What did you do today not on your truck...

[tutone]

Not a bad price on the building. I built my 'overflow parking' shop in 2019 and formed the floor myself and did the backfill. They came back and put the metal on after I had it poured. I had my one ton so the farthest bay to the right was going to house it. I poured it extra thick but probably didnt need it.

[Lost in the 60's]

Not a bad price for the structure in this economy. Have a course, or 2, of block laid on the slab so the sidewalls are 13' and that will accommodate a 12' tall door. Looks like you are specifying a good amount of insulation but the heat will just go right out thru those cheezy roll up doors. I had a 32X48X13 pole building put up here in the fall of 2019 at only slightly less than your quote. A friend saw it and started getting quotes for the next, covid, year and the cost for one of those nearly doubled over the next 2 years. Even though I don't plan to ever heat that one, I had a 12' X12'X2" insulated sectional door installed. Never say never...
As an alternative to all the work of in floor, I have had radiant heaters in my 2 pole buildings and they are very efficient, quiet and "cheap" to run. I imagine you will be heating the water with an outdoor wood furnace, can't do that with a radiant...

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Not a bad price for the structure in this economy. Have a course, or 2, of block laid on the slab so the sidewalls are 13' and that will accommodate a 12' tall door. Looks like you are specifying a good amount of insulation but the heat will just go right out thru those cheezy roll up doors. I had a 32X48X13 pole building put up here in the fall of 2019 at only slightly less than your quote. A friend saw it and started getting quotes for the next, covid, year and the cost for one of those nearly doubled over the next 2 years. Even though I don't plan to ever heat that one, I had a 12' X12'X2" insulated sectional door installed. Never say never...
As an alternative to all the work of in floor, I have had radiant heaters in my 2 pole buildings and they are very efficient, quiet and "cheap" to run. I imagine you will be heating the water with an outdoor wood furnace, can't do that with a radiant...

No the system will use either a gas or fuel oil fired water heater . Friend did his and put a monarch boiler in said it was a waste of money as the water is 120 degrees leaving the manifold returns at about 90 . The system adds just enough to the outgoing to be 120 again so not much water goes back into the boiler .

I will be going with overhead insulated doors but I don’t have a need for a 12ft door

[Lost in the 60's]

Can't imagine still using fuel oil to heat. That has to be crazy expensive, even compared to propane.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Can't imagine still using fuel oil to heat. That has to be crazy expensive, even compared to propane.

Fuel oil right now is 2.78 a gallon propane is 3.49 . Diesel at gas stations is cheaper than propane here

You might get a 10-5 cent discount if you use a large amount of propane my house the propane is for hot water and my range top don’t use much ,natural gas isn’t available here

Electric is crazy stupid here not so much the electricity itself but all the delivery fees and taxes . My electric bill for usage was $35 last month delivery fees and taxes was $127 and the delivery fees go up as the electricity usage goes up

[Sheepdip]

Don't forget the "Meter Fee" on my electric bill every month.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Don't forget the "Meter Fee" on my electric bill every month.

They said years ago that charge would be eliminated with the new meters that transmit the reading to the guy driving around . No more stopping at each house . Still on my bill

[Rich84]

Don't get me started on electric bills. In Ct. we have a "public benefit charge" on our electric bills. It is a whopping 30% added to the supplier and delivery charge. It is to pay off the electric bills of people who decided not to pay their bills during covid. Some of which never missed a day of work.
I just looked at the price of oil here. It is $3.18 a gallon. Last month I filled up for $2.78. I burn about 1300 gallons a year.

[Boog]

I guess it's a common practice for businesses to charge more for their services to make folks who pay their bills pay for those who don't.
A woman in the office at the hospital confirmed that idea saying that's what they do. Also I learned they can reduce your bill if you pay in full. It saved me a couple thousand dollars when I had my heart attack.
A woman coworker of mine sarcastically asked if she got a discount if she paid in full when paying her hospital bill. The office clerk said, actually yes and that they do charge more on all bills to offset those who don't pay.

[72c20customcamper]

Speaking of propane I got an automatic delivery today at least it didn’t go up

[72c20customcamper]

The propane came as I was working on a chainsaw .

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by Boog

I guess it's a common practice for businesses to charge more for their services to make folks who pay their bills pay for those who don't.
A woman in the office at the hospital confirmed that idea saying that's what they do. Also I learned they can reduce your bill if you pay in full. It saved me a couple thousand dollars when I had my heart attack.
A woman coworker of mine sarcastically asked if she got a discount if she paid in full when paying her hospital bill. The office clerk said, actually yes and that they do charge more on all bills to offset those who don't pay.

Yep...and try and charge you for extras just to see if you will pay it.
My insurance covered a colonoscopy every 5 years for preventative medicine, I had it done and received a bill for $6k. When I questioned it, they said a polyp was removed so it was now a procedure. I simply asked to see a form that I personally signed approving the procedure....The bill went away.

[Lost in the 60's]

Awfully quiet on this thread...everybody holed up for the cold and snow ?? We were in the upper 20's most of last week and even got to 38* on Thursday. Then that damned polar vortex had to come blasting down. Minus 11 degrees this morning again and it never got above zero.

[72c20customcamper]

Few inches of snow today not a big deal . Plow is on the truck and I finished up my chainsaw .

[Steeveedee]

Wife wanted a Tiffany (Chinese knockoff) lamp in the dining area, which I use for my carving hobby for climate control for this old man. IT'S FREAKIN' DARK IN HERE! She says we can send it back, but that's even more work. I gotta stop listening to my wife's hare-brained ideas.

[Rich84]

I had to work on the Quad that I plow my driveway with. I thought it was just a dead battery. Turns out it was the PDM (Power Control Module). Not a bad job to do with some heat added to the garage. But the part set me back $669.00. So with the battery that it did need I just dumped $800 into a an 18 year old quad.

[CG]

Been cleaning my shop. Cleaned up this little shelf above the door. Unfortunately a few bits and pieces have gone missing over the years. Long time members will know what this is about.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by CG

Been cleaning my shop. Cleaned up this little shelf above the door. Unfortunately a few bits and pieces have gone missing over the years. Long time members will know what this is about.

The first thing I recognize is the Chicken.

That the chicken that got sent to different members.

There was a thread about that.

Is there anything else I should remember?

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by CG

Been cleaning my shop. Cleaned up this little shelf above the door. Unfortunately a few bits and pieces have gone missing over the years. Long time members will know what this is about.

Bonni...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=380490
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[yuccales]

Bought a $5.00 pipe vice today. Chain is soaking over night. I did not need one, but now I have one.

[Boog]

That's a good sized one Mike.
I have a few old tools including an old pipe vise handed down from my grand parents, probably as old as yours. They were some well built tools back then. I guess they were over built by today's standards as they were intended to last forever versus today's planned obsolescent manufacturers.
Mine is much like this one.

[CG]

Yeah he got sent to members all around the globe, but mostly USA. The signatures are really fading and the beak is starting to deteriorate. The black can is when he hit Australia and the blue and white card on the far right is from when he was in Afghanistan. Also made it to England and Canada. Don't remember if there were other countries.

[Rickysnickers]

I installed a dash camera into my daily driver. Too many red light runners around here.

[Steeveedee]

Good idea! I have some to install in my vehicles, for similar reasons. Red lights and stop signs seem to be optional for some people.

[Rickysnickers]

I'm really impressed with the video quality of the one I have. It isn't terribly expensive either.