What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rayra]

New install. A ton n a half unit to replace an undersized window unit. I like Pioneer units, even if the line install is a little fiddly. This one will be a Senville. I'm already not overly fond of the outdoor unit's wall brackets, but they might be just fine once we get going. We'll see how it goes.

70 sqft? I'd say **** on an ice cube and you'll be fine. For 700 sqft in southern Californica, I'd guess about 18-20K BTU. You should probably consult your local HVAC supply house to be on the safe side. They should know the requirements for your area.

sorry, 700. Residential attached 3-car.

I still need to extend my side property walls to the forward corners of the house, instead of the back corners. And once I do I'll consider a mini-split on that side of the house adjacent to my garage. Considering thru wall 110v ACs, whole house fan in the garage ceiling, attic ventilation but no gables in the garage attic, it's a hip roof design perpendicular against the gabled house roof proper and piss-poor soffit vents. It will take a LOT of work to make this space cooler, to include radiant barrier in the garage attic, R38 over the garage sealing, replacing garage door seals, etc.
Been unable to get it down [done, I meant] the past two winters and desperate to do much of it this coming winter. It is far too hot here in Vegas to do the work any other time.
And I'm sweating terribly out there trying to make furniture now, instead of in the winter and early spring. For half the year out there the coolest it ever gets in that garage is 89F

 

[kaymccampbell]

sorry, 700. Residential attached 3-car.

I still need to extend my side property walls to the forward corners of the house, instead of the back corners. And once I do I'll consider a mini-split on that side of the house adjacent to my garage. Considering thru wall 110v ACs, whole house fan in the garage ceiling, attic ventilation but no gables in the garage attic, it's a hip roof design perpendicular against the gabled house roof proper and piss-poor soffit vents. It will take a LOT of work to make this space cooler, to include radiant barrier in the garage attic, R38 over the garage sealing, replacing garage door seals, etc.
Been unable to get it down the past two winters and desperate to do much of it this coming winter. It is far too hot here in Vegas to do the work any other time.
And I'm sweating terribly out there trying to make furniture now, instead of in the winter and early spring. For half the year out there the coolest it ever gets in that garage is 89F

Ah. For Vegas they say about 400 sqft a ton, so 21,000 BTU. If you can swing running a 220v line, the AC will be a bit more efficient.

 

[Outlander]

If I have the energy (recovering from COVID), I might tidy up the garage and use the leaf blower to forcibly extract dust from the corners.

I guess I can claim a little victory for last week's assembly of a stand for Mrs Outlander's new Dyson cordless vacuum.

 

[Crowbarman55]

If I have the energy (recovering from COVID), I might tidy up the garage and use the leaf blower to forcibly extract dust from the corners.

I guess I can claim a little victory for last week's assembly of a stand for Mrs Outlander's new Dyson cordless vacuum.

I understand about the lack of energy from COVID. I just got all my energy back after 3 weeks. I am 46 and in good health too. Wishing you and anybody else with COVID a speedy healthy recovery.
Todd

 

[niget2002]

A little in the garage. A little in the shop. A lot in the attic...

I had my son help me run network cable from the network rack to two of the tvs for the rokus to plug in to.

 

[larry4406]

Cleaned the microwave from our temporary garage kitchen and put it away for who knows when.

Moved the Masterbuilt smoker outside and cleaned the glass in the door and exterior. Test firing now to ensure it works for tonight’s meal.

Watched my wife weed whack.

 

[buzzworth]

Loaded the 4-post lift onto a friends Jeep flatbed and (finally) brought it to it's new home. 1 mile journey took about 8 minutes, but preparation, loading & unloading took much longer.

 

[Mr.zippy]

Like the Jeep!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Never would’ve even thought you could move it in one piece..lol

 

[PassnThru]

Assembled two 5 foot sections of 4 inch vent pipe in the garage - and then gathered tools. Dryer vent clogged at the house - probably about 15 years ago I replaced the aging duct work but with a flexible metal pipe. Yeah - I know - not the smartest move. But at that time I had kids in the low single digits in terms of age and my wife wasn't about to go under the house with me - it's a crawl space - it's crawling and sitting room only - and in a hard to access location. And it wasn't a favor I wanted to call in to anyone. So I took the easy way out and ran the flexible, expandable, semi metal vent because I could do it myself.
Kids are older now - shout out to the 17 year old middle child that hung in there with me and we got it done.
I've never seen better air flow out of the dryer vent since I've lived here. And now everything is hard pipe - I can actually start cleaning it without worrying about damaging it or knocking something loose.

