Wisconsinite
Red Skull Member
I am soon to be a homeowner, and need some assistance from the IBB collective to help achieve success the first go around on some projects I have planned.
I am in the final stages of closing on a 5 acre parcel with a small house and two outbuildings. The house is a small one bed / one bath unit on a 24X36 slab. The house is liveable as it is, and will be fine for me and the dog. I am more concerned about getting the outbuildings up ready for use.
One is a 24 X 24 two car garage and one is a 15 X 24 shed. The garage has 15 amp service pulled from the house, but the shed has 100 amp service and a panel.
The garage needs some work (building on the left), but it is going to wait until next summer to get all titzed up. I am planning on starting the small shed next week (the one behind the truck)
I don't have any good pics, but here is what I was able to pull from the appraisal report:
This property used to operate a greenhouse, and the small shed I am starting on was where they grew the seedlings every spring. The humidity caused the drywall to mold/mildew and it has a pretty nasty smell going on. Since I don't need to do electrical in there, I figured it would be a good spot to start.
My current plan is to pull all the drywall and insulation, re-insulate and put up steel siding with a corrugated galvanized steel ceiling.
I am a construction newb, have a lot of questions.
Few questions I have right off the bat.
The exterior has vinyl siding with OSB sheating underneath. I am not sure if there is any house wrap installed under the siding. If I use paper faced fiberglass insulation, will I need house wrap between the insulation and steel?
How do I handle the outlets and switches? I have seen two options on youtube:
Option 1:
Leave the outlets where they are and cut holes in the siding to accept the boxes and standard face plate. Not sure how the outlets would line up with the ribs, and how to make that look decent.
Option 2:
Move the outlets a little closer to the breaker panel so I can rough out the electrical through the steel and then mount the boxes externally to the furring strips.
End goal for the building is to have a nice, clean, organized space for lawn equipment, four wheeler, and misc junk.
I am in the final stages of closing on a 5 acre parcel with a small house and two outbuildings. The house is a small one bed / one bath unit on a 24X36 slab. The house is liveable as it is, and will be fine for me and the dog. I am more concerned about getting the outbuildings up ready for use.
One is a 24 X 24 two car garage and one is a 15 X 24 shed. The garage has 15 amp service pulled from the house, but the shed has 100 amp service and a panel.
The garage needs some work (building on the left), but it is going to wait until next summer to get all titzed up. I am planning on starting the small shed next week (the one behind the truck)
I don't have any good pics, but here is what I was able to pull from the appraisal report:
This property used to operate a greenhouse, and the small shed I am starting on was where they grew the seedlings every spring. The humidity caused the drywall to mold/mildew and it has a pretty nasty smell going on. Since I don't need to do electrical in there, I figured it would be a good spot to start.
My current plan is to pull all the drywall and insulation, re-insulate and put up steel siding with a corrugated galvanized steel ceiling.
I am a construction newb, have a lot of questions.
Few questions I have right off the bat.
The exterior has vinyl siding with OSB sheating underneath. I am not sure if there is any house wrap installed under the siding. If I use paper faced fiberglass insulation, will I need house wrap between the insulation and steel?
How do I handle the outlets and switches? I have seen two options on youtube:
Option 1:
Leave the outlets where they are and cut holes in the siding to accept the boxes and standard face plate. Not sure how the outlets would line up with the ribs, and how to make that look decent.
Option 2:
Move the outlets a little closer to the breaker panel so I can rough out the electrical through the steel and then mount the boxes externally to the furring strips.
End goal for the building is to have a nice, clean, organized space for lawn equipment, four wheeler, and misc junk.
