coachJC Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 July 1st Canada Day turned into truss day at the Carter household. Extremely generous of people to take the holiday to help install trusses. We had 7 of us that day including a neighbour with his tractor and attachment for picking up trusses and installing them on the walls. We started about 9am with laying out everyone's jobs so everyone knew what their responsibilities were , this helped with keeping thing moving at a decent pace and also helps with making sure everyone is working in a safe manner. With a 1/2hr lunch break we were done around 3 in the afternoon. It was another hot day and everyone was glad when we finally got the last one up and everything was braced to our satisfaction. Then everyone's favourite part.....beer time. This was something I forgot to put in the budget, 7 guys can sure go thru a 30pack in no time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) I should add we that there are 27 trusses plus the two gable ends for 29 in total with a 2 foot spacing. We installed 21 from the inside and the last 8 were put up over the end. The first one from the end took alittle bit of time to figure out the best was to get it detached from the lifting apparatuses then to slide it over into its place, there was a lot of head scratching going on for a bit. After we got it all figured out the last 7 went much better than the first one we put up . I do wish I had a few more pictures but its hard when there is a lot of stuff going on to step away and get pics. I had my responsibilities to complete with every truss and I did not want to slow the process down. Edited July 11, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) The next thing to do now that the trusses are up is to add all the truss bracing, the facia boards, and to get the strapping on the roof to add the rigidity into the trusses and for the metal roof that will be installed. We also finished adding all the OSB that was not complete. It is not very exciting work and kind of boring in the pics but it is still time consuming to try and get done every night after you have already done a 9hr day at the job that pays. Edited July 13, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) This is a little on topic and a little off topic but we get threads on here that bring up how kids aren't doing things with there hands any more, not interested in old cars, prefer to be on there computers and cell phone, so I just wanted to say how lucky I have been and not just with my kids but also with their friends who have helped out with this build. In this picture we have my son Ryan who is 21 in the yellow and has probably done over half the build on my shop. Of the old cars we have he loves to drive the 1929 model A the best. With him on the roof is a friend Josh who is 19, who has gone to school with my younger son since Jr Kindergarten, he has spent about 15hr helping out, and he is in the process of working on an old Willys Jeep. There is also another boy Aiden who is 21 and been friends with my oldest since high school who I don't have a good pic of but he has put in around 10hrs helping out when he can, his is working and going to school for HVAC. While the other 2 boys were up on the roof my younger son Jason (19yrs old) who can't stand heights so he will not go up on the roof or even climb the latter was changing the oil in his car in the driveway. He has been the saw guy when he has been able to help, with his 2 feet firmly planted on the ground just the way he likes it. He like to drive the 1920 Model T. I have gotten a bit of grief from him this yr as the cars are at my dads in storage and not around where he can drive them. I have posted this before but I thought I will do it again, one of my favourite pics of my kids. Edited July 13, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 With the strapping on the roof we left the gable ends unnailed so we could string lines the ends to do our best to make sure everything is as straight as we could get it. Spent about 4 hrs with tie down straps and levels pulling and pushing to get the ends to line up even with the string. I have seen a couple new barns around home where when you drive by you can see the wiggle in the facia as they did not spend enough time to ensure that everything was straight. It would bother me every time I drove into the driveway if ends were out of alignment as my eyes would be attracted to it every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 great facility and so enjoy you taking us along for the ride. Many of us dream of doing something like this......few actually do it. Props to you for taking your dream and charging forward! I can't wait to see it continue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Thanks John I am glad you and hopefully others are enjoying this adventure of my garage build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Not a lot to update here, with framing done the next item to do was to get a framing inspection done before I can carry on with installing the metal roof and siding. With my building permit there were 3 inspections that I had to have done by the town throughout the building process. The first was a footing inspection, this involved the inspector from the town to come out and take a look at the soil and to make sure we were on solid undisturbed ground and to see the footing forms installed with the rebar in place. He showed up and was gone in less than 5 min. The same guy showed up for the framing inspection, as this is a plain garage with nothing fancy he only looked at a few things, bracing in the trusses, making sure the hurricane ties were installed on every truss and that every hole in the braces was filled with a