 

[kbeefy]

I hate crawlspaces.

Replaced the Cruise control actuator on my 540i, test drove and confirmed a good fix.

Replaced an AC Clutch on a locals Dodge 3500.



The bearing came out in a dozen pieces, but doesn't look like anything else was damaged.

AC works good now but stuck on defrost. I checked for vacuum at the reservoir, good supply but nothing on the demand side.
Bypassed it and it all works now, I'll see if he wants to replace the reservior. He was fine with just defrost before so I'm sure he'll be happy.
Also fixed the horn and radio, both had fuses blown.

Unpacked, prepped and started a new plate compactor, getting ready to put in an RV pad soon.

Unloaded some estate sale finds, got a blast cabinet, acetylene torch setup and a hotsy. Pics to follow when they get set up.

 

[mrb1]

Grabbed a twelve pack from my garage fridge and walked over to the neighbor who was seal coating his black top driveway by hand. Perfect weather, dry few days coming up and not 100F blistering heat.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Stopped by to grab some big tapcons.

 

[DGersic]

Oil change for the Camry. Quick and easy. Pulled the wheels to check the brakes, they have lots of life left in the pads.

Compressor started hissing. Leak. Fortunately, just the elbow fitting on the drain, cracked off at the threads.





Easy Out kinda worked. It shaved out most of the remains before finally catching and threading out the piece.




A trip to Lowes for a replacement, and it’s back in business. While I had it out, I put new feet and rubber cups on the front. The original feet were long gone when I bought it (used). Hoping this cures it from trying to walk away when running.

Coming back from Lowes, I passed this.



There were a bunch of people standing around, so pretty sure nobody got hurt. Fire department arriving just as I was passing.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Oil change for the Camry. Quick and easy. Pulled the wheels to check the brakes, they have lots of life left in the pads.

Compressor started hissing. Leak. Fortunately, just the elbow fitting on the drain, cracked off at the threads.





Easy Out kinda worked. It shaved out most of the remains before finally catching and threading out the piece.




A trip to Lowes for a replacement, and it’s back in business. While I had it out, I put new feet and rubber cups on the front. The original feet were long gone when I bought it (used). Hoping this cures it from trying to walk away when running.

Coming back from Lowes, I passed this.



There were a bunch of people standing around, so pretty sure nobody got hurt. Fire department arriving just as I was passing.

I find bolts help keep compressors in one place.

 

[rharman]

Assembled two 5 foot sections of 4 inch vent pipe in the garage - and then gathered tools. Dryer vent clogged at the house - probably about 15 years ago I replaced the aging duct work but with a flexible metal pipe. Yeah - I know - not the smartest move. But at that time I had kids in the low single digits in terms of age and my wife wasn't about to go under the house with me - it's a crawl space - it's crawling and sitting room only - and in a hard to access location. And it wasn't a favor I wanted to call in to anyone. So I took the easy way out and ran the flexible, expandable, semi metal vent because I could do it myself.
Kids are older now - shout out to the 17 year old middle child that hung in there with me and we got it done.
I've never seen better air flow out of the dryer vent since I've lived here. And now everything is hard pipe - I can actually start cleaning it without worrying about damaging it or knocking something loose.

I used to have absolutely no problem with the crawl space under our house. UNTIL... we added a 2nd story. Combination of all that mass up there and insulating the first floor joists, I guess. Insulation really lowered the height perception with those gaps closed. Also, the A/C ducting blocks a lot of light and clear visibility.

Can't bear to be under there for the last 30 years since we built up. I've forced myself a couple of times to run some network cable but it was really difficult for me.

 

[Magnum440d100]

Pulled the rest of the carpet today with the help of a neighbor. Not the neighbor helping me mow, but the mother of the woman I’m pet sitting the dogs for.

I really only needed help pulling the wood burning stove out of the way. But they stayed and we got the rest of the carpet pulled.

House smells so much better. Still smells a hair like stale dog urine, but it’s a lot fresher now.

