Recent content by DIY_Jonathon

Unfortunately, yes, it is the compressor, and it failed quickly due to bad luck or an install mess up. There actually is an independent ratings agency (AHRI) that verifies these things. Mitsu and Fujitsu are not the miracles so many people think. If a different brand has a dubious low ambient...

I wish. It would be many thousands of dollars to get a gas line to the building, and another few k on top of that for a Hot Dawg or similar installed. I gotta stick with a low ambient minisplit for now. You did confirm what I suspected though. Online calculators say it should be increasing a bit...

I have a 600sqft shop with 11ft ceilings and decent insulation (minus a big garage door) as a stand alone building in the NE. I have a 24k BTU -13F Minisplit that leaves the garage at 60ish degrees. On a 20 degree day to get from 62 degrees to 72 degrees it's 3-4 HOURS. Is this normal? I...

Southern Michigan. But again, it is only the interior I'm working on, the structure is already there. It is going to be conditioned and drywalled within 2 months. I need to have a plan before then so I know where I'm putting lights, storage, plugs, and that kind of stuff before the drywall goes up.

I have been lurking for years. I finally have some cash saved up to finish the inside of my garage. It's 600 sqft 20x30, 11ft ceilings. I need a "clean" workspace to do my day job. And a "dirty" workspace to do all the Mechanic and home renovation stuff I do in my free time for myself and...

I never thought about this. Looks like a solid color with a border will be my best bet, and hilariously, my first gut instinct. Then I started looking around seeing all the different patterns people were doing and I drifted towards designs.

I have a 20x30 garage that came with the new home I just purchased. After a lot of thinking, reading and research, I have decided against epoxy and am going with Race Deck tiles to finish my floor. I am looking for some advice on designs. I have been through pages and pages and pages on this...