New garage time!
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dodge man
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Just a guess on my part but my bet is something is going to get built on top of that concrete.
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fatjay
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Walls. Lumber is coming today. I'm not particularly looking forward to it, it's going to be about a thousand degrees today and even hotter tomorrow.
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fatjay
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We've got wood! Time to zip a hundred 2x8's down to 10'.
747driver
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Always like seeing the supply of fresh lumber !! Why didn't you get 10' 2x8s ?
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fatjay
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I got 10’ but they’re all about a half inch to long, so they need to be cut to exactly 10’.
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fatjay
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It was so damned hot today. 90F and 70% humidity. I can count the number of times i drink water in a year on one hand, and today was one of them.
2x8 walls are HEAVY. We put up 12' sections at a time, lifted them over the bolts, and bolted them in place. Wanted to get the first wall section up and in place to see how hard the rest was going to be. Then built the rest, cut another 20 2x8's for the back wall, drilled the bottom plates and cut the top plates. Tomorrow EOD we should have both rear and side wall up and bolted down and starting on the front. The front and right side walls are going to be a bit more complicated as the right side has windows and the front has the garage doors so it'll be a bit more cutting. Nailing is a bit slow with my crappy pancake compressor. I own a bigger compressor but don't have a single outlet in or around the house that will power it since every outlet is 15a. I tried, it got to about 40psi then tripped the breaker.
2x8 walls are HEAVY. We put up 12' sections at a time, lifted them over the bolts, and bolted them in place. Wanted to get the first wall section up and in place to see how hard the rest was going to be. Then built the rest, cut another 20 2x8's for the back wall, drilled the bottom plates and cut the top plates. Tomorrow EOD we should have both rear and side wall up and bolted down and starting on the front. The front and right side walls are going to be a bit more complicated as the right side has windows and the front has the garage doors so it'll be a bit more cutting. Nailing is a bit slow with my crappy pancake compressor. I own a bigger compressor but don't have a single outlet in or around the house that will power it since every outlet is 15a. I tried, it got to about 40psi then tripped the breaker.
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I will say one thing fatjay... you don't mess around. Love the progress you are making.
