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I just got the pictures for my heating system posted on my website so you can see what I've got. I have a Hardy 180,000 Woodburner that has an 8" stack. I have been heating my 122 year old brick home with it for 16 years. I can see the woodburner from my kitchen and every morning I see heat...

Blue Ridge sells pex and all kinds of radient supples and has a design service as well. Free shipping on their pex, maybe they have a good deal on their design service as well.

Since you are in it so much I think you should stay with the floor heat and propane. You can have your old unit professionall checked or just replace it with new.

Sorry, no pictures here just yet but I am doing the same thing right now. I saw a compact board that could be bought. Close system, pump, pressure tank-purge, small manifold, relief valve $1600!!! I have a 4 loop system, pressure tank-purge, manifold, pump for $600. I hope to have everything...

No bathroom, but I got a $20 sink! Yes, I kept the buggy and both the old tractors, all have family history.

I have been on the Garage Journal for a couple years now, mostly as a lurker. I have gotten many good ideas from here that I incorporated on my own shop. I am hoping to get some heat hooked up in the next week or two. The pictures start from a couple years ago before I got the shed completely...

I bought a 50' for $40 at a swap meet. Took it apart only to find the old grease in it had set up like candle wax. A gal. or so of kerosene cleaned it up like new. Problem was rewinding the spring to put it back together. I wound up (pun intended) using 2 2x4's to hold the spring paralell...

I also recommend Greg Smith Eq. I got the Atlas PV 10P. A friend has a 5 bay shop, with all new Rotary lifts. He liked what I got. Mine was around $2200, he said he paid nearly twice that for the rotarys that didn't look any stronger. I ordered mine on a monday morning, it arrived 2 days...

wssix99 has a good point, that is not really an expansion joint. Ask again. You would solid 4 1/2" under the score.

It would be easier and cheaper to just raise the part you want a lift in but you also may want more ceiling clearance for a cherry picker in an adjoing bay. Having said that the whole roof could be raised without rebuilding the whole building. 5' is only half a story. You could build small...

I don't have my pictures online yet but I just got the lights you describe. four element t-8. My ceiling is on 2' centers so it was easy to box mine. I will have a steel ceiling and the lights will be recessed. My lights are in and working and I just got done insulating today. I let my...

I had Hagerty for quite a few years, never had a claim but it was agreed value. I now have Grundy, it is less expensive. Again, it is agreed value. Still no claims but I have heard favorable reports from those who have.

You don't say how many you will need. Big box stores have 4' t8's in bulk for greatly reduced price. They are called contractor price 30 to a box anywhere from $1 to $2 each. The brightest I could find are cool white. They seem to be pretty bright.