nail, then he checked to make sure all the concrete anchor bolts and nuts were installed and fastened.. He also took a quick glance around at everything else to make sure that things were done properly. That lasted less than 10min and he was gone with a verbal OK to carry on. I have found it odd that when the inspection is done that there is not something that we sign to confirm that these inspections operations are complete. I would think that on a master dwg that there would be sign off location for the inspector and builder to show that the inspections are complete. I have not even received a confirmation e-mail that I have passed the inspection, just a verbal "everything looks good, you can carry on". Just something I found weird. Th last inspection for my build is just the final inspection. Edited July 19, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Same thing happens where I live. Multiple inspections,no documentation of the inspection,the inspector is there just long enough to say he had been there.Any builder that wants to remain in business or anyone building for themselves will do the job right,unless they don't know what they're doing. I have been involved in construction,carpentry,plumbing,and cabinetry,over 40 years until I retired 2 years ago. I have come to the conclusion that the primary purpose of an inspection is to make sure your property is registered on the tax roll. It's all about money,as always. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I really like the overhang on the sides and ends. When that is not done, in my opinion, it looks like a cheap building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Where I live there is a portion of the building permit fee that is refundable once all of the inspections are complete and Certificate of Occupancy (CO) is issued. That provides incentive to perform the inspections and proof of compliance (assuming that one obtained a permit in the first place). Final electrical inspection, on the other hand, included a sticker signed/initialed by the inspector affixed to the main panel or meter box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Roger Walling said: I really like the overhang on the sides and ends. When that is not done, in my opinion, it looks like a cheap building. One thing I did when I did the gable ends is I did them with a 2x6. I have noticed that guys run there 2x4 strapping off the end and produce the overhang with a 2x4 facia. The front and back have a 2x6 facial as that is what the size of the board is along the top of the truss going down and they don't match. I just don't like the look when the size is not consistent all-around the building. Edited July 21, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, EmTee said: Where I live there is a portion of the building permit fee that is refundable once all of the inspections are complete and Certificate of Occupancy (CO) is issued. That provides incentive to perform the inspections and proof of compliance (assuming that one obtained a permit in the first place). Final electrical inspection, on the other hand, included a sticker signed/initialed by the inspector affixed to the main panel or meter box. We have the same thing here with our permit fees. They also use it as incentive for people to actual complete there builds and not leave them half done, they are hoping they want to get a portion of there fees back when the build is complete. Edited July 21, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 Friday July 15th was prep day to get ready for installing the back side of the metal roof. We chose the back side first for the obvious reasons, to get practice to make sure our plan and system work so if there is a mistake no one will see it.🙃 First thing was to add the starter stip or drip edge along the front and back. The colour I have gone with for the roof and wainscot is charcoal. Saturday morning we put the first panel up and just held it with couple of screws and made sure everything lined up. We used this piece as our template for the rest of the panels on the back. We brought it back down, punched holes in the desired locations with an awl, then put it back up just to make sure it lined up with our strapping. We brought it back down again laid it on top of a stack of 7 panel and then pre-punched all the holes in the sheets with an awl. This seems to be the quickest way and it also ensures all your screws will line up with each other visually. We did 2 stacks of 7 and 1 stack of 5. We had 19 panels across then used our template as the last pc which we cut as we only needed 8in of it to finish off the back side of the roof I should also add we ran a string line across the facia board at 1 1/4 overhang, this helped with alignment and then we didn't have to worry about any deviation that occurs with the facia board not being perfectly straight. At that point it got to freaking hot out and we quite for the day and we finished up on Sunday. It was overcast on Sunday so it was easier for the guys on the roof as the panels were getting to hot to touch on Sat. when they were trying to screw them down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I hate to be the one to tell you but, in time you will find out, IT AIN'T BIG ENOUGH! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/22/2022 at 9:23 AM, Roger Walling said: I hate to be the one to tell you but, in time you will find out, IT AIN'T BIG ENOUGH! With the walls up you start to really understand the size of the interior, then you start go thru your mind that the the 4 post lift goes here, the utility area will go here where all the in-floor heating stuff will go, the cars here the snowmobiles there, my truck should go here and you go....momma gonna be mad because there is no room for her car....I'm gonna be in trouble. