside of my new workshop project to try to make it match the house a bit. The brick on my house is 23 years old and I would like to get as close as possible. Anybody recognize this brick color or have suggestions how best to go about matching existing...

Thanks for the great feedback and suggestions. I'm going with the floor truss design. My reasons: Web floor truss design pros: I just feel it is going to be a stronger , more solid feeling design. The design has 39 full 24” trusses 16” o.c. the entire length of the building (except for the...

My questions I'm trying to answer: Is there a big difference in strength between the two systems? Most seem to say the web floor truss is much stronger. Did they design a strong webbed floor truss system? Are the specs good? The attic truss has a 2x12 bottom chord spanning the 16 foot room...

Gearhead, Thanks for the feedback. Do you have any photos of yours? What decking size did you use? Is it bouncy?

Chris, Could you do 16” on centers and 1.125 tongue and groove, or Would that be overkill? I think the builder was planning on doing 16” 0.C. and 3/4 OSB tongue and groove.

Thanks for the feedback Beri. I intend to finish out the upstairs and make it into a family recreation room or an office, etc. at a later date but it will probably be significant storage for a while. The room should be 16 feet wide with a 9 foot ceiling. I specified that I wanted nice ceiling...

Advice wanted: Floor Truss or Attic Truss - Which of these 2 designs would you choose Design 1- Open web floor trusses Or Design 2-Attic truss system. Please look at the specs and let me know which you would choose and also any feedback will be very welcome.

Thanks for posting this. I’ve seen a couple of negative reviews about Bendpak and poor customer service communication. Crossing them off my list.

Looks really great! Nice setup you’ve got there. What did you use to do the floor layout drawings?