Home improvement projects increase the value of your home, while building skills and giving you a hobby to relax with, making something worthwhile with your hands. One of the simpler home improvement projects to tackle this coming summer is building a new garage.
Before building, you need to figure out how big you need the garage to be. Think about not just putting your car in the garage, but what other commonly stored items will be placed there. Checking out floor plans will give you a good estimate to work from.
Once you’ve determined the size of the garage, it’s time to determine what materials you want to use to build it, whether it’s pre-treated or pressure treated wood or a metal frame and siding arrangement. Both metal and timber garages come in pre-fab construction kits, making the selection one that’s driven by your needs.
If you’re in a colder climate, the timber garages will generally have better insulation than the metal ones. If you’re in a climate with a lot of sunlight, the metal garages will hold up better to the extremes in temperatures.
The first step in construction is getting a concrete slab laid down. This will be the anchor point that your garage is built on. Do yourself a favor and hire a good contractor for this - pouring cement is harder than it looks and it’s very easy to ruin your garage with a badly poured slab and the consequent poor drainage that results.
Assembling your garage from a kit is mostly a matter of following the instructions. With some help from your friends, it’s not unreasonable to put up a pre-fab garage or other building inside of a weekend. It’ll take some quality time with hammers and a nailgun, but the end result will raise the value of your property and give you grist for stories along the lines of “Yeah, remember when we put up Bill’s garage…”
Adrian Adams
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June 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Tips on starting a worm farm?
I want to start a worm farm this summer.
How do I build a farm using a medium sized plastic container?
What do I feed the worms?
What kind of worms do I get? Are earthworms good? I heard red wrigglers are. If you suggest, them-then where do I buy them or find them cheap?
If I put them in my room…do they smell bad? Or should I keep them in our garage?
June 18th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I knew a man who fished a lot and grew his own worms in a casket
( don't know where he got that, though). He bought a container of red wigglers from a bait shop to start. He used good, rich potting soil and added grass clippings, leaves, coffee grounds from time to time. He also had to make sure it stayed moist but not wet. You will not want them in your room. Outdoors in a shady area is best. The dirt has a dank, musty smell.
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June 18th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I've attached a link in the "source"box .
You can usually get the worms at your local feed store.
The worm farm should be kept outdoors or in the garage .
Be sure to keep the bin slightly moist ,don't let it dry out !
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opentutorial.com/index.php?title=Make_a_worm_farm -
June 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Be careful about keeping it too wet. I made a worm farm a few weeks ago, and this morning I found a few worms on my kitchen floor. Yuck! I'm pretty sure I over-watered it!
Anyways, I used a set of plastic drawers, cut out a rectangle from the bottom with a box cutter, super glued/duct taped screen to the holes, and added some worms, shredded newspaper, coffee grounds, tea bags, and fruit/veggies. I got the worms from WalMart. Red wigglers.
Good luck!
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June 18th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Here are my directions for building a great worm composter. Mine has been in my house for 5 years and never smelled. The compost is great for the garden! And the kids love the worms.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4769967_build-kitchen-worm-composting-box.html
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