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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    Been a while since Lucia been on the board. She laid down in some bondo dust. her favorite spot in the shop.
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    New dry storage shed shipping container?

    As we all know the hunt for more room is on going, and I have started to wish I had more room. Their are defiantly things that could be in a cold storage for the winter I just want them to be safe and dry. I have a friend that uses a shipping container the only problem is, it is ugly and i don't...
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    Blast cabinet advice

    I have 970 the things I would advise is the media recovery catch can, it makes less media going into the vacuum and keeps the motor good longer. The other thing i would suggest is the sand deflector on the door I made one, it keeps the sand from spilling out each time you open the door. The...
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    Which do you prefer attached or detached garage

    I agree with all of the above. Also attached normally cost more at least when I was looking at them. Their are more rules like fire walls and doors, Some electrical limits. square footage added to your house and possibly architectural stamp needed. If it is detached their are a lot less rules...
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    Radiant Floor heat insulation and pex pricing

    I keep my shop at 60 and it is on its lowest setting 98 a delta T of 32. The shop has no problems with heat till single digest then I have to turn the out temp up to 106-110. I run propane. wish I had natural gas.
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    Pex layout for floor heat

    I know a lot of the builder will say to have more hot pipes but the door for temp uniformity, and in a house I would agree but in a shop i would say put the heat where you are. maybe run your system in the other direction. Flip the return and feed.
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    Pex layout for floor heat

    I would have a couple suggestions. I am not an expert but have done two garages and this is what I have learned. Try to get rid of as many bends as you can, the straighter the pipe is the less head pressure, smaller pumps, and easier it is to put down, each bend the pex will fight a little make...
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    Everyone has crazy inventive heating ideas, what about crazy inventive COOLING ideas?

    I have a couple of simple cooling systems in my shop. The most helpful ones are old news. two gable end vents and a whole house fan. All of them are on a system of thermals to turn on when out side is cooler then inside. The whole house fan has a timer also for late night early morning...
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    BMXdad We left the ears floppy I don't need Lucia looking more aggressive. she came with a cropped tail other wise I would have left it long. she doing good in the shop, ok with the air compressor and some air tools.
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    Pups first day in the shop. She did very well with the compressor and air tools she did not seem to care just liked chewing on the antler. she is also a cane corso Lucia.
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    The new pup Lucia she has spent some time in the shop and will be spending much more in the future
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    solar powered atic fans

    Yes I put one in while I was still building my shop, at the time it did not have any electricity. It dropped the temp in the peek by a lot made working in the upstairs bearable in the summer. This was 5 years ago and it is still working and is nice and quiet. I put a put a real one in the other...
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    Radiant Floor heat insulation and pex pricing

    I am cheep in nature but I am willing to spend money on what I want so when it came to building my shop I did some looking for my supply. This is what I ended up with. I did my 26 x 100 shop I got all my pluming stuff from pexsupply.com 1000-1200 about in tubing and manifold, pump get the taco...
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    Boss Man passed last feb 9.5 years, best dog the shop is a bit empty with out him. After looking threw the posts had to put him up. looking at one of his great or great great nephews.
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    hear is my pup Boss Man a good lazy English mastiff 220lbs
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