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I’m trying to figure out what to do with an old building I have. I’m planning to repurpose it and use it for a fair weather shop and dry storage. The issue I have is the the grade on the side where I could install a garage door is about a foot higher than the shop slab and has a decent concrete...

So I have a radiant floor heat that was installed when I bought the place. It's heated with a hot water heater and the circulation pump is controlled with a dial thermostat. I don't think the previous owner had any idea what he was doing when he put it together based on other stuff I have found...

What's standard practice for lifting material with a towable boom lift, can you do it? Obviously I would stay under the maximum weight rating if this is an acceptable use. We don't have many rental options within 200 miles and I don't have a heavy rig to transport big equipment.

Alright, talk me out of it. I've been looking at used bucket trucks lately; somewhere around the 1 or 1.5 ton size. I have two homes with tall 2 story 10/12 roofs and enough trees to trim that I could spend all summer working on. I know I can rent a towable boom lift relatively inexpensively...

I was at an estate sale today and found a tamper powered by an old Wisconsin engine. When I got it home, I found that I'm not getting any spark. Someone please school me on the magneto of this thing; I've never owned something so old.

What the title says; I have an upcoming project that I need to compact a smallish area over a period of time. Anyone try one and have any decent results?

Long story short, we have an old house that's in rough shape and won't be torn down. I was given the okay convert the back couple of additions to some sort of workspace which is about 15'x32'. The issue is, part of this area has a 5 ft basement under it and happens to be on the same side where I...

I have plans on paper but I'm still a ways off from having the cash to build. I'm curious to know what others have done to help keep the costs down? Did you sacrifice and get regular trusses instead of attic trusses? Buy used materials? Does anyone have any regrets with their cost saving...

I have an old house on the other side of our property that I have been working to convert to a seasonal cabin and shop. It has a rubble foundation that is in need of attention in a few spots. I was originally planning to replace a section with block but have been intrigued with the idea of a...

I'm starting to plan a 24 or 26 x 48 with 10 foot walls garage build for the spring. It's cold up here but our soils are pretty sandy and it seems that quite of few people do a mono pour on their detached buildings. I searched quite a bit but haven't had much luck finding many examples of attic...