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I'm a fan of stealth builds too...

Hi Guys, thanks for the responses. Frost/snow ice is definitely a concern here in CT. I just drilled a few 1/2" holes and the good news is that concrete in the area in question is 8 & 1/2" thick and below that something softer, but still drillable. Stuck the bore scope in there and I'm pretty...

Another related question; I’m trying to understand what I most likely have for foundation under the front wall (gable end with doors) of this garage. The apron is in good shape, no cracks, so I really don’t want to demo it just to find out what’s under there. As per my plan above to convert to a...

Also keep in mind that these torsion springs have a design life of so many cycles, where a cycle is one up/down motion of the garage door (typically 10,000 cycles). So, in 10 years, if you cycle the door an average of twice a day, that's around 3/4 of the way there. It would probably make more...

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I'm wondering if anyone has run into this before. My Dewalt OMT, which is around a year old and has gotten quite a bit of use, has started to leak grease from the business end. There must be some kind of seal in there. The thing still works ok, but for how long?

Sounds like a good idea.

Ah, sorry, it was NUTTSGT who mentioned buying seconds of polyiso panels.

At present, the roof has no eaves/venting. There is enough room above the top plate of walls and I do plan to add eave extensions and soffit vents (and will install a ridge vent). Racecougar, where were you able to buy polyiso "seconds" ? This is the same roof as in the other 2 threads. I...

PCustoms, I did have a PE double check my beam selections (who does this kind of stuff day in/day out), and he agreed. He did add the separate footings for the lally columns, which I made larger and deeper than he specified. The rear wall sits on a concrete block foundation about 3' tall, that...

Here's a couple photos. The 2nd photo shows a test fit of a 13' long 2 x 4 edge to edge with original rafter. The rafters do have some sag, so getting the new wood to conform isn't easy and no one carries 14 footers in stock (this was a 16 footer). I'm afraid of ordering 14 footers and ending...

R-60 would be nice, but this is only a garage, not living quarters, no plumbing, etc. and so will not be continuously heated (and it's being done in stealth mode). No attic, I'm doing this to get overhead clearance for a full size 2 post lift. I suppose strengthening the rafters (no trusses)...

Thanks, Bill. I think it's a sound idea. But I don't think there's any way around making the rafters deeper to get the R values up. I'm thinking 1/2" plywood or OSB gussets and 2 x 3s. Another thing I'm thinking is maybe the gussets don't need to be continuous. That is, I don't think they...

For venting the roof, I saw one vid where the guy used 2 x cut-offs glued to rafter faces as a spacer and then installed a poly panel on them, sealed the edges, so the poly panel becomes the divider for vent. This kills 2 birds, as the poly adds insulation and will keep additional fiberglass...

I'm almost ready to insulate the (now) vaulted ceiling in my garage project (ref. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/raising-garage-ceiling-questions.500414/). The existing rafters are only 2 x 6 and while they do the job, I want to add more than R19 insulation without spending the...

Thanks, Ken.

Beams and lally columns installed. Adding collar ties now.

I did think about going with a wider door, but with the (2 post) lift centered in the garage, I wouldn't be able to park 2 cars in there (easily) and the extra wall space of wider wings is more useful to me. As to helping stiffen the in/out direction of the gable wall, I do plan on adding...

The next pair of rafters (not trusses) in from gable end is 16". The ridge beam does not extend all the way to front of garage, (see red lines in side view diagram post #11), but probably helps support the 4 feet of ridge board continuing to front. I do have 2 x 10 rafter ties on the 2nd and...

Thanks, Ken. For adding 2x to the vertical gable 2x4s, do you mean on a diagonal (like an X) or horizontally? (like this?)