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Can anyone recommend a goggles manufacturer whose product accepts prescription lenses and is designed to fit snug on the forehead and temples and cheeks and nose, so that fine dust cannot reach the eyes and so that exhaled breath doesn't get in when you're wearing a mask? Something that...

I am looking to make a minimalist truss press for a shed I'm building. One-time use for this shed and never again. I don't know if the design I'm contemplating will be adequate, since what I've seen people do here and on videos is a left heftier than what I have in mind. I would gladly rent...

I recall reading about a super lightweight alternative to OSB for exterior wall sheathing, which met building code for shear-strength as well as, if not better than, OSB, and used the same nails as OSB. No special fasteners were required. If memory serves, it had the added benefit of not...

I ended up using helical piers instead of sonotubes for my shed foundation (see pic). For a couple of reasons, I plan to hang 2x6 floor joists on hangers on 16" centers between the nominal 6x6 beams rather than building a floor on top of the beams: 1) there's a maximum 9' height restriction...

I want to put an 8x20 outbuilding on two 6x6 pressure-treated pine skids, each resting atop five concrete "sonotube" piers. But I'm not sure what kind of galvanized bracket is used to do that. Is there a special bracket for that purpose?

Greetings from near the Twelve Mile Circle. I'm recently retired and want to build a "garage" where I can store and tune our bicycles and keep other things that have taken over the porch. -- blint