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Go to Building Science Corporation's webpage and start reading. It should be the site featuring Dr. Joe Lstiburek. Watch his videos on YouTube, and concentrate on his "perfect wall" concept. You can insulate the entire building along the outside. The insulation will be under your siding...

The 26" lowers were just on sale for $279.99 last week, I think. The 44 is on sale now per the website.

Rip 2" furring strips out of a 2x8, 2x10, or whatever's handy.

Agree on the silica packets. I had them sprinkled throughout my tool box for years. Eventually I was able to get some bulk bags at work that were going to be thrown away. I ended up with a gallon of the stuff. I asked the wife to sew a cotton fabric tube about an inch in diameter and as long...

NO to a plastic vapor barrier, especially in Georgia. You basically need an 11-month winter for that stuff to be effective. If you really want to go down a rabbit hole, follow this guy: https://www.buildingscience.com/users/joseph-lstiburek Find his videos on YouTube. He might change how...

I'd do some research and read/listen to info from Building Science Corporation and Joseph Lstiburek. He has a lot of great YouTube videos explaining why so many conventional building/insulation methods are garbage. He's often quoted by Matt Risinger on The Build Show (YouTube), and he's been a...

Amen to that. :lol:

I would get a good quality (shop at a paint store) exterior, self-priming, semi-gloss, acrylic or latex (water-based) paint in whatever plain white color they stock. Since you have an airless sprayer you may not need to thin it. I say exterior paint, because it's going to go through a lot of...

I used 3/4" EMT to make a 14' long curtain rod. Joined in the middle with a wood dowel epoxied in place. Painted black like the previous poster did. Works like a charm, and a heck of a lot cheaper than buying one that long and prefabricated. I bought two antique brass and crystal doorknobs...

Try building something like this, especially if you have GOOD blades. I stack my el cheapos on a nail...

I bought three document shelves from our church yard sale for $15. They were case-built in the early 70's out of 3/4" plywood (top, bottom, sides, and back), are four feet tall each, about a foot wide and a foot deep, and have removable 1/4" plywood dividers (in slots) every 3 inches. I...

It definitely sounds like a primer/topcoat incompatibility problem with the original finish. I've always been leery of that happening with factory-applied primers. I'd rather do all the work myself with a bare door. Kelly-Moore was probably spot-on with their choice. Zinsser products have...

Their website shows the same cubic inches of storage for the series 1 AND series 2 44" boxes, so I'm glad someone started this thread.

Yes. Yes. Yes. At least that's what I did for years, and I doubt the NEC has back-tracked on those requirements since '03. Don't quote me. :evil:

Where does this color combo come from? We have that exact combo in an old warehouse at work, and it's been there for decades.

This is a question? :bounce: My garage is 24x24. What I could do with an extra 10 feet in either direction...

Call the county to see if you have to abide by the developer's covenants. I live in a neighborhood developed in the late 90's, and it has covenants. There is no HOA, however, and there are no dues to pay to anyone, so the covenants aren't worth the paper they're printed on...at least in my...

I painted this for my dad for his 70th birthday. It's on a teak cabinet door coated with bar-top epoxy. Hand-painted with Rustoleum Never Rust. Ooh, shiny. I didn't get a picture of the final result. It's been wet-sanded smooth, clear-coated with acrylic, sanded, polished, and waxed...

That reminds me of a place back in the late 70's in rural NC. I remember my grandfather going there before daybreak to gas up before we drove into a national forest to hunt. There were two gas pumps and no attendant, no building. There was a cash box bolted to the ground. Pay and go. Can...

I think I remember it being an Exxon.