Recent content by gsuty17

Any idea if it is acceptable to run my black iron propane supply line this close to the exhaust of my forced air unit heater? I haven’t found anything saying I can’t, but was hoping to find confirmation.

Felt like I'd lean into my Grinch spirit for the white elephant gift exchange....

Well, summer projects are about wrapped up and it’s time to start work on the shop again. Permits expire November 11th, so I’m going hard trying to wrap everything up!! Electrical is done, except for the cadet heaters (since no drywall is up). Think they would pass my electrical if I just...

Customer service has categorically been so poor across the board for so long I don’t even consider that an option anymore, but you are certainly right. I also can’t see how or where the valve leaked but for the small expense of the new valve, I’m replacing it anyway. It only ran for literally...

Always solid advice. I checked the static side, and it was leak free. The leak only occurred after the valve was energized. When installed checking the other side of the valve for leaks between the valve body and actual burner is nearly impossible. I’m going to replace the valve. Will a sniffer...

Power.

I lost the blower motor on one of my motorhome furnaces so I figured as long as I’m in that deep, might as well replace the burner and ignitor, etc. Same valve though. Anyway, I replace everything and it had a faint scent of propane so I tore it appear, re-seal it and fire it up. Runs...

What are the dimensions? I'll draw one up and you can have sendcutsend or any of the other online laser cutting services cut and bend it for you. If you want an exact duplicate, that is. Alternatively, if you know somebody with a plasma table we can add tabs for you to bend it by hand; you'd...

I think I'll go buy one of these from HD and see how it looks mocked up and maybe go this route. I still have a hardon for can lights though, might buy a couple 6" lights and mock those up to compare. Probably won't be much to compare, but still...

I like the sound of this. I’m running Lithonia lights in the rest of the shop and they are the cat’s ***!

I am a child of the 80’s…. Have you seen the flat panels in person? I had considered those, but wasn’t sure.

I have designed my shop to have a work area under my loft and it only has an 8' ceiling. I'll have cabinets down the long side, a work bench, lathe, mill, and welding table under it. Due to the low ceiling (and I like the look), I want to run can lights. Tentatively planning on 16x can lights...

I just went with what the builder suggested, but having got this far, vertical girts would be more useful for sure. Truth be told, I suspect it would have cost more, but I wish I'd have done a traditional building. The excavation for the foundation would have been prohibitively expensive...

Everybody in construction I've ran this by thinks it's laughable, but I'm 100% doing it anyway. In fact, where I intend to potentially hang things I am going to add them on 16" or 24" centers just so I don't have to be stuck at whatever height the girts are. I know it's probably overkill, but...

Got my bathroom and office framed in, stairs built, and loft completed. Just trying to figure out if I want to do simple, functional handrail, or build something really cool.