Recent content by PandDLong

Winter rudely interrupted progress. Actually, we have been fortunate with a very mild autumn and the first deep freeze and snow has come later than I recall from other years. But of course, with mild weather in the forecast, one adds new tasks onto the list and the original ones get pushed...

Looks very decent - I really like the wood grain and colour variations on the doors. I have cannonball track and rollers for my outside sliding doors - they are great. Don't know why but I hadn't though about using them inside... How big is each stall? Do you have a means to close the door...

The geo-pave looks like a good solution - I will need to look into local availabilty and $$. Ground contact pressure-treated seems like a solution to the bottom of the walls. Nice looking barn!! Michael

I am not familiar with sand clay - is that a mix of the two and does it drain naturally? Good point on keeping plywood away from the floor and moisture - and keeping the metal clean. Plan on adding a sacrificial 2x4 along the top edge that I can easily remove and replace as a chew board...

I am putting up a multi-use building - Building a shop / shed / barn / greenhouse It has an 10' x 18' "stable" - this is a critical part to let me take down an old ramshackle "barn" that I inherited on the property. The stable will be for my donkey at the moment, but a horse, calves, goat...

Yeah - I started to think about that - snow and mud, a rock stuck in the tread... I was also trying to recall how loaded down my tractor was the couple of times I took it into my garage with the 8' door. Maybe unloaded I lose that inch... Glad I made the change.

I did - good catch.

I was just reminded that I never closed off this very old thread - with very important information. What was the problem - and solution - or has my mower been useless for 8 years? The harness wiring has a connection point under the mower (on the left side) where it bolts to the frame. That...

Great tips on setup. And identifies it makes sense to get an expert providing some on-site advice. Is the vertical 2" foam board just covered with dirt or ...? Michael

A lot of excellent advice and considerations - much appreciated! Insulation - plan to take full advantage of the wall cavity to get R22 as a minimum (may be able to push it to R29), ceiling will be R50, under-slab is R15. Garage door is only R12. Currently there is no plan for perimeter...

Milestone event - the grade beam is poured. Starting to take shape as an actual building site now. Michael

Lost some time due to illness and other priorities - thankfully the weather here has been unseasonably warm. My contractor decided to add some screw piles into the area for the main slab. His sheepsfoot blew a bearing early in the process and it was backordered by Bobcat for several weeks, so...

Based on the good advice, I looked into it and I am going with a 9' high door. They do sell it with a regular overhead lift, it just use a couple different parts for the tracks than the standard to become a "low overhead door". It added a few $$ but not excessively and 1" of clearance is tight...

I started at a 9' wide door and looking at a lot of older threads on shop builds, increased it to 10' wide. I am now thinking, I need to see about being able to increase the height. I will check with the local door suppliers I have been using to see what they have for options using a jack...

A HWH certainly has a different price point. Since I am the installer I guess I will need to keep the grumbling to a minimum :)