Recent content by Gopherboy6956

Yea, the reason I want it right now is because I don't have AC, so I want to exchange out the hot air in the evening when its cooler, and I realize with the minisplit I might not have to do that much, but I know there will be times when I'm painting or other things I dont want to do outside, so...

That's a good point - I haven't done any specific work on that system yet - I just knew I wanted the capability out of the shell, as I have a unitstrut track in my garage with a 440lb winch and it's been AWESOME. I'll look into the beam you mentioned - one of my best friends works at a...

Great tips! I'll keep that in mind as I zero in on a fan. Thankfully it's near dirt cheap to heat with gas here in North Dakota - It costs me about .18 an hour to run the heater nonstop - which I did this last winter before I had insulation to keep things from freezing.

It's hard to tell from this photo, but I have two switched outlets in the ceiling for fans. They are off the center a bit because I am going to have unistrut channel running the length of the peak for a winch - I was able to have the trusses engineered for a 1,000lb bottom chord load at the...

I don't think that's too bad of a compromise either. Really, I suppose just keeping the actual air from moving through the fan louvers is the main deal, and that in the summer, the amount of heat that creeps in up there won't be a huge deal for the Minisplit to overcome if i'm conditioning the...

Just that someone above had mentioned that non-vented gas heaters create mositure in the space, and my wall mounted and vented gas heater does not add any meaningful moisture to the room.

I see Menards has this one - which after some research, seems like a pretty decent fan AND price. Still gotta figure out how to maintain some sort of insulation...

The entire thing will be conditioned space - I only plan on utilizing the venting either when I have to, or when the outside temp / humidity are advantageous. My wall mounted gas heater is vented, so it doesn't add net moisure to the air like an unvented heater. I'm also debating maybe just...

Yea from the research i've done, louvers seems to be the best choice - I would build an insulated cover for winter months, which honestly is more than half the year here.

There isn't an attic. I want to be able to vent if I'm painting, sweeping, or just general air exchange when it's not too hot or cold.

I guess I don't know what you mean? The trusses act exactly like any other truss shape, the whole roof load lands on the top plate all the same. It might just look like there isn't a bottom chord with the insulation installed.

Hey Everyone - i'm looking for recommendations for good shop vents (Powered or not) that still insulate well. I'm in my first year of having a dried in shop, and while I have heat and am fully fiberglass insulated (Gas heat, which was the priority for Fargo, ND), this summer has been really...

Thanks!

Great info! my slab is 30x40, and I'm already going to have to do at least half at a time to shuffle things out of the way. Is there any more prep involved that just sweeping it up? Do you need to mop it or anything? Assuming it has to be VERY dry to apply? Thanks!

Ok, good info, thank you!