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[JelloPuddingPop]

Mine is attached to the house…..it’s mostly full of the kids’ junk and the wife’s Costco overshops.

I really don't have a sweet tooth at all, so candy, chocolate, etc., doesn't interest me. I use my garage for woodwork projects and having the odd beer.

Can't agree with you on the sweets - love the baked goods, cakes/cookies etc.

But totally on board with the garage - we just built a 36x40 detached shop, so my wife can have the garage back. Until last year, all my woodworking tools were dominating that space. Hard to park a car in a garage with a cabinet tablesaw, 12" planer, jointer combo, dust collector, router table etc. etc. She finally got sick of scraping the frost off the truck windows every morning, and gave me the green light.

Happy space for sure!

[donlever]

For me I have always had a major sweet tooth (for the good stuff Jello speaks to not the mass produced shit Hank notes) but I just try and stay away from it as it is a major weakness for me.

I tend to overindulge.

Fucks with my body compostion.

[Chef Boi RD]

Yup, Chef practically converted to diabetes last night. I lost control. Between the ball game, Friday night, the Halloween mood I ramped it, booze and chocolate galore. I need a purge.

[donlever]

Feeling primed, energetic and ready to hit the bike this morning eh Dude!!

[Chef Boi RD]

Mine is attached to the house…..it’s mostly full of the kids’ junk and the wife’s Costco overshops.

I really don't have a sweet tooth at all, so candy, chocolate, etc., doesn't interest me. I use my garage for woodwork projects and having the odd beer.

Can't agree with you on the sweets - love the baked goods, cakes/cookies etc.

But totally on board with the garage - we just built a 36x40 detached shop, so my wife can have the garage back. Until last year, all my woodworking tools were dominating that space. Hard to park a car in a garage with a cabinet tablesaw, 12" planer, jointer combo, dust collector, router table etc. etc. She finally got sick of scraping the frost off the truck windows every morning, and gave me the green light.

Happy space for sure!

Nice! Got any Festools? Btw, Jello, I’m a GC, the millwork racket in the lower mainland has gotten over the top expensive if you want good quality.

[donlever]

I have an engineered staircase in the SS house that movers damged the millwork treads and mid span landing.

The number to repair was astronomical.

Location added to it obviously but take the travel component out and the number was still sick.

Insurance (not mine happliy) works sometimes.

[JelloPuddingPop]

Nice! Got any Festools? Btw, Jello, I’m a GC, the millwork racket in the lower mainland has gotten over the top expensive if you want good quality.

I do Chef, they make the best sanders/portable dust collectors on the market - have the rotex, the 125 and 150.

And of course the Domino 500. Must have for quick joinery.

I'm not a professional though, just a hobbiest - but I can understand you pain, we built our house 5 years ago - and the shop just this year. I did all the millwork for it, with some help with the cabinets etc.

Though honestly, finishing carpentry is a real skill man - those guys put a lot of effort, skill and thought into their work. That costs more than a dime for sure. Not to mention the cost of wood these days. Used to be able to get things like clear fir for less than a dollar per BF. Now its like 10.00.

And it doesn't help that everyone who wants a house built down there, wants that craftsman-style or post-modern. Wood galore!

[Chef Boi RD]

A good trim carpenter can pretty much write his own cheque. Its the icing on the cake. We usually sub out to trim companies now, when we can, or should I say, when the budget allows. The multi skilled carpenter - formwork, framing, siding and trim , the four areas of carpentry, you won’t get top quality as you would with the companies who specialize only in one of those four areas. We try to keep in house, but if the trim details are borderline cowboy millwork (beyond just baseboard and casing) we sub out to trim companies…if the budget allows for it.

[Chef Boi RD]

Nice! Got any Festools? Btw, Jello, I’m a GC, the millwork racket in the lower mainland has gotten over the top expensive if you want good quality.

I do Chef, they make the best sanders/portable dust collectors on the market - have the rotex, the 125 and 150.

And of course the Domino 500. Must have for quick joinery.

I'm not a professional though, just a hobbiest - but I can understand you pain, we built our house 5 years ago - and the shop just this year. I did all the millwork for it, with some help with the cabinets etc.

