Recent content by Backlight

Pretty much called it from what's been reported to date. Does not mean anyone should have known but it's pretty clear on what is taking place. Unfortunate that honest people end up funding criminal enterprise at the cost of all consumers (we all pay for theft/fraud) without even being aware.

Perhaps you can remove some of the speculation by taking a photo of the shipping manifest that came with the heater and posting it.

True, but end of the day, the customer always pays. Might be best not to order from these guys, who are seemingly criminals, to save a few dollars.

Hard to raid criminal enterprises outside of the country and/or shutdown a site hosted from outside the country.

You might be able to run it for 10 - 15min on a 20lb tank. Good chance it will freeze up at some point though.

Here is my guess.. Website is being run fraudulently. Buyer pays for heater via paypal to random paypal account. Criminals running site place order with Northern tool using stolen credit cards. Card is accepted and Northern drop ships the heater to your home (hence the Northern manifest)...

Some really good ideas for sure.. I fabricobbled up the FEL on the tractor to lift mine up.

Adding some heat (boiler and associated components for the radiant was just a little to expensive for the time being) and a new (well used, 40 hours) workhorse to store in the garage (I liked the rental I last used just that much it seems)!

Thanks, I'm quite pleased with it! The drain is definitely sloped a min a 1/2" per foot, but as you can see sometimes much greater. My plumber suggested that the long run might be an issue with the new low flush toilets (insufficient water to ensure all solids make it to the tank). He...

Sorry for my late response, have not been around in a bit! Blasting might have been an option but honestly I don't know of anyone local that would have done it, and even then I would have needed a rock drill and an excavator to remove the blasted rock. If it would have been cheaper I'm not...

If you are stating ambient air temperature recovery using radiant is the same or quicker than forced air I disagree. I hold to my statement. Moreover, a slab (and every other item in the room) has thermal mass regardless of the heat source (appreciating the fact the slab would clearly have...

If you have the $$ do it. I'd say the only downside is slow heat recovery after you open the garage door.

Well, I prepped my building for radiant, 2" slab insulation, 5/8" pex as per the heat loss calculations. When it came time to install a proper boiler and all of the associated kit the quotes were simply not economical for a garage. I decided to go with a high efficiency unit heater (Modine...

The roof was a truss package, just had to install them! It's basically just a double gable. I'm sure you could sort it out!! :thumbup:

Take a look at my build if you'd like, might fit the bill... Lots of space on the second floor with the double pitched roof. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220503