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Discussion starter · #241 ·
mikeinri said:
Reminds me of working in a metal shop when I was in high school and college. It felt like a million degrees in there. They did have AC, but it couldn't keep up. The big fans just blew the hot air around.

It was worse in the garage where the sandblaster was installed. There was no heat (we used a kerosene torpedo heater, which let off horrific fumes), and no AC (we just baked, lucky to have a fan)...

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Yeah when I started in the garage the temperature was 94 degrees and I opened the garage and man doors and started the fan and the temperature dropped down to 86 degrees and stayed around 85 for the rest of the time I was in the garage. When I started to get to hot I stop and stand in front of the fan and cool off. My bride was frequently checking on me when I worked and bringing me either either iced tea or water and I drink it as I was working. I much prefer warm to cold so I continued working for most of the day. Today is a day off for the most part as I have a dental appointment but I might paint a wall later once it cools off
 
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Today was a lot cooler and I got another section of the garage sided on inside. I got faster and better in getting the maximum out of the panels and I got the section done and grabbing the paint and paint brush and got all the sections I have up on the walls painted. It is white and bright and that is the look I wanted. My wife finally agreed that the white is bright and clean looking but once it gets dirty it might be hard to clean. I did say who works out there all the time and it is me and white is what it will be. I am also cheap as the paint was from the county recycler and they sold me the paint for $5.00 for a 5 gallon pail years ago. I want to use it up and just stop storing it in the garage.
 

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#243 ·
Looks great! I should do that with my shed.

Mike
 
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I think so also mikeinri It sure does dress the place up and a couple observations is I was running my air compressor today and it seemed somewhat quieter as it is not rattling away right next to the metal in the building. I did put in some 1 and quarter inch of styrofoam in the wall between the metal and siding inside the garage around the area where I setup the compressor as a experiment and I was trying to see if this lowers the noise.

I think the combination of the wood and styrofoam might be effective in lowering sound echos that were there.

The other thing I noticed is the garage seems cooler today and it was not as hot as it has been with a big 10 degree or higher temperature difference between the outside and the inside. We were in the mid to high 70's today and it actually felt about the same inside the garage and outside. Time will tell if it is true or not.

I also got a small area done today above the freebie kitchen cabinets on the south wall of the garage. I have run out of the full size panels and when I stopped earlier in the day there were none to be had. Just a bunch of small sections were there but I can easily wait and see what is put out Monday as I still enough small sections to complete little areas that can be completed.
 
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Another weekend and I got more done on the inside of the garage I got the section where the ratty looking free kitchen cabinets are at and a fresh coat of paint on the siding and the shop is getting brighter as each section is done. I also put up more behind my toolboxes and I need to get some better paint brushes as my brushes are totally shot. I mean what do I have to do after 12 years the brushes wore out and I ended up tossing them. Just can't get good quality anymore. :tango_face_devil:OH well I guess I pop for some brushes tomorrow when I got to town. I need to pick up some green trim paint anyway.

We finally got some rain and the walls I put up in the carport on the outside I did last month what I intended and no more rain getting in to the carport, my objective has been to at least stop the rain from coming in and I have success. Once the rain stops I get the paint out and do it up.
 

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I got more boards today from the free bins at the shed place and got the 2nd to last section of the garage done. I am going to be running out of garage to do on the inside rather quickly. But at least my shop got another good cleaning and I have a bunch of junk to take to the dump in the next few days.
 

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Had a couple days off from the site and I got the mini wall I built painted to match the house. I still gathering material for the final 2 sections of the garage.

This has been a nice project and relatively free project for the boards. the steel building looks so different with the siding on the inside.
 

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You'll notice it will feel warmer in the winter with the wood inside too..
A friend of mine has a steel garage that was just bare walls for years,and he'd burn a cord of wood every 2-3 weeks trying to keep it liveable inside..
He found a warehouse nearby that gave away pallets,and they had stacks of OSB board from them about 5/8" thick he got for free,enough to do the entire inside of the garage..

He didn't put insulation over the steel first,he figured fiberglass would just get wet and do no insulating and rot the wood...even without any insulation ,we immediately noticed how much warmer it got inside and it stayed warm longer too..his firewood consumption went down considerably after the walls were covered..
 
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Tractor-Holic said:
You'll notice it will feel warmer in the winter with the wood inside too..
A friend of mine has a steel garage that was just bare walls for years,and he'd burn a cord of wood every 2-3 weeks trying to keep it liveable inside..
He found a warehouse nearby that gave away pallets,and they had stacks of OSB board from them about 5/8" thick he got for free,enough to do the entire inside of the garage..