And after seeing the backside of the carpets, and the dirt underneath, that’s more reason to go hardwood. No hidden dirt!

 

[kbeefy]

Fresher stale urine? Yumm!

I'm always amazed at what is under carpet.

 

[rayra]

Ah. For Vegas they say about 400 sqft a ton, so 21,000 BTU. If you can swing running a 220v line, the AC will be a bit more efficient.

Yes panel is on the same side area and intending major upgrades there, generator connect / isolator, and adding several high amp circuits for power tools and welder and Tesla charger. So easy enough to provision everything and anything when that work gets done.

 

[rayra]

If I have the energy (recovering from COVID), I might tidy up the garage and use the leaf blower to forcibly extract dust from the corners.

I guess I can claim a little victory for last week's assembly of a stand for Mrs Outlander's new Dyson cordless vacuum.

Be sure to mask up when you do that, protect your lungs so they can heal. I made the mistake of spraypainting my garage interior (too)soon after getting on my feet after being hospitalized because of covid, damned near did me in. I had three days of clear breathing after getting home, then I did that stupid nonsense and was back to being crudded up.

 

[rayra]

30hrs on and the oil stain 2nd coat STILL isn't dry enough for the poly coat to go on. Gonna give it another 12-18hrs. And can't work on the bookcases, chop scrap or disturb the dust any until this thing is no longer tacky.
Just as well anyway, Paid a fortune for 30LF of unspecial moldings, which won't be delivered from L,A, to Vegas until midweek. An dthe bookcases can't be finished until it comes.
So doing a lot of other things, did a lot, but didn't finish anything so meh.

 

[southalabama]

Still recovering from covid so this was a struggle between lack of energy and the heat/humidity. Took a lot longer than it should have. Actually spread it over several days.

Walls 3/4” plywood. Cut the plywood and installed an electrical box and pulled Romex. Cut the back mounting plate for the lights. Had to tweak it a little. My box wasn’t perfectly level. Hammers work wonders. It is now.

 

[555]

Pressure washed the nastiest Honda CB750 I've ever seen. After it dried I replaced the a cracked transmission cover, the shift shaft seal and gasket that goes with it. No more leaks when it is on the side stand.

Later in the evening I cleaned and rebuilt a set of a forks for another CB750. New fork seals, polished the lower legs, painted the bottom tree and polished the top tree. Put it all back together with new fork gaiters and headlight ears. Owner will pick the forks up on Monday.

 

[kbeefy]

yesterdays AC clutch carnage...

 

[Maxcustody]

Found out yesterday our new 4 post lift runway was not wide enough for our F250. Lucky it has adjustment. Loosened the 4 bolts and moved to the outermost holes. Easy job when you have the right tools

 

[65ranchero]

Cut up a 39' and 16' gutter into manageable pieces for the scrapyard.

 

[TurnipTruck]

Replaced a 1934 Excelsior parlor stove with something a century newer and infinitely more efficient. This is the first burn to cure the finishes.

Then I ordered another four pallets of wall block. I don’t have any idea how I misestimated that badly.

 

[larry4406]

Replaced a 1934 Excelsior parlor stove with something a century newer and infinitely more efficient. This is the first burn to cure the finishes.

Then I ordered another four pallets of wall block. I don’t have any idea how I misestimated that badly.

That wood stove is beautiful! Who makes it?

 

[TurnipTruck]

That wood stove is beautiful! Who makes it?

It’s a Thelin Hearth T-4000. My wife searched for months trying to find something tall to replace the antique, since we built the hearth and mantel to complement this:

 

[HPRifleman]

Vacuumed pine needles from under the Corvette windshield wiper door.

 

[nadogail]

For pet urine odor removal I have had very good results with a product I buy at a supply house for guys in the Carpet Cleaning Business.

It comes in a liquid concentrate and I apply it with a sprayer; To date I have not had to replace any sub floors; but the only animals in my rentals are paying "Pet Rent" and have posted a "Pet Deposit".

 

[rayra]

Found out yesterday our new 4 post lift runway was not wide enough for our F250. Lucky it has adjustment. Loosened the 4 bolts and moved to the outermost holes. Easy job when you have the right tools

Nice. Do you have any kind of sealer on that pristine floor? Be a shame to stain it up.

