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    Black Hawk Jack worth Saving?

    Looks all there, but it literally was scaped up out of the ground by the garage.
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    Advice on a rough and sloppy DYI pour

    First off, this garage is being repurposed, this floor was a horse barn, so it was fine for the original purpose. This floor is going to now be an office. Other than trying to toss carpet over it, I see the options as trying to grind it smooth and or putting self leveling concrete on it. I is...
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    Race Deck with a plugged floor drain?

    I am redoing my Dad's garage (See other thread). My issue is that when he built it, he had a floor drain and the floor has a slight slope to run the water to the drain. Back then, it was just a hole in the concrete with some stone underneath. When he drilled a water well by the garage he...
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    what do I doo with this ceiling?

    Putting a new roof and siding on, what do I do for insulation on the ceiling?
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    do we still need 220/240 volts any more?

    I am looking at wiring my garage. I see a lot of welders and plasma cutters running on house current. Are the 220 that much better?
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    Inherited tools. Anything I should keep?

    These were my Father-in-Law's and the good stuff went to other's. Good for me because I like old tools. Problem is I work in metal not wood. Last time I used a wood lathe was in the 70's in high school shop. I got these because I live close and no one wanted to deal with moving them. So...
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    Redoing Dad's Garage

    Well. my other garage project go blown up due to Massachusetts nutso prohibitions of being anywhere near water....like not within 200'..... So switching the house to a different piece of land which already has a well and this Cuckler steel building my Dad put up in the early 70's. Other than...
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    New England Carriage house

    OK...been lurking for a while. Getting ready to build. This is phase one, phase 2 is the house which no one cares about. Plan is a 1 1/2 story barn. partially a bank barn. As you look from the front, the left side will be walk in level for the apartment. Right side will be garage level...
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    two story garages?

    I am not finding much on the idea of a bank barn type garage where I could have garage bays in the back underneath for like a tractor and farm pick up, and the upper part be my hotrod shop. I am thinking that the lower part would be under half of the building with cars parked above. The other...
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    bi-level front and back?

    Looking for a plan for a slopped lot. Want to put like 4 cars in the top. This is the road level. I then want some sort of a garage to fit a small tractor and lawn mowers etc which would drive into the lower level in the back. I see barns like this, not sure what support structure is needed...
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