He didn't put insulation over the steel first,he figured fiberglass would just get wet and do no insulating and rot the wood...even without any insulation ,we immediately noticed how much warmer it got inside and it stayed warm longer too..his firewood consumption went down considerably after the walls were covered..
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My main thought process of doing the interior was two fold. One was to get rid of the dreary industrial gray look as I hated that after working in a industrial manufacturing world for the past 40 plus years that would be brighter and easier on seeing better with a either a light color or white, since I had 5 gallons of white paint it was painted white and the 2nd was the secondary benefit of being warmer in the winter by having a air gap between the cold steel and the wood. I like what the results are so far and it for the most part it is free as I had almost everything but the wood and then I had a buddy that led me where to look for the best material.
 
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Another advantage was the OSB walls were able to have shelves and pegboard attached to it,so he was able to hang up a lot of stuff that previously was taking up precious floor space--he did paint it too,but he used barn red paint he had left over from painting the exterior of the garage,it did brighten it up a lot and made it less drab..

I can agree a dreary gray color isn't exactly uplifting,my quonset garage has bare steel arches and that galvanized finish is equally drab and gloomy--with no skylights or windows,its dark as a dungeon in there,you have to leave the lights on even in daylight,unless you leave the overhead door open..even then,there are lots of shadows and dark areas.
..unfortunately to cover the arches with anything would be a major undertaking,it would have to be thin sheets that will bend to conform to the arches,and there isn't much to attach them to,you'd have to put strapping on the arches first..
--and they curve at the 48" level,so you couldn't hang anything higher than that on the "walls",I also think moisture from condensation would rot or mold the wood paneling up on the back side quickly and make it unhealthy..I've had some masonite sheets mold up just leaning them against the arches before..
 
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I ended up jumping onto another project and it is lighting the carport. It was becoming somewhat dangerous to walk around in it so I got some jacketed wire and added a spot light and porch light to the area today.
 

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The final large section inside the garage is finally finished. All that is left is a small section next to the man door and this project will be complete. I have a mess to clean up in the garage from all the cutting and sawing. I have enough left over material for another project that I will be working on later.
 

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Well I had a busy 4th of July. I wanted to mow my pasture and clean up the yard while it was quiet. I get done with the pasture and am cleaning my John Deere X590 scraped the deck and gave it a bath to get all the dirt and junk off it.

That's when the next door neighbor came over and asked if he could borrow me, my truck and car trailer to take his tractor up to his church to knocked down the blackberry vines that had overrun the parking area. I hitch up the trailer, pull out onto the street, load his tractor with a brush cutter and we head over to his church and proceed to knock over the blackberry vines. No issue with the this neighbor as he has helped me for the last 20 odd years since I moved here. We do this all the time as we help each other all the time.

The first three pictures is of my pasture a before and after and the last two is over my neighbors church after we knocked down the blackberry vines.
 

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My craftsman 917.27308 said:
Its nice to have a neighbor like that. Your grass looks nice. How much acreage you cut? What machine you use? How long does it take? It takes me an hour or more to do a half acre.
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The acreage is 5 acres minus the house and 2 pole buildings on the property. I primarily use the John Deere X590 for the lawn and sometimes for the pasture and the John Deere 2305 for the pasture. It all depends on how I feel for which one I use but normally it is the X590 for the lawn and the 2305 for the pasture.

The pasture is around 3 acres and the lawn is around 2 acres. Normal time to mow is around a hour and half for the lawn and two and half hours for the pasture.
 
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You cut two acres in an hour and half. That's how long it takes me to cut a half acre. I may have much less a half acre because I have trees , beds, the house, driveway, patio to go around. If I go any faster I will crash into something. I tried going faster but I don't get a quality cut. I also use a bagger that I empty maybe twice each time I mow.
 
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My craftsman 917.27308 said:
You cut two acres in an hour and half. That's how long it takes me to cut a half acre. I may have much less a half acre because I have trees , beds, the house, driveway, patio to go around. If I go any faster I will crash into something. I tried going faster but I don't get a quality cut. I also use a bagger that I empty maybe twice each time I mow.
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That is why I got the X590. It has a 54" Accel Deep Deck which is JD's newest design and it is really awesome cutting deck. The 2305 has the 62 C series deck and it cuts OK for what it is. Not quite as good as the deck on the X590 but once level and really good blades can do a great job on the pasture. I really like the X590 for the great job it does on mowing but it is a expensive machine.
 
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I cycled back to the first wall I put up. I sealed it and painted it today. I had to stop mid way on it due to the heat of the day. I came back to touch up the paint later in the day once it cooled down. I now can now enjoy this wall for what it is and that is a rain stop for the back end of the carport which is on the other side of this wall.

NOTE: I know the paint does not match the garage as this is what the house and other garage are all painted in and it is consistent with those buildings.
 

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