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Hello, I live in the South where it is good and hot. My contractor is planning to put OSB decking on my new building and I'm thinking about upgrading to Tech Shield OSB decking with radiant barrier. I did a search on here and found a few things but still have questions. Anybody have Tech...

I’m building a two level garage and want to have internet, security cameras, etc. I am looking at installing a media distribution box and would really appreciate any ideas or tips. I’ve attached a few photos of what I am thinking about.

we put a gentle slope in the approach. Looks like it will lower the door opening a few inches and make the transition pretty smooth. I think I like this. Then we will put a slight slope on the apron and extend the driveway with a flat area and make the slope as gentle as possible. See anything...

Thanks. I'm looking for something like this. Frosted glass, insulated, etc. Haven't been able to find one that says it is insulated. Just beginning my search so any brands you recommend to buy or stay away from would be great.

Hello, To bring in more natural light to my garage project I am considering putting a glass door on the back (south) end of the building. The garage door size will be 10x10. The garage will have eventually have HVAC so I'm wanting an insulated door. Security is not a huge issue but more...

Here it is today. They trenched it for 30” deep perimeter and cross beams. I set a ladder set at 20’ show potential grade.

This is my first time to build and I want it right. I will have a classic car or two in the garage and don’t want a problem with scraping the bottoms of the cars.

I have quite a distance available but about 30 feet in front of the building is where a bit of water drains from right to left across my property. This is only when it rains extremely heavily. My original idea was to just do a very slight dip across the concrete. I could make a gradual slope to...

Do you have a photo of the type of weatherlip you are talking about? Sounds like a good idea.

Hello, I’m building a building with a wide door on the gable end. My property has a slight corner to corner slope to it and there is approximately 18” difference from the far right rear corner (highest spot) to the opposite front left corner (lowest spot). The door is on the lower gable end...

It would be really cool to find someone to push it over. I easily have enough space to do that. My contractor is bringing someone out to look at it tomorrow, hope this is what they suggest...

That's very cool! I tried to get the local tree farm to move it or take it and they said that it was too late in the season and it probably wouldn't survive. I have plenty of trees so this won't be too sad, but I do like nice trees.

Man, What a great response. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

I've got a 15 inch oak tree that's about 25 feet tall and it is where a corner of the foundation for my new garage will go. I've talked to tree companies and all seem to offer the same thing...to cut it down and grind the stump. I don't want future problems with the slab. What is the right way...

I had a rat that I couldn't catch with spring traps because he would lick the peanut butter off without setting them off. He ate some wiring on our car so I got meaner and put out sticky traps and wired them to weights so he couldn't drag them off. It worked, he got stuck to the trap and the...

This is cool. I’m going to try this.

Benjamin Miller, I agree... That would seem to be the obvious answer..... Are you an engineer? My Dad is an engineer and this sounded just like his advice. Lol. The reason I’m asking on this site is because I got an initial bid to do the whole building from two contractors. The chosen...

Follow up: I’ve done a good bit of reading about the post tension foundations and building in our area. I think I like the idea of using one as long as it doesn’t get too expensive. Discovered our house has a post tension foundation. It has a nearly 700 sf attached garage that doesn’t have a...

Wow! I was told about an area that had 7-9" of PVR. 19" is really extreme. Glad to hear the Post Tensioning worked for you. Really makes me wonder if 2.5" PVR really needs post tensioning or if an overbuilt rebar slab would really do the trick?

Do you know how they build a traditional rebar slab for expansive soil conditions? More rebar? More concrete?