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Three screws will be fine if that is what the maker of the board put on there to hang it.

As a lot of others have said - the OP is going to be out on his own with this. Pouring money into recourse attempts is futile. At least with going to an engineer you are putting money into information that will help improve the structures integrity.

I have seen a lot of build threads with these sort of buildings. I usually stay on the sidelines. If you are finishing out the space - starting with a carport is penny wise and pound foolish. I said something similar on question about a pole building as well. Now I am sure that someone out...

If you plan to finish the walls inside post framing will be a wash in framing costs since you will need to build a wall that can support drywall or other sheet goods. Stick framing a wall that size isn't that big of a deal. Standing them up can be a bit tricky but with a slab already in place -...

200k BTU Natural Gas Unit Heater. Only turn it on when I am working or we are looking at the teens for overnight lows - which is rare.

Spam isn't considered a structural material.

If you don't know where heating tubes are - I think rubber pad/pucks and a wall strap like you would have on a water heater is the best option if you insist on inside. Best location for a compressor is outside in a shed/lean-to/box.

If it is all intended to be shop space - Don't do it. The only way I might consider this is if you had a dedicated woodshop and you weren't going to be rolling things around and want to partition it off for dust reasons. Going up and down those 3-4 stairs is going to get real old real fast...

How much fill was brought in to build/level the spot? How far down is undisturbed material? Just from the pictures - there doesn't look to be a reason to get that much water flowing that direction other than if fill was fairly deep and not compacted. At this point I would be looking to pump in...

The math here isn't hard, but the easy way is to hold the brace up against the face of the post where you want it and simply trace where the vertical and horizontal are. Cut those lines on both end and it should fit just fine and dandy. Carpenters square or speed square can do this for you as well.

I have a pallet that I put ~12" sides on. Stuff in it gets used for cribbing, cut down in to parts for welding jigs, or if a small project needs something I can usually find something in there to use. Once they start getting too busted up I throw them in a bankers box and use as kindling in...

Preval sprayers - mix your own paint of your liking and spray away. I have used a ton of them usually for Gelcoat but work well for paint as well.

Conduit is galvanized steel - it will last a long time, probably longer than the house in most locations. Even if you are beachfront on the pacific ocean and perpetually getting refreshed salt doses it still will last at least a decade. Even if you paint it in a location like that you won't...

The slop doesn't bother me - what does is your saying you can rock it high enough that on an angle you could get it to come off. If it is properly shimmed I don't see how that would be possible. Overhead systems and components are usually pretty well engineered against all sorts of abuse and...

What I see on the layout - what do you need the RV for? You spent all the money duplicating the RV with the stuff along the LH side of your layout. Bathroom, kitchen.... that is what you need from an RV. RV is just a box on wheels, plug in power, water, and have a place to dump the tank...

Depending on the RV - I would be inclined to create a temporary bedroom in the shop either for parents or the kids just to create a bit of extra space. Doesn't need to be very big but it will be palacial by RV standards. Depending on how you plan to use the shop it might become a storage room...

I understand it to be the length of the stud cavity not overall wall height.

How many threads have we seen about sagging gates? - that is all the OP is doing is hanging 4 very heavy gates and adding the complication of needing to maintain tight gaps instead of a typical 2-3" reveal around a gate. What could possibly go wrong? I appreciate the idea of "when in doubt...

I can see that compressor using a 3hp 3600rpm motor. Could it be that the 3hp that was on there was a 1800rpm motor? That would us a pulley 2x the size of a 3600rpm motor.

Did about the same distance in a couple hours through my back yard with just a shovel and tucking it in. Probably only 2-3" in a lot of places but pressed back down with foot and going on about 4yrs. I figured that if I cut through it at some point in the future I am only out the cost of wire...