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) With the back having the metal roof installed we were moving forward to start the front. I ran my string line across the front, when I did that I noticed 2 issues while standing on the ladder. I had two walls that had bows in them, one end wall and the front wall. The end wall bowed out about 1 inch at a window and a joint at the top of the wall, not sure when this happened but it was a pretty easy fix. I ran a sting corner to corner along the inside of the wall to see exactly where the issue was, from there I popped 3 boards up that run thru the bottom of the trusses and using a ratchet strap I pulled the wall back in till it aligned with the string and double checked with a level. Then nailed the truss bracing boards back down and the wall was back to where it should be. this only took about 1 1/2 hr to fix so not to bad. Sorry no pics. The front wall was alittle more complicated, and I have pics for this one. I ran a string across the 2 front garage door openings to see where the bow was and how much, this string I ran up and back as at 2 heights, at the top plate and at the top of the garage door opening. I did this as it looked like I had more than 1 issue going on. Top plate was out about 1in and the door opening was about 1.5in. The bow seemed to originate in the area between the 2 doors. I think it may of moved when we were putting the trusses up and and the bracing we had there may not of been tight enough to hold it in position. To fix, I brought my truck inside the garage so I had some thing to tie my ratchet strap to, then I had to cut the nails out from under 8 trusses using a sawzall and cut the hurricane ties on those same 8 trusses. But this wall would not budge. I ended up bringing out my floor jack and using a 2x6 placing it under some truss ends and lifting them up to take some weight off the wall. After doing that I was able to slide the wall back to align with my string and double check with a level. As you can see in the pic below the top plate aligned perfectly with the string but the garage door top did not. I nailed the trusses down and added new hurricane ties and I decided to come back the next day to investigate the garage door top. To get to this point of the front wall repair was 4 hrs. Edited July 26, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) After thinking about it at work the next day my best guess was that the board at the top of the garage door most likely had a really bad crown in it. When I got home and checked it with a straight edge and that confirmed my suspicion. I went out to my pile of lumber as I still have about 6 2x6s and was able to find one that was only had a crown of 3/16 of an inch over 12 feet. out came the sawzall and cut the bad one out and installed the new one and the string lined up as it should. the walls have been fixed. This took another 1 1/2 hrs so in total I spent around 7hrs over 3 nights after work to fix these issues. Edited July 26, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) If I was doing this even just 10yrs ago I don't know if I would of had the patients to stop and take the time to do the repairs I just showed above. I used to think "It will be fine" it get covered in the metal siding no one will notice, and just carried on with the project leaving the bows in the walls. Then I would be mad at myself later as I am fighting with trim pieces that are wrinkling or fighting after the fact with a garage door that is not sealing at the top properly. I have had issue while working on my Model T's over the years, then pushed though things and say its fine when there are times its best to step back take a day or 2 then make things right so issues don't arise down the road. I have had to pull things apart a second time on my T more then once when I did not have the patience to stop, and deal with issues. Edited July 26, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 19 hours ago, coachJC said: ...so in total I spent around 7hrs over 3 nights after work to fix these issues. But, they're fixed now. As you went on to say in your last post, you'd be kicking yourself every time you opened that door. If you are satisfied with 'close enough' then you might as well pay someone else to do it for you... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) We have had a bit of a run of uncooperative weather for about 1.5 weeks. With the very hot and humid weather out came the winds and thunder storms along with some torrential rains. We even had 2 tornado warnings for our area which is quite unusual. The plan was to do the front side of the roof but that has been at a standstill due to the constant wind we have been having. One night when we got a high wind warning I went out and strapped all my metal roofing down and had all the smaller stuff moved inside my garage for protection, I also added some extra bracing to the garage to help keep it secure. I am sure happy I did, as you can see from the pics my neighbours all lost trees or sections of trees, with my neighbours right behind me having a section of a tree fall on their house. We were also without power for about 15hrs with some people in town not getting there power back for 2 days due to all the trees and power lines down. No one was hurt and just some eavestrough damage for my neighbour and my garage was still standing after the weather had passed. I have to admit I was a bit nervous when those winds were howling. Edited July 28, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 The last week of July the weather settled down for us to prep the front side metal roof for installation. My boys and I laid out our master sheet and verified it with