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So my shop floor is 8 months old. It was poured in the fall and as a result of that and not having water there yet, I wasn't able to seal it right away. It had leaves fall on it during construction of which I tried my best to clean them off daily, as well as some unfortunate small oil...

My shop is currently being excavated for now. The design is a slab on grade and I mentioned to the contractor that I wanted to have a 6" "curb" poured around the perimeter for the walls to sit off the floor. My contractor doesn't think it's necessary as he uses sill plate gasket and vapour...

I'm just setting up for my concrete pour in Ontario Canada. The shop is stick build steel siding. I'll be running. 150' of power from my house to my shop to put a 100A panel in. Anyone know if I have to put a seperate ground into the pad or can I just pull the ground from the main panel?

So the shop will be under construction within the next 3 weeks. Looking at the entire project has given me hives so I'm trying to break it down into bite size pieces. My first piece is the pre-pour. Here's what I have so far: - pad for shed (being moved in behind the garage) - underground...

My wife and I made the move out of the city this past December. Among others, one of the main reasons being I could have a nice big shop for me to work in. Being a mechanic, I had a 4 post in my tiny 17 x 19 garage in the city (I took with me) but I've always needed more space and a 2 post hoist...

Hey guys, Long time lurker, first time poster. I built my last 17 x 19 garage simply by poking around here and putting info together. Thanks for that! Now, we've moved to the country with more property. I'm in the design phase of my 32 x 48 detached shop so I'll need lots of input very...