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i remember reading multiple posts showing a couple ways people have made homemade extensions for their drywall lifts. My new drywall lift is about 6 inches from the ceiling fully extended. If someone has saved those posts could you share them please? thanks. This is for a metal ceiling. I...

I am looking into garage door openers for my 18' wide x 10' tall insulated ideal garage door. I was interested in the liftmaster 8500, but with some bad reviews and the need to have the door perfectly balanced, I am leaning towards a traditional opener. I would love to go to menards and just...

My poles are spaced 8' on center, but the poles are made of three 2x6 nailed and glued together, so I actually have less the a true 8 foot spacing. Should I frame three 24 inch on center walls and leave the last stud cavity smaller like 20 inches or should I frame all 4 bays to be 21 inches? I...

I'm hoping to have my pole barn concrete floor poured in the next week or two. The barn is complete with metal roof, and walls. It does have two insulated garage doors installed. My question is 1. Should I still get this concrete poured with the cold weather we are having in Michigan...

I live in Michigan and a lot of counties have made it a requirement to have an 18 inch rat wall around the perimeter of a pole barn. I have gotten a couple of concrete quotes and one is saying to pour the rat wall then come back and pour the floor, separating the rat wall and floor using vapor...

I'm finally building my barn which I hope to start a build thread on soon if I can find the time. The Pole barn only has poles and girts up along with top truss carriers. Can I do anything to prep for a lean to down the eave side? Could I put a row of 2x12 below the truss carrier 2x12 to...

Will 5 PSF dead load for the bottom chord support a metal ceiling with blown in insulation? I have the option for 5 or 10 pound per square foot bottom chord dead load. I will not be putting up drywall or OSB, so I thought 5 PSF would be sufficient. Let me know Thanks:rocker: This is for a...

currently have a boiler system in 2100 sq/ft ranch home with basement. Before I finish the basement I wanted to install ductwork and a new furnace and A/C system. Im trying to find a reputable company that can do a manual J, S, and D calculation for me. Can anyone recommend a good company...

In the planning stages for my barn and thought I was going to go with 4' OC truss. I have a friend who did this in his barn and he was going to install a ceiling by putting purlins on the bottom side of trusses and install metal ceiling so he could blow in insulation. I dont have the bottom...

Recently purchased a house that has a side entry garage that drops 2.5-3' in elevation from the garage door to say 40'- 50' out then levels off. This is a gravel driveway that one day I would like to have a concrete pad for two cars, but for now I just need to add material to bring this up so...

I bought a used syncrowave 250 about a year ago. been working fine, but had problems getting an arc on dc. Ive yet to weld aluminum with this machine. I tried to weld a lawn mower deck the other day and couldnt get an arc. I have Adjusted the gap on the HF start to .010" I have an older...

I have a 20x24 attached garage. Currently have the dayton 5kw 240vac dayton heater that many others on this site have. In addtition to this I run a kerosene 40k btu (dyna-glo) and a 20k btu kerosene torpedo heater. I dont really like running the two kerosene heaters as the garage is not...

Tell me what you guys think of this pole barn pad. Scrape off the top two inches of organic material. I am on clay. my pad is 14" low from front to back, so I wanted to bring in fill. Some businesses are saying bring in sand and compact in 4" lifts. Other says bring in 4" minus gravel to 8"...

Hi, I am researching my future pole barn and had a quick question. Can I fit an 11' normal garage door in a pole barn with 12' sidewalls. I am unsure with the header if an 11' door will fit. Someone hear has to either have done it or researched it. I need to fit my toy hauler which is...

I picked up a few things at an estate sale yesterday. The first is this American Red Seal #64 vise for 25 bucks. I am going to rebuild this eventually, but dont have a use for it as I already have two wilton vises. Next is my new to me Hein Werner WS floor jack. I was hoping Elroy or...

Here is a pic of the jack Here is pic of grinder

I would like some opinions on what I have discussed with an electrician at work would be ok. I have a 200 amp feed and breaker panel on the west side of the house. I would like to bring a 100 amp service to my attached garage on the east side of the house. Could I then in the future (when I...

Ok, So I am researching costs and ideas on wiring a pole barn. My questions are. 1. I have a 200 amp main breaker in the house. I need to run across the crawl space (40') exiting at the other side of the house and run 180' back to the pole barn. What wire gauge should I use for 100 amp...