Recent content by Colin Len

Yes, I'm aware of all of that. It just didn't make sense how water would get inside. I'm not worried about water outside. Thank you for clarifying this. I've never heard of these lines getting back up like that in a mini split and causing an interior leak. I believe my whole home AC has an...

It's a mirror image of the wall you can see except way more stuff in the way. Half the wall is covered in cabinets, there's a window, a fridge, and the man door to the garage. Space is even more severely limited on that side to only behind the garage door track. Plus, it's a lot further from the...

Looking at the instructions the door looks small but looking at the unit itself it seems it could be decently large. I should have 4" of clearance if I mount behind the track but I don't think it'll clear. I was hoping to mount it behind the track because there's not much else I can use that...

Thank you. I've already watched some basic vids and would re-watch prior to install. Definitely not ideal to have to run the longer lineset but I don't think there's a better option unfortunately. The kit they have for containing the lineset includes 90 deg elbows so I assumed it wouldn't be too...

Just hoping for a sanity check here. I've never installed a mini-split so not 100% certain about the ins and outs of the install. When planning my garage renovation I earmarked an area (red box in picture below) for a possible mini-split install but now that the time has come I realized I made a...

That's what I'm assuming but have never used a larger one so wasn't sure. I do generally tend to be working on smaller parts but wasn't sure it mattered much. Additionally, I'd love to convert one side to a polishing wheel. Give it some serious thought? As in that's too high or too low? And...

I'm in need of a bench grinder and I'm digging the idea of a vintage Sears/Craftsman block grinder. Hoping to get something pretty soon and want something in good, running condition that doesn't require a rebuild or restoration. So it's also gotta be fairly complete. Having a base is a big...

Your curtain runs parallel to the garage door action whereas mine would the other direction. Your curtain can just be pulled backwards when you need to open the door and there's nothing in the way. In my garage the garage door track is in the way. So the curtain couldn't be pulled thru the...

Love that idea. Doesn't work for my configuration due to the high lift tracks and overhead shelving in the way. Perhaps there's some way I can create something to hold some kind of curtain/tarp. I actually LOVE this idea. I would love to learn TIG at some point and this would be one of the many...

I'd thought about some sort of curtain setup like that. My ceiling is sloped and there's a garage door track over the area so unfortunately that complicates my ability to hang anything from the ceiling. There may still be a way to make it work but just not at all straight forward. That would be...

I have a very small garage (~320sqft) that I'm trying to setup as a space where I can work on all types of projects. My focus is usually automotive but generally tinker on whatever needs tinkering so it varies a lot. One 4' section of my bench is also dedicated as my home office / computer...

Finally got the finishing touches put on today.

Next up was flooring - which turned into another headache. Although the guys were really nice and were hard working I think they were just rushing too much or simply didn't have great attention to detail. The flake wasn't very uniform, they missed filling a few small pits, didn't fully rebuild...

Been a while since I've posted an update. Partly to being busy and partly because if I'm honest, there have been some frustrating speed bumps to this project recently and have been more prone to try and forget about them rather than share them for all to see. Soon after the interior paint was...

Almost done! 19/32" Plywood tops went on first and then I tackled installation of the all thread hangers. Trickiest part was getting the Simpson rod hangers installed vertically. They aren't all perfect but close enough. Last step over the weekend was to install 1/4" plywood on the underside...