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Re: garage construction

To: "James Babcock" <james.a.babcock@adn.alcatel.com>
Subject: Re: garage construction
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:30:18 -0500
From: James Babcock <james.a.babcock@adn.alcatel.com>
To: pethier@isd.net <pethier@isd.net>
Cc: cak@dimebank.com <cak@dimebank.com>; n.ny@intest.com <n.ny@intest.com>;
shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: garage construction


>I'd say pull off the pieces at each corner, square up the framing
>and replace the sheathing with construction grade 3/4" plywood.
>This will add some rigidity to the framing, hopefully preventing it
>from leaning in the future.


I think I will use a come-along to straighten each wall, then brace with
2x4s screwed into each stud.  When I go to insulate, I can pull off one 2x4,
put in the fiberglass batt, cover with vapor-barrier plastic, and screw on a
panel of OSB (Oriented-strand board, or "waffleboard".  Working across the
wall four feet at a time, I can do the whole wall.  I used OSP on my last
(un-insulated) garage for sheathing, and it didn't lean in 10 years.  If
later on I want to do the outside sheathing and siding again, I can pull off
the existing stuff without worrying about the wall lozenging on me, since
the interior OSB will hold it.

I intend to paint the interior OSB bright white.  I used latex on my last
garage and it looked OK.  I wonder if white Killz would be better, to
inhibit mold and bugs.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
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