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Tim--incredible thread and I applaud your approaches to accountability. As a retired military guy and current fed (many stories with both), accountability is underrated and many managers do not have the courage to be transparent/up front with their staff on this or on expectations...this...

Here is a pic of the front elevation...the second garage is slanted towards the left rear

I agree--I am going to address both of the issues with the architect--this is intended to be my retirement home and I don't want to struggle with garage issues at all

Thanks! I am going to get a price do that to the garage--it is what I wanted to do but the plan came out like this...It would essentially be a wrap around garage in order to ensure the front of the house was not all garage.

Thank you for this! I will check to see if the laundry can be moved closer to the bedroom/kitchen--that may or may not required the great room to be shifted towards the garage. Once we have bought the house I plan to install a mini split AC for the garage; I will use it when I plan to be in the...

Thanks for all of this! The top left will be facing the neighbor in the back, the rear of the house will face a wall of jungle that runs a parallel to a 8 mile walking/niking trail. so it will be green space. The pool will be concealed with a concrete block wall--the pool is essentially inside...

GJ, I am moving to Florida full-time and building a house with a 1,500 sq ft "6-car garage". The architect has drawn up a plan but I am not sure if he understands a garage. His 6-car garage is actually two spaces--Space 1 is 22' x20' and Space 2 is 18.8' x 48.8'. Here are the details on...

Thank you gentlemen. I’m a little unclear on parts of this. Here is what I think I am reading; Th capacitor I bought will work but has an extra terminal and is a dual cap. I can hook one wire to herm or fan and the other to “C” and it will work okay. The capacitor should fit in a cover so...

I heard pvc pipe would work okay too

Thanks gents. Two more dumb questions. I bought this one; it has three terminals—which two do I use? Also, do I absolutely have to have a cover? My original cover is too small now. Thanks again

Roger that--I really appreciate the recommendation though--GJ folks are awesome! I do need a smaller one and am stumbling through Amazon now to find one

higher would be higher than 300vac--correct?

Should I check something in the motor before swapping capacitors or just swap it out and see what happens?

Thanks--It is 16 years old and has sit in a hot/cold garage for its lifetime. I didn't know if it was likely that something other than age caused it to blow. Higher voltage would be higher than 300VaC, correct?

I was lifting my car and the lift got to about 1 foot from the ground when I heard a very loud "POP" and the factory smoke came out of capacitor. The bottom of the capacitor blew into pieces. How do I test to find out what happened? Would a capacitor that is failing or failed blow up like...