our strapping on the front side, so with everything looking good we punched the holes in the 20 sheets to have them ready for installation on the coming Saturday. Saturday morning rolled around and with 4 guys the front half was done in 3hrs. It went much quicker than the back side, with it all pre prepped and with 2 guys on the roof and 2 guys on the ground hand bombing the panels to them made for a quick and efficient job. The first pic looks as if the middle panel is a different colour is due the the sheet being dirty as it was on top of the pile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 The last thing to do before starting to install Tyvek was to get the garage door casing finished out to there proper sizes for garage door installation. My doors are 9x10 and the installer told me the finished opening needs to be finish door size to minus .25in but not bigger. It took about 3hrs per door and that included the inside wood required for mounting the rails for the doors. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 On Friday my younger son and I installed the Tyvek on the front of the garage. We used a 9ft roll for the bottom and a 3ft roll for the top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) The next project a wanted to get done was the soffit on the front. When I order the soffit it comes in 10ft lengths and you have to cut them to the size you require. Off to Google and YouTube for some research to see what other people do to cut the metal soffit. I came across a jig that I thought would work for me so I set about with some of my scrap lumber I have laying around to build the jig. This is the jig I built with the soffit installed checking for fit with the home made saw guide on top screwed down in a location that looked like a good spot. First part I tried finished side up, then I flipped it over and did a second part finished side down to see which worked better, the winner was finished side down. I ended up having to add a board further back and use some shim stock to hold it in place better in the upside down location, as the flange height does not locate as well upside down, but with the main face against the bottom it leaves a nicer cut edge. I realised pretty quickly I needed to wear a glove on my left hand or it was going to be full of slivers. Edited August 9, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Next came the install of the soffit. Using the bottom of the 2x6 facia board and a steel carpentry square a mark is put at either end of the front wall. then a chalk line is snapped along the length of the front of the garage. This line is used to install the trim piece parallel to the facia board which will hold the one end of the soffit while other end is nailed to the bottom of the facia board. The soffit is cut approx. 1/4 shorter then the measured distance of the wall to the front of the facia board and they just hook in together as you go along. I had about 3/8in of variation and cuts had to be adjusted as I went along. Edited August 9, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Did you flip the saw blade around backwards to cut the soffit material? I've found that makes the cuts smoother. Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, EmTee said: Did you flip the saw blade around backwards to cut the soffit material? I've found that makes the cuts smoother. Nice work! I bought a metal blade and ran it in the direction it shows. I had heard from a couple of people about running it backwards so I may try that to see the difference when I do some more soffit this weekend. Edited August 11, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Over the weekend it was really hot and I did not have any helpers as they seemed to want to do there own thing instead of helping dad, so I thought I would tackle the garage door trim as this was something I can do on my own and I would be in the shade and protected from the sun. I have been watching on YouTube" RR Buildings" ( https://www.youtube.com/c/RRBuildings) and he has been fantastic to watch with how he does his metal work and I have learned a lot about some of the proper ways to do things and I have absolutely enjoyed his trim and finish work. I looked at a few recently finished metal barns and garages around home and was kind of surprised at the lack of care taken with finishing detail where you can see oil canning, and areas not sealed up properly and Tyvek still exposed, if I was paying someone to do my metal work I would not of been very happy with the finish results I saw on these barns. So took some of the thing I learned for watching 'RR Buildings" and applied them to what I was doing and the results came out pretty good. As this is the first time doing this type of work i did miss a mechanical seal on my first door and will require some calking but the next 2 came out as I would of hoped. I think the most important thing is to have patients and take your time until you are happy with your result. I should of gotten some close up pics of the bends and seals at the top but I don't think about it until I am doing one of these post and wish I had some close up detail pics to show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 I took a few close up pics of the top of the door trim to show. The first one I put the mechanical flap and seal on the front to fold down over the top to keep rain out but realised after I did not ad the one on side to cap it off . This not a big deal as there is still a J trim to go on that will cover it up but I will still need to add some caulk to seal the joint The second door I did I did the next day, planned it out to add the side closure then forgot the flap on the front.