Recent content by Brianc500

I'll have a separate Mini Split for AC.

It will likely be a 40k btu 80% efficient furnace

I have a 15' x 40' fully insulated room attached to my barn that I'm looking to heat. The room has a sloped ceiling of 11' on the one side down to 8' on the other side. It used to be a lean to that I closed in and framed all the walls and insulated with R19 in the walls and R64 in the ceiling...

If you can repair the de-laminated areas, and removed as much of the mortar as possible it might be a good candidate for a floor leveling compound. There's a primer that would go down first that makes sure the floor leveling sticks, so it only needs to be broom swept level clean prior to...

My pole barn dims are exactly what you have including insulation values. I’ve got 1 door that is 20x 12 and 1 that is 10x8 I was quoted 100,000 btu’s for a 40 ft infrared tube heater, location: Michigan.

I think this is the best option, I don't want to cut a bunch of panels. As long as the weight will hold on the seams between the trusses I'm good with that. I planned to stagger the joints anyways just because it will look a little better.

I'm going to blow insulation over the ceiling once it's installed. If the panels don't overlap at the trusses will that cause a load issue. I plan on blowing in at least 12" of cellulose once it's installed.

Unfortunately I only realized my mistake once the material was delivered, so no changing it now.

Steel ceiling panel screwup I'm finishing the pole barn on my property (30x40 -12' ceiling HT) and I decided to finish the ceiling with metal paneling from Menards. They were special order, so I had to specify a length. My trusses are 24" on center so I ordered 8' panels thinking like I'm...

My buddy used his to pull a lathe off a trailer and put it on skates. Another awesome feature, although I suppose you could do the same with a 2 post if you distributed the weight evenly across all four legs. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

I was totally gung-ho about a 2 post until I visited a friend's shop who had a 4 post. I'm moving into this space in a few weeks and want the 1st thing installed to be a lift. I want the ability to move the lift easily as I have no idea how I want the shop layout yet. I don't plan on pulling...

Thanks for the input, if there is no rebar in the floor would that be a problem? I can't imagine a pad that big wouldn't have rebar, but I have no idea since I didnt build the shop. It was build in the late 80's early 90's according to the city records. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage...

I've read quite a few threads on the 2 post or 4 post lift pros and cons. What I haven't really read and would be most important to me is can you pull an engine from the top when using a 4 post lift. I know the front crossmember is in the way for a cherry picker, but it seems like you could...

Thanks for the advice, not to mention these things would be a bear to try and lift and mount.

My work is disposing of a couple working 160,000 & 200,000 Btu hanging heaters in lieu of some new 350,000 units. I would like to put the 160,000 heater in my un-insulated 20x20 garage with no closed in ceiling, but wondering if there is such a thing as too much heater for a garage. I can get...