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the birth of the "Tough Nut Garage"(my wife says I'm a nut and hard to please, named by her!), had a big couple of days, after lots of drama with the first builder(theres a thread for that), followed some advise on here and made some changes and went local, instead of getting a whole building...

so I handled this all wrong, it happens, but it has a happy ending. I ordered from Carport.com via telephone. they sub-contracted Carolina carports. there were small issues in the beginning that wore me a little but I kept telling myself it was gonna work. I told them I needed the 4 weeks (was...

ok, so have a metal building, which means I need MC, I want to run said MC at the top of 8' wall edge all the way around in a cable tray, then drop into surface mounted PVC conduit so all pulls are straight down only. I know I have to ensure a soft curve into the PVC, but is this plan...

ok so going to put a 100 amp panel with a 90 amp breaker at the main box fed by 2-2-4-6, I see no issues with this plan, I want to run 2 circuits to my shed, one for lights and "small draw" outlets one for regular outlets etc, I want to run 2 12/2 UF in 3/4" or 1" conduit over, but for some...

I am looking for people like this guy who hang on the carport/metal building type building studs and what kind of loads they have safely placed or any ideas.. I dont really want alot of hung shelves but I would like to maximize my storage over some equipment and looking for what I can get away...

I have a hodge podge workbench made of wood, I do a fair bit of metal work, but I have alot of lumber around as well.. I will have my new shop built in 2-3 weeks, this puts a new problem at hand. I want to have a sturdy workbench to pull on, I am not sure I want to put holes in the concrete to...

if anyone else has a metal building/carport with electric, I'm planning on running metal clad wire and wondering which type of box is best. I saw some at lowes that are metal with a side plate for mounting, was digging that for easy mounting but any other ideas? listed below is what I'm looking...

ok been lurking forever, but today I am sharing! so I finally got around to ordering my steel building aka carport building, was told several times it was minimum four weeks and up to 8. that was three days ago! got the call today to schedule for next week!!! what have I done!! I ordered it...

obviously, they can't be close, I have an area we use for cooking with an open fire, its around 5' diameter. I would hope 15 ft away from it would be enough? I will have to arc my trench around the pit, but it seems cheaper than melting the shielding off the wire lol. anyone know what kind of...

if a gentleman give you a quote on a concrete job, and you agree to the quote, his performance is less than stellar and takes 4 days longer to complete than expected (no showed 4 of 7 days) was told it was a two day job, he didn't show up any days before 10:30 and he always left before 4, he was...

I am having a slab poured for my 20x22 shop next week. going with rebar grid and fiber mesh. I have searched and what I can tell, I need to keep the top moist/damp after the initial pour, but how long do you wait to start wetting it? it looks like it might be 95 degrees the day of the pour as of...