Recent content by 67hotrod

From what I've gathered so far. You can use inexpensive B vent and go vertical. My Beacon Morris instruction say you have to buy their overpriced concentric kit to go with outside combustion air. I don't think this is nesessary. I also found that you can use single wall for the intake. You don't...

I'm looking at venting my garage heater vertically with B-vent and bringing in outside combustion air thru horizontal single wall pipe. I can't bring myself to pay more for the stainless concentric vent kit than I paid for the heater!!!!! Has anyone done this? I know it might not look as fancy...

So where did you end up placing the thermostat? I'm hanging the heater in the corner pointed at an angle toward the center.

I'm trying to visualize how a heater can be to big and make it less comfortable? I'm thinking it's the lack of a more constant heated air flow that you would otherwise get from a lower btu unit. A lower btu unit needs to run longer and this would give more time for surfaces to warm up? I can see...

Thanks for all the replies. Yes I live in Michigan, the thumb area. We get some wicked cold winter winds off the lake from time to time. I did a couple different calcs and get from 38k to 50k, depending on assumptions for heat loss. I have two 9x10 insulated overheads, one man door, and one...

Hi, I have a 30x36x 10 foot high insulated pole barn. R 19 in walls and R 38 in ceiling. A year ago I had a heating contractor lined up to install a NG heater, one that hangs from the ceiling. He gave me a price for a 75k unit, but Menards beat his price so I bought a Beacon Morris from them...

Yes, I definitely will. I think I'm all set. The only thing I have to figure out now is the proper way to wire my 5HP compressor. I was going to wire a 40 amp plug and use it for my wire welder as well. But know I'm thinking of hard wiring the compressor and setting up a plug for the welder. Not...

Yes I pulled individual wire. 3 - #2 gage and 1-#4 gage. It came out cheaper per foot for the 4 wire combination over MFH from Menards. I bought the wire from a local supply house. it was easy to pull through the 2" PVC, 150 feet. Pictures not turning out to good - to dark. Here is a link...

Thanks for the advise. I was worried for a minute that I pulled the wrong wire. Almost went with MHF but the RHH/RHW save me some money!

Man I'm having problems with this site or my computer…lost my whole winded reply! I 'll keep this one short…kind of. I did plan on using a 90 amp breaker. I'm running USE-2 or RHH or RHW or RHW-2 as marked on the wire (south wire). I'm running from junction box on house to barn, underground in...

Hi, I just started running power to my new pole barn. I have the wires pulled between the home and barn. I used USE-2 wire, #2 hots and neutral, #4 ground. I can't easily run conduit to the panel in my basement so I want to splice to SER. I bought a 100 amp disconnect from Mendars (br2100brp)...

Hi all, I was wondering if anybody could name a few local pole barn builders that are in or around St Clair county MI. I've contacted a few that have advertise locally, but they seam a bit high. THere averaging $25 - $30 per sq foot. I was considering building myself, but the idea of hiring a...

Hi, finally signed up to this great site. I hope to get some shop ideas from the members. I have a 22' x 30' garage with 1/3 of it dedicated to the wife's car...none negotiable. Been wanting to build a pole barn but the funds aren't there. Been trolling for all sorts of cabinet plans and...