Recent content by Arky217

My house is built on piers with a 3' crawl space and the bottom of the floor joists are covered with osb and cellulose insulation blown in between the joists. So, If I ever had a flooded house, the repairs would be even worse because in addition to everything that you would have to do on a...

Your comments above in no way invalidate what I said in post #37. May all the systems or products that you have anything to do with always work as they should.

Right, all pre engineered systems work just like they should, NOT ! Read the post at the bottom of this page. The NOsparc product is pre engineered; look how it worked ! At 70 years, I have worn a lot of hats in the past; electrical engineer, electronics technician, industrial electrician...

The pressure relief valve is plumbed to the outside and it certainly was blowing a solid large stream of water. It's only a year old and by the volume of water coming from it, I would say that it did it's job. I guess my pump is somewhat more powerful than I thought. Thankfully, I didn't have...

Didn't see a plumbing section, but since some have their pump or pressure tank in the garage, I thought this warning might be appropiate. You know how that when a pump stops, there is usually quite an arc across the contacts of the pressure switch. After an extended time of arcing, switch...

Thanks for the replies, I'm wondering mainly now about whether or not I should put in ridge/soffit vents. For a detached, uninsulated, open (no ceiling, no inner walls) garage, would you vent it or leave it closed up ? Arky

Does anyone have a garage or storage building that has metal siding directly over the studs ? If so, do you ever get condensation on the inside of the metal siding ? I'm building a small garage. I will have plywood and metal on the roof. But on the walls, I'm considering just diagonal braces...