😡 Will have to add caulk to the front for water seal. Th last door I finally got right, both flaps as should be...good thing I have 3 doors. I probably would not of messed up the 2nd door if I did them all the same day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) To keep moving forward I need to get the Tyvek all up and strapping done. I tried to do some of it by myself as my boys have been busy but that was not so easy so I had to break down and ask the wife for some help which she graciously did. I could of probably managed to get it done by myself but it was so inefficient and slow that a second person made it go so much faster. Strapping is mainly 1x4 except where the wainscot and main sheet come together, in that location I used a 1x6 to give me alittle more room for nailing. Edited August 16, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) I should add that before the strapping went on the back I spent 3 hrs one night after work after the Tyvek was up, I started to go thru all the layout for the heights of the trim and wainscot. Going back and forth from the front and the back to make sure the alignments are good and dimensions all work out with the sizes of the precut metal that was ordered and delivered a couple of months ago. I did come across a small issue and that was I did not give enough clearance between my main garage colour sheet and the top of the wainscot and partition trim. The machinist in me came out and I did everything close to size for size, it would fit if everything was absolutely perfect but we all know that is not the way things are in construction. The way I chose to fix this issue is to lower my bottom drip edge 5/8in which involves insuring all my bottom strapping is parallel with the concrete so I can lower it. I did have to shim it out in a few places on the side wall shown above as the concrete wall is not perfectly straight. The bottom drip edge has a 2 3/4 nailing panel so it gives me lots of room to adjust it down and be able to nail to the strapping. This will give me the clearances I need for doing all the metal siding. Edited August 16, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) On the weekend with the help of my younger son Jason,( not so young he is 20) we finished the Tyvek on the west end wall and got all the strapping done. We also located where the ledger board should go for the porch roof as we needed to be able to work around the board for the strapping. Not ever having done all the calculations before I spent a couple hrs at work sketching it all out and using online calculators to figure out the math to get them located properly. It was just temporally screwed into place until I can do a test cut of a rafter just in-case I need to adjust something. On Sunday afternoon we took down all the bracing we had on the east side which took about 1.5hrs. We had installed allot of bracing due to some of the inclement weather we had so it was nice to see it all come down, it cleans up the look of the yard and garage with it down. Edited August 17, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) I cut a test pc for my porch roof and temporarily installed it. I then took a 16ft 2x4 and slid it on my roof so I could take a tape measure and measure the front and back to make sure the angle is the same as the roof. I was pretty close only off about 3/16in front to back, so that tells me the location of the ledger board is good and the next step it to permanently attach the ledger board with lag screws. I will also add some backing boards to the inside for the lag screws and I can finish up the strapping on the end wall around that ledger board. Next job is to get the wall towards the house Tyveked and strapped then on to the metal work. Edited August 19, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealEllenSmith Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Hype to see the final result !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) We have the last wall Tyveked and mostly strapped. I have left the top of gable end as I was going to try and get the top all sealed up before I go on a weeks holiday and that is something that can easily be done later. Edited August 23, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Soffit is complete all the way around and the facia is up on the back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) I chose to run the Soffit all the way down from the gable and not run it all the way out from the front or back face. I thought I would try this look instead of the traditional bird box corners that you see on most homes. This seems to be more popular way in finishing the corners in recant build I have seen. In doing that there is a small area that is missed with no coverage. As you can see in the pic below there is an area from the corner out where the wood strapping is visible. In the 2 pics pics below you can see the pieces I cut and bent up from some off cuts that are left over to fill in these 4 spots. For bending the edges over I have an old workmate bench that was my fathers, and they have the adjustable top that moves in and out and I use that as my home made brake for bending this metal. Edited August 24, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) As a small aside my farmer neighbour who has helped my on a few occasion with some equipment during my build is also having built a new barn/equipment shed. His building a 50x100, just a tad bigger than mine. He is also going to be putting in-floor heating in so we did a joint order of all the piping and insulation to help with the cost, and it all arrived at his farm on Monday, So if I am ever short on space I know where to find it. Edited August 24, 2022 by coachJC (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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