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Well, when I was 17 and helping the church tear down the service station purchased next door to expand the parking lot. I didn't ever figure I would get use of some of the materials salvaged out of the demo. There were 14, 2" x 12" x 23' ceiling joist that supported the roof stucture and 7 of...

Well my father is having a shop built and is looking for ideas to economically finish off the interior. He is thinking about steel siding but knows it's not as friendly to hang stuff on, and he won't want to put a hole in it i'm sure. His house garage has OSB on the interior walls but he...

OK, well we have an 1886 Brick farm house and I have met with an architech to design the garage and do drawings for permits and it basically comes down to these #'s. Design $700 Eng Drawings $625 28'x32' w/ bonus (14'x32) room over and 2 story breezeway(14' x 14'). Think it's fair?

I finally have the wife on my side with building the garage / bonus room / breezeway. I have it at the architech looking over my drawings to see what he would charge me to finalize the plans. The layout is pretty straight forward and will be attached to the house with a two story breezeway...

OK, Tuesday and Wednesday this week I was at the Ohio Farm Science Review and looked at many buildings. This one is a kit that comes to you and is screwed together. All framing is galvanized box tubing and seams to be very structurally solid. The one they had erected onsite was a 36x60 with...

Recieved a quote yesterday for a 48' x 32' x 14' pole building, traditional construction. 6x6 posts, 2x4 perlins 24" OC, wood rafters 48" OC, 2- 10'x12' Overhead doors, 36" man door, 2 windows, 2' eaves, 1' overhangs on end, vinyl soffit. I have asked for adders for Roof Insulation & Insulated...

Awhile ago I posted on the generator thread that I was going to put in a new meter / generator socket, sourced and supplied by my power company. http://www.durhamcompany.com/ Well plans are moving forward and I want to do this right the first time and the only time so here is what I plan to...

I'm not in the market (don't have the shop built yet) and don't know anything other than saw this on Craigslist. If your looking and in the general Cleveland area, good luck. http://toledo.craigslist.org/tls/982629150.html //I have no connection to the seller//

OK, my younger brother is building a new home and has the following situation. 9' basement ceilings with around 3200 square feet in the basement, poured concrete floor that yesterday we noticed was heaving. How we noticed, the rafters on the house were setting on an interior wall (non load)...

Well I'm sore today. Yesterday myself and my younger brother placed rex-synfelt on his newly framed attached garage. He is building a new house and acting as his own General Contractor, which means I get to help him alot over the next 6-8 months. Roof was 10 square on each side and is a 7 /...

I was tasked with fixing my MIL's little heater. It looks like the thermocouple has taken a **** on it and a standard replacement one does not thread into the valve on this unit. Threads are very close but no go, the ones on the valve look to be a coarser pitch than the ones on the replacement...

OK, I'm working on conceptual drawings of a layout for my garage addition that will hopefully be getting done this next summer. Garage is done and designed what I'm looking for assistance on is the Breezeway / Entry area layout. We want to include a washrooom w/ show so it can be used by...

Well it's not for my garage but I'm looking at buying some G-Floor from Sam's Club for the floor of my enclosed trailer. http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=330061#MbrRv I have recently purchased a 7x14 enclosed utility trailer to set up as a demo / sales trailer for the...

OK I have an 1880's brick farm house with an old fuel oil furnace (yes I know someday she will get replaced) and had a quick question. The basement is unheated and unfinished. Here is the question; Would it be worth the money to insulate the basement ceiling with fiberglass batts? I know in...

Well last night was a loooooong night. Got a call from one of the brothers who had purchased the Home Ec "room" out of the High School in the town we grew up in. They are tearing the old school down and auctioned off much of the internals to raise money. We started at 6pm and I got home at...

OK, I'm looking to design a shop that I will be building in the next 1-2 years. I was thinking of doing a cantilevered truss design where the trusses extend over the eaves / doors around 4' for rain and sun shelter. This way you can leave the doors open and not get rain into the shop on those...

OK, this is for any of the Lawyers out there. Last July we purchased a house with 6.66 acres in a agricultural area, yes out in the country where we wanted to be. The smell of cows, corn & fresh air is what I've wanted for 20 years and now we have it. Well early on I knew that our property...

OK, the house I purchased this last year has 25 replacement windows in it and I would guess that 24 of them leak air when the wind is just right. I'm not sure on the MFG, no name on the hardware or frames. They are around 5-7 years of age and I need to fix them. Where can I find some new...

OK, I have asked about another foam product on here in the past. I was just at a home improvement display that had a Retrofoam display. Anyone have any experience with it? I purchased an 1880's brick farm house (2600 square feet) and am spending around $1000 dollars a month this winter to...

OK, I'm in the planning stages of my attached garage and want to know if anyone has used these? If you have where did you locate them in your floor? Across in front of doors (parallel to the doors) or centered under the cars (perpendicular to the doors) ? obviously allittle slope to the...