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Hey guys, Surprisingly I'm not finding all that many threads about top draft stop on roll up steel doors. There were a few so I knew ahead of time that I'd need to deal with this. But can't find much with people talking about too many solutions. The three main options I'm finding are: (1)...

Hey folks - I am in the market for a mini split but wondered if some of you who have them can tell me if your units allow for setting the unit to an automatic mode where if it comes on ONLY if it gets extremely hot or cold in the conditioned space. For example, set so that cooling comes on if...

Hey guys -- I just bough a 20ft W8x10 beam and I'm not experienced in buying this size metal. When I got it home, I noticed that it has a pretty good twist in one end. Enough that you don't have to look hard to see it. I don't know if it was naive of me to expect that steel would be a lot...

Hi folks -- here's some of the stuff I learned while installing a garage door and converting it to high lift + "follow the roof pitch" on the cheap. As I describe below, the process isn’t really all that hard and 90% of the work is in re-routing your door tracks. I would NOT recommend going...

Howdy folks -- I am currently building a man cave in a bit of an oddball community with shared power available but I can also install my own electrical service. My questions are about the shared power and meters as I'd like to wire up my new building on this service until I have a need for my...

While searching for ideas on how to build a thin framed/floored mezzanine over the living room of my man cave, I came across this picture which appears to show a solid 2x4 floor in the loft area. It looks pretty cool and I've been intrigued by the idea ever since I came across this. Is this...

Hi folks -- I'm trying to research something but for the life of me I can't come up with search terms that bring up what I'm talking about. Usually I can muddle around and eventually I'll stumble on what I'm looking for but I'm stuck on this one. Basically, I'm wondering if there is a term to...

Hey guys, I'm about to pour concrete for my floors and someone suggested dropping in some pull pots into the floor. Unfortunately, my shop will be small, so the only area where I could set them up will be where my four post lift will also be installed. I plan to get a wide and tall bendpak...

Hey guys, I'm struggling to decide if I want to install wide rolls of that vinyl backed insulation for metal buildings on my ROOF (not on the walls). I'm in East Texas so we have some heat and humidity. Here's the stuff I'm talking about... http://metalmarts.com/insulation.php Again, this is...

Hey all - WOW am I stressed out and anxious as I get ready to pour my slab! Question for you: can I lay my rigid foam under slab insulation directly on 60/40 clay/sand mix? Or should I lay out 3" of gravel, and if so, I guess just "normal" crushed type gravel that will lock together? I'm only...

Hey guys - I tried searching but came up empty in finding answers on this. Basically I'm wondering if I should try to run conduit to a box in my slab in the location I am eventually going to put a lift. The lift may be installed in 6 months or a couple years from now. I have no idea. But...

Howdy folks, I wish that I was in an area that had menards like a lot of you guys as I guess they carry high PSI rigid insulation for under slab use. A lot of threads recommend checking with roofing supply places, concrete supply places and building supply outlets. I tried a lot of those and...

Hi Folks -- I've been reading as many threads on insulation as I can but my head is spinning and I'm still very uncertain about how I should go about insulating a metal building. Part of the structure already exists as an RV cover, and it seems to be built pretty well. I am going to be...