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I have floor drains installed in my shed in front if each overhead door. I was originally going to run the drain to daylight out the back if the property where the grade tapers off. The more I was thinking about it I may want to put in a dry well to have a place for water to drain in the winter...

I installed an 8500 opener on one of my shed doors this weekend and I'm having issues with the cable tension switch. The way the cable drums are installed when the door is all the way up the cable is overlapping the edge of the door and slides in front of the door, when the door goes down the...

I'm in the process of deciding between bookshelf and standard girts. I want to keep the building as best insulated as possible. I originally was thinking of going with bookshelf girts for the ease of insulating and installing interior panels but got to thinking that each bookshelf girt is a...

When placing the building on a slab is the slab poured to the dimensions of the building or would it be slightly larger?

I picked up the fittings for my floor drain plumbing and noticed that the sanitary T's I picked up were DWV fittings and not a normal schedule 40 fitting. What are the differences in these fittings? I researched them and they are drain waste vent fittings but haven't found anything that says if...

The concrete company I'm planning on using offers a cure/sealer with their concrete installation it is W.R. Meadows CS309-25. What do you think? http://www.wrmeadows.com/cs-309-25-acrylic-curing-sealing-compound/

To me this sounds like a bad idea but I wanted to get your opinions as a group. I'm roughing in the bathroom in my shop and Wisconsin requires a 3 inch main vent stack. I want to keep the stack going up one of the outside walls but the grade beam will be 14x14. If i bring the stack up the side...

I was wondering what you guys are doing for insurance on your buildings that are not on the same property as your house. I called my insurance company today and they will insure the building but will not cover any of the contents of the building or anything on the property because there is no...

I've been looking for info on wet set anchors for pole buildings for use with 3 2x6's laminated together. The quotes I got for buildings listed using this type of anchor but the grade beam for the floating slab spec'd by most places was 14inches thick or less. All of the wet set anchors I'm...

I'm starting a thread for the progress of my Workshop/storage building in Green Bay WI. I have an addiction to Shelby inspired FWD dodges of the late 80's early 90's and have run out of space at my house to work on / store them. My wife and I have purchased 4 acres about 4 miles from our current...

I've seen some recommend having a splice kit or two on hand when pouring the concrete over your pex. I've been looking at splice kits and I only see two choices purchasing a crimp tool and the fittings to go with it or the shark bite type coupling. I'm a little weary of the shark bite type...

Is there any advantage to getting the electrical panel installed when the building is being put up? I've had a few contractors offer this option when quoting putting up the building. It seems like an odd thing to quote when they are not doing any of the electrical work. I'm not going to be doing...

I'm current working on the pex layout for my shop and am looking for advice in setting up zones in the shop. The shop will have a office area, a paint booth, and then the open shop area. The office and paint booth are currently 15x24 side by side creating a 30 x 24 sectioned off area in the 48 x...

I've been talking with a few different contractors the past two weeks to get quotes on buildings and site prep. One mentioned that his concrete guy said the vapor barrier should go over the foam to keep the concrete from seeping down between the cracks between the sheets and leaving lines in the...

I'm in the process of planning the build on a new pole building. I'm looking to build something in the 5000 sq ft area. I Live in Green Bay WI. I've been reading on GJ for a few months now on and off to get ideas and answer some question. Some things have been helpful, some just created more...

I'm planning on building a new workshop / storage building. The current plan is for a 50x100 sectioning 50x50 as a workshop and 50x50 as cold storage. I want to install infloor heating and want to know if this is a bad idea? I would think I would at least want some sort of insulation between the...

Just starting to plan my future shop. Planning on something in the 50x100 area with half sectioned off as a shop and half for storage. Design will be concentrated toward an auto type shop. Definitely in-floor heat and a 2 post lift are in the works but first I'll just be working on the bare...