Though honestly, finishing carpentry is a real skill man - those guys put a lot of effort, skill and thought into their work. That costs more than a dime for sure. Not to mention the cost of wood these days. Used to be able to get things like clear fir for less than a dollar per BF. Now its like 10.00.

And it doesn't help that everyone who wants a house built down there, wants that craftsman-style or post-modern. Wood galore!

We just built a custom sauna for a client, all clear 1x4 t&g cedar inside, over $4.00 a lineal foot. The cedar bill was shocking. Select tight knot is 1/4 the cost but you shouldn’t be using tight knot in saunas, the knots burn you when they get hot plus they can loosen over time from the extreme temperature changes.

[JelloPuddingPop]

Its a bit different up here, just due to the infinitely smaller population.

Usually the carpentry is divided up between experience. Rough carpentry (formwork/framing/some siding) is done by the apprentices, and framers. Trim/finish is done by the redseals.

The GCs up here are usually the finish carpenters as well. Just small, 2-4 man operations. At least in residential.

[JelloPuddingPop]

We just built a custom sauna for a client, all clear 1x4 t&g cedar inside, over $4.00 a lineal foot. The cedar bill was shocking. Select tight knot is 1/4 the cost but you shouldn’t be using tight knot in saunas, the knots burn you when they get hot plus they can loosen over time from the extreme temperature changes.

Ha! I've been looking to build a sauna for ages. But it is the price of clear cedar that has me running for the hills.

[Chef Boi RD]

Its a bit different up here, just due to the infinitely smaller population.

Usually the carpentry is divided up between experience. Rough carpentry (formwork/framing/some siding) is done by the apprentices, and framers. Trim/finish is done by the redseals.

The GCs up here are usually the finish carpenters as well. Just small, 2-4 man operations. At least in residential.

Yeah the good framers and good forming carpenters are definitely not great at trim, they lack the patience. It really is an entirely different trade even though both fall under the carpentry umbrella. A good trim carpenter makes the most money of all the carpenters, or can make the most.

[Chef Boi RD]

We just built a custom sauna for a client, all clear 1x4 t&g cedar inside, over $4.00 a lineal foot. The cedar bill was shocking. Select tight knot is 1/4 the cost but you shouldn’t be using tight knot in saunas, the knots burn you when they get hot plus they can loosen over time from the extreme temperature changes.

Ha! I've been looking to build a sauna for ages. But it is the price of clear cedar that has me running for the hills.

Yeah, that’s only part of it, the heaters are bloody expensive, size is based on the volume of the space. My client bought the Huum, ain’t cheap, but one of the top heater brands out there. Also, there is the electrician cost on top of that, not to mention “if” your current service can handle the extra load, but the wiring for a sauna is involved, not mention everyone wants the LED strip lighting everywhere. Did mini potlights in the ceiling, a tiled floor and tiled wall behind the heater. You also have to install a reflector foil before installing the cedar on walls and ceiling. We spray foamed the stud and ceiling cavities with 2 lb closed cell vapour barrier insulation. Installed spacers between framing (walls and ceilings) and cedar, like an air cavity. The trick part of sauna building was figuring out venting locations to create the air movement. Lots of different opinions on that, but if that ain’t done proper you’ll feel like your suffocating. I think we got it right - installed a passive air vent near the ground in front of the heater and installed 2 for options at the opposite end of the sauna, one high one low. All 3 vents have dampeners for air movement control. Everyone had different opinions on where to locate those, this I found to be the most frustrating part of sauna building

[Blob Mckenzie]

Feeling primed, energetic and ready to hit the bike this morning eh Dude!!

Putting his leggings on as we speak.

[Blob Mckenzie]

We just built a custom sauna for a client, all clear 1x4 t&g cedar inside, over $4.00 a lineal foot. The cedar bill was shocking. Select tight knot is 1/4 the cost but you shouldn’t be using tight knot in saunas, the knots burn you when they get hot plus they can loosen over time from the extreme temperature changes.

Just buy a Cosctco one.