 

[ZRX61]

Had a FSS! moment...

ZRX's have a removal frame tube to get the engine out. There are two M10x30mm Allen bolts at each end. For some reason they like to shed the upper pair. Even when they are blue Loctited & torqued to spec.

Last week I bought a dozen of them for $9.84 from Bel-Metric. Kawasaki want $5.75 for ONE...

This morning I was in the garage & checked to make sure the ZX11 had all 8 of them (two removable frame tubes). All present & correct.

Decided to check the ZRX11... Yup, the lower one at the top end of the frame tube was missing.. AGAIN.
& it's a total faff to get to as there's a rad hose, rad shroud & gas tank in the way.. plus on my ZRX there's also a steering damper making access difficult.
Getting the bolt in the hole is easy enough, & threading it in by hand is also easy, but getting a tool on it is another matter.

GW box of *things* had a small hex about an inch long that's 8mm at one end & 10mm at the other. Managed to get that in the bolt head & then used a 10mm wrench on it.

Sorted.

What I actually need is a piece of 8mm hex about 5/8in long. I shall be cutting a short piece off an 8mm allen wrench.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Had a FSS! moment...

ZRX's have a removal frame tube to get the engine out. There are two M10x35mm Allen bolts at each end. For some reason they like to shed the upper pair. Even when they are blue Loctited & torqued to spec.

Last week I bought a dozen of them for $9.84 from Bel-Metric. Kawasaki want $5.75 for ONE...

This morning I was in the garage & checked to make sure the ZX11 had all 8 of them (two removable frame tubes). All present & correct.

Decided to check the ZRX11... Yup, the lower one at the top end of the frame tube was missing.. AGAIN.
& it's a total faff to get to as there's a rad hose, rad shroud & gas tank in the way.. plus on my ZRX there's also a steering damper making access difficult.
Getting the bolt in the hole is easy enough, & threading it in by hand is also easy, but getting a tool on it is another matter.

GW box of *things* had a small hex about an inch long that's 8mm at one end & 10mm at the other. Managed to get that in the bolt head & then used a 10mm wrench on it.

Sorted.

What I actually need is a piece of 8mm hex about 5/8in long. I shall be cutting a short piece off an 8mm allen wrench.

You could drill a little hole and wire the two bolts together. That way they might get loose, but they would never thread all the way out.

 

[runwhatyabrung]

New install. A ton n a half unit to replace an undersized window unit. I like Pioneer units, even if the line install is a little fiddly. This one will be a Senville. I'm already not overly fond of the outdoor unit's wall brackets, but they might be just fine once we get going. We'll see how it goes.

70 sqft? I'd say **** on an ice cube and you'll be fine. For 700 sqft in southern Californica, I'd guess about 18-20K BTU. You should probably consult your local HVAC supply house to be on the safe side. They should know the requirements for your area.

I am halfway there with mine, will finish it off next weekend. 220V line and disconnect already installed, hole to pass refrigerant lines already done. I do have to say that the bracket design seems to be quite the afterthought, not impressed.

 

[ZRX61]

You could drill a little hole and wire the two bolts together. That way they might get loose, but they would never thread all the way out.

They go in recessed holes so the top of the bolt is flush with the frame tube.

 

[vwpieces]

Finished up refurbing a cabinet to be used for fasteners. Was a freebie from a friend and was a real mess. Had to blast and straighten drawer fronts, one drawer I think was driven over... Bad shtuff. Started it 6 months ago and finally got back on it. It got new casters too.
Also found a key that fits the lock profile and repinned lock to the key I had. Didn't install lock yet.... its around here Somewhere

 

[Old Man Roger]

They go in recessed holes so the top of the bolt is flush with the frame tube.

They make some pretty fine wire.

 

[Wrench97]

They go in recessed holes so the top of the bolt is flush with the frame tube.

Are they breaking and falling out as opposed to loosening up?

 

[ZRX61]

Are they breaking and falling out as opposed to loosening up?

They're angled downwards, no one has found broken parts in the holes. There are several Kawasaki's where these are used, only ZRX's seem to shed them.

Lower ZRX bolts:



Same location on the ZX:



Upper ZRX bolts. This is the front/right frame down tube, pic taken with the camera pointed up. The one that was missing was the one nearest the camera.