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With the siding done, it was time to continue with the cedar. In an effort to break up the front a bit I decided to do this area in clear cedar. I was trying to come up with a pattern in the cedar (I was using 2 widths of boards) and a buddy suggested Morse code. So, I embedded a message as...

Neighbors are all good. The house right beside the garage has no windows looking my way and I'm northwest of them so I don't block out the sun or anything. I'm bringing up the housing value in the neighborhood so there has never been an issue Thanks Thanks

Progress continued on the exterior of the house. I'm getting really sick of 1" thick stucco. I cut it into ~2' x 2' sections so I could pull it off the house while up a ladder and handle it. Yes, I stripped the entire house myself. That's how I tend to operate. I really don't like the...

With it closed in I got to work doing the electrical and insulating. Because this wasn't nearly a big enough project, I was working away on an interior renovation on my own as well... So, that forced me into using the garage in its unfinished state... Countertop for the living room...

Thanks and yes, I really would've preferred wider but it was the best I could do with the lot size and my back yard/deck/patio design.

Yes, we have young girls and they can walk to school from now until they're all done university. And shopping/groceries/restaurants are all walking distance and I'm a 10 minute drive to work downtown (which is where all of our industry is centered) Yes, we're only allowed 45% lot coverage and...

Thanks. I took a number of iterations and some accurate elevations to get it right. Once I drafted it all on paper, I used Chief Architect with the visualizations. Then I passed it off to my draftsperson.

Demo. I really hate demo. I spend a ton of time stripping the original stucco off the side of the house. Man, it was a lot of hard work up high in a wobbly lift. On to the framing stage. I was impressed with the framers, they were timely and professional. My wife baked cookies for...

I have to say that dealing with trades and making good decisions on who to use was a major and constant struggle. During construction, economic times were pretty good in Calgary. We're an Oil and Gas town and we have wild economic swings (we're in a multi year downturn right now with high...

I should clarify, I started the garage build/house renovation in 2014 so its mostly done now. I did a large part of the work myself and lived within cash flow so that effected the timeline severely. I rented my other house and kept the 24x24 shop to myself so I could continue to have a place...

Hi All, I thought I'd better finally get around to starting a thread on my shop build so here goes. We started off by looking for an unmolested house in a particular part of town and came upon this place: We bought the place from the original owners and the house had very few changes over...

Re: Best power tool for general lumber cutting? Lol, that's awesome. Agreed. But, I built a table top from two 14' x 3' x 2" slabs using a tracksaw. Only minimal cleanup with a no. 5 plane. Tablesaw quality cuts. Drastically better than a skillsaw but totally unrequired unless of course you...

Re: Best power tool for general lumber cutting? I see track saws mentioned. It's my favourite tool but isn't useful as a conventional circular saw IMHO. Sent from my LM-G710 using The Garage Journal mobile app

Re: Best power tool for general lumber cutting? I'm a woodworker, I build furniture, cabinets, built ins etc. A circular saw and guide (a piece of ply + clamps, speed square etc) as well as a bit of skill will allow you to do whatever a table saw and mitre saw can do. As your skill and...

Oh my dear dog this thread is full of willful ignorance! Even a 1st year Engineering student can tell you that the 4 bike carrier is super dangerous. 4-250 lb bikes would result in a moment of 3-4000 ft-lbs on a receiver designed for 1/4 of that. Wow. Yes I are an Engimaneer but I dont go...

Hopefully you guys consider imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery. I've clearly used your beautiful stools as a template for a stool that I built for a friend as a house warming gift. I constructed mine with much less sophisticated tools (and it shows...) but I enjoyed it none the...

This is a good reference for a lot of things slab related: http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/slabs/controljoints.htm

Theres something about a shiny continuous floor that I love. Any pics of your porcelain floor?

I hear ya. Looks worse than my first website from 1993 that I wrote in a Linux text editor, LOL.

Guys, Thanks a bunch for all of the information! So, better/thicker product and a welding mat it is. Now to read through the hundreds of threads on the epoxy... Cheers, Wes