Recent content by CastleSeven

Thanks everyone for the help! I was grabbing my keys to get to the HW store when my electrician *finally* got back in touch with me. I had him come out, let him know what I had planned on doing, and he suggested that I would be fine with a 30A breaker and #10 wire. I was hesitant but who am I to...

Hoping you guys can spot check something for me. I got a new Ingersoll Rand SS4L5 230V Standalone Air Compressor. It's got a single phase 5HP motor on it. Here's the nameplate: https://imgur.com/a/9lEfhKk.jpg The compressor is located ~40' from the breaker box through walls and ceiling. I'm...

The space is actually 30x40, and yes you are correct it is a 2-bay. I'm not worrying about lights above where the garage doors will be, as there will either be a) cars in the way or b) the doors will be up. I figured the 30x30 space to the rear of the cars is where all the work will be done. Off...

Awesome, thanks for the info Platonic. Those LED panels would look excellent, but I won't be able to reconcile those in my budget. The Lithonia Wrap 4-light fixtures you posted look good too. I did find some similar (maybe?) fixtures from Lowes for ~$20 less / fixture...

I appreciate the advise Platonic, but I don't need the snark. I decided the original $50 fixture was "good enough" based on the reviews it got, that's it. I have very crappy fixtures in my attached garage (long warm up when it's cold, lenses that don't quite fit), so most options are going to...

I did find these....good reviews, 4 T8 bulbs, 4ft long... a little more expensive, but argh if they aren't from Lowes. I'm an HD guy through and through, but I may have to bite the bullet here. Anyone have any thoughts or hands-on experience with these: http://www.lowes.com/pd_159581-337-WS432_0__

Do you have a link to the 4 bulb lights that you surface mounted? That's what I actually meant in the original post (not flush mounted, which looks nice, btw). I think for my purposes surface mount will be good enough, I just haven't found a 4-bulb, 4ft, surface mount fixture that has great...

Thanks guys, yea, I screwed up terminology. I really meant surface mount, and from the way the electrician was describing it, that's what he meant too. While the FLUSH mount lights do look really slick, it does look like a lot of extra time that will result in extra $$ on the drywall work. I...

How big of an area were you illuminating? I would have 9 total in an effort to light a 30x30 area with 10' ceilings.

Hey guys, I've got a 30x30 shop area to light. I had designed everything around these lights from Home Depot, due to their excellent reviews, 4-light capacity and daisy-chaining capability...

Perfect, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Just wanted to make sure that if I bypassed the plastic I could undo whatever was done to the concrete by the rest of the construction crews.

In the meantime I ended up starting to tape down the plastic covering. It seems pretty durable for as inexpensive it was. However, now I'm scared of the tape itself. Will masking tape or duct tape leave a nasty residue on the fresh concrete that will be worse than the clay stains I'm trying to...

I was under the assumption that with several layers of epoxy, the red clay wouldn't really seep through to the concrete underneath. Sure, maybe in the non-finished parts. Am I wrong there?

Unfortunately, I would need about 10 of those rolls. $300 for something temporary is a hard pill to swallow.

Thanks for the advice. Is grinding still necessary if a) stains are minimized via covering and b) they never sealed it in the first place? I'm far from a concrete expert, but unless some kind of undesirable layer forms on the top of the concrete while it's covered, I didn't think grinding...