Recent content by DarrenD

yes, but it isn't finished yet, new construction. I am in Houston as well... I am about a week or so from moving in. 4 car garage, with a seperate shop area @ 570 square feet, with a single roll up door and a 5 or so 3x3 windows. Got a 2 ton unit going in this weekend for the shop area. I need...

update,... got my workbench painted, 14 gauge stainless countertops scheduled to go in this Saturday, today, the electrician wired in 23, 4 footer shop lights (Home Depot gave me 10% off my total purchase because I bought so many lights, bulbs, house lights, etc. etc.) I missed one light turns...

Your absolutly right,... I met with the same stainless countertop guy today because the other two places I called never called me back with a quote. He met me at my place, took measurements, and came back an hour later with a test piece formed to my countertop. that 2 foot piece looked...

thanks for the info guys....

for my garage and shop space I need qty:23, 4 foor flourescent lights. the Home Depot had some 4 footers with two T-8 bulbs for @ 30 bucks a light. bulbs NOT included. About the same price at Lowes. Anyone know where to shop/look for some good 4 foot shop lights? Second I want to cover my...

since the "hot" water heater is gas, there needs to be enough air around the "hot" water heater for it to operate properly. Check your installation manual, or get the info of the data plate, and do a search. I put the word hot in quotations, because as someone pointed out to me once, it's not...

I decided to leave it down in the garage, and just run hard lines aroung the garage, and over the wall into the climate control shop area, unless I can get 6 or so guys over to haul the thing up the stairs to the back of the house (i have a walk through attic access door)

wow, that is one of the nicest garages i have seen.

damn that thing is HEAVY,....Ingersall Rand 7.5hp, 80 gallon 230v, 2 stage. Was loaded in the truck with a forklift and took three of us to unload it. Building a new house, got the workbench going in, the compressor was bought a little too early, but I had plans in putting it in the "attic"...

wow, very impressive "workbench". Looks very organized. I hope mine turns out 1/4 as nice as that.

Sweet,... my priorities: shop, garage, then the house thing.

Most likely there was no vapor barrier under the slab before it was poured. Try to install more vents, as well as a dehumidifiyer, as others here have suggested. Your condensation problem sounds extremely exessive, there are small canisters that are available at storage units, or even you local...

try Crutchfiled,...do a search for their website, porbably just crutchfiled.com, but they have a lot of speaker options as well.

Hello, I heard about the Garage Journal from a friend on another site. Currently building a 4 car garage with an additional heated and cooled 572 sq. foot shop area for my addictions,...oh yea and a house attached to the garage.