Just like me, they long to be, close to you......errrr wait...wrong carpenters.
zB On 11/18/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a (recently) new house (split-level) with a one-car garage and no > workbench. The concrete floor was done long ago by a do-it-yourselfer and > sucks big. Uneven and extremely rough where the floor meets the wall (they > pushed small mounds of concrete and fill to the walls when "leveling" it... > but since it appears they never tamped it down the center of the floor sank > in several places). > > In any case I want a workbench but can't afford to redo the floor (concrete > is damn expensive, not to mention the fact that I'll probably have to have > the old floor removed). > > The walls are exposed cinder block - I can access the top (and the "holes" > in them) so I'm hoping to rig something where I essentially hang a false > wall (2x4 framing) from the top of the wall, end it a foot or two from the > cancerous floor and mount my bench and shelves to it. > > I'd use angle braces to support the bench from the wall. If those won't > support the bench enough I can always hang chain from the ceiling to finish > the job. (I could even mount temporary legs to the floor - but I want the > main wall to be above the floor.) > > But my problem is how to hang the wall itself. I'd like a full 2x4 frame to > support flush-mount electrical boxes... what's the best/most > reliable/strongest way to hang this wall? > > It seems best to try and find angle iron which will let me hang it directly > from the top of the block. I was also thinking of setting flat 2x4s > (mounted with wall-dogs or some other decent anchor screw) under the main > parts of the framing as the main wall-support. > > Or a combination of both... or something else. > > Any thoughts? > > The goal is create a good, solid, working bench that won't have to be torn > down when I can finally get the garage floor redone. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
