Recent content by bradn

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    1/2 tubing layout plan?

    how long were your runs of 7/8?
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    Poor man's DIY polished concrete

    I was looking on fb marketplace and looks like you can pick up burnishers pretty reasonable used, but I dont know what I am looking at.
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    Poor man's DIY polished concrete

    Been thinking about trying this, What rpm burnisher did you use. I saw the place you were talking about, looked like a walk behind 27" propane burnisher they were using. anything special other than that?
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    Insulation around outside of the garage foundation

    I did 24 inch of 2 inch as well but dont have heat yet so i cant give any feedback.
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    Corrugated Metal Ceiling and Lighting

    I have seen it done both ways. if flush mounting boxes placing them before putting the ceiling up is probably easier just have to make sure the box lands on the flats of the panel.
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    Best coating for transmission shop

    How does polyurea hold up to solvents like mineral spirits, brake cleaner, lacquer thinner ect.
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    Perma-columns

    I decided to do it, percentage wise it did not hardly add anything to the cost of the building. On my 60x80 it was an additional 3200
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    Chain Saw Recommendation

    I agree you need two saws. I have an ms290 that i have had over 10 year and just picked up an ms150 last year. Wish I had done it sooner. I picked the 290 up used and have never had to do much to it other than a spark plug chains and a new bar. Its been very reliable. I Avoid ethanol and mix up...
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    12 Hydronic loops in 1 zone

    I have seen this done on some large shops, not alot of information about remote manifolds here. I think it makes sense in alot of applications. My shop will be 60x80 and if i want to have my boiler in the corner of the shop i will be using 160 feet of my 300 foot run just to reach the other end...
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    Black ceiling? Affect on lighting?

    lol, that is true, but also those place have dim lighting on purpose. I will probably just go with white, i just dont like how dingy it looks when dirty. With 16foot side wall and scissor trusses the ceilings are pretty high, I didnt know how dark it would really make it with some bright high...
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    Black ceiling? Affect on lighting?

    here are some pics
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    Black ceiling? Affect on lighting?

    I didnt know if the lack of light was because most of the time they never had the lights on and they didnt look like that bright of light anyways.
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    Black ceiling? Affect on lighting?

    I will find the video and some pics of what one looks like rr buildings posted some on facebook and it looks really good, thats why i was asking. That and white gets so dirty.
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    Our shop

    How is the acoustic steal to keep clean.
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    Shop build 56 x 72 x 16

    Did you have to draw all the items you have in the building or does sketchup have alot of common things already drawn. I am not really familiar with it.
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