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The aluminum used in the 60's-70's homebuilding was similar if not the same alloy used in utility power transmission. The high strength alloy works for medium & high voltage transmission hanging from towers but was too brittle for residential applications and the heating expansion/contraction...

There are gutters on the building so the overhang is just enough for the rain to drain into the gutters. I haven't been on the ladder to see if the ridge has mesh or on not but the peak does not appear to be sealed because I can see light like the top of the sidewalls. The front is 2 large...

Sounds like a neat idea. I do everything from parking to repair work and hobbies and have a 4x8 workbench and small natural gas unit heater so I can use my garage in the winter. IMHO, a 4-car garage looks HUGE until you have 4 cars in it. So, if I were selling this idea I'd maybe try to...

Looking for suggestions on what is practical to keep bats out of my pole barn. 24x32 with 14' sidewalls and they haven't come back yet this spring so I hopefully have a little time to get after it. You can see in this pic where the light comes in. Bats do not chew through insulation like...

Question for everyone.. My dad's farm site had trees blown down during a storm a few weeks ago and some trees landed on the quonset building out there, poking holes through the panels and damaging the steel frame inside. I figure there have been some of these buildings taken down over the years...

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Thanks for the replies. I think I'll be doing one of two things, based on how the plywood holds up. Either re-sheeting it with another layer of ply or dimensional lumber once the top layer gives up. Its been sheeted for 4 weeks now but we haven't really gotten into beating on it yet. The...

Hey, all, Have a question for the guys who know their stuff about plywood grades and application. I have a project that requires a semi trailer on a jobsite and we had built a 16'x40' scaffold based dock, 2x10x16 or so microlam stringers on top of which they put 2 layers 4x8x3/4 (I think BC)...

The most current Guardian series generators have the Nexus controller which supercedes older models without a p/n change. Not super important but Amazon may have them cheap trying to sell out the older models. Then, some of the new Nexus controllers had a faulty firmware load which causes...

That's a nice fan. I don't know the spec on the fan motor but a Lutron NTFS series 6a fans speed control might work well for you. Here's a link to the spec sheets: http://www.lutron.com/novat/?s=17000&t=17200#fanspeed It is recommended for shaded pole or permanently-split capacitor motors...

A good quality brand, GE, Sylvania, or Philips will give you good service and should come on to full brightness in seconds. I have GE compact fluorescents all through my house and above the back door and in my unheated garage. Only in the very cold do they take a while to come up to full...

T12 and T8 sockets have the same bi-pin spacing so contractors will often just use a Wago type connector to re-wire the fixture. The wiring diagram is on the label of the ballast so it is usually pretty clear on how to rewire the sockets. Sorry if you already knew that but I am not aware of a...

You should be able to find one of the several 'major' lighting brands at a local electrical supply house. Almost all strip or industrial(strip with reflector) fixtures are pretty much made from thin sheet metal which isn't real technical, so the brand itself is less important than the quality...

The distance between a wall and the fixture from either dimension is usually 1/2 of the distance between the fixtures themselves. Imagine each fixture in its own 'space'. A 4' fixture with 4' of space on either end and sides will be 4' from a wall and 8' from the next fixture. They each light...

Nice, aren't they? I have had one in my garage for 4 years and wouldn't trade it for anything.:thumbup: