Recent content by HoosierBuddy

That's not my experience. What water temp are you running?

I have radiant heat in my garage and part of my house. Have had for over 20 years now. Put it in myself and feel qualified to answer your questions. The only advantage of radiant floor heat in your situation (and your situation is perfect for it BTW) is comfort. It's more comfortable than...

We’ve had this one at my work for over 25 years. It doesn’t get used a lot but is a good machine. Parts at this point for the compressor side are unobtainable. The biggest issue we ran into many years ago was using it to run a sandblaster where a hose was supplied to the helmet of the guy...

Guys, Thought a few of you might be interested in this old gasoline powered air compressor. It’s not exactly correct to call these old Grimmer-Schmidt compressors “engine driven” because the engine is part of the compressor and they share the same crankshaft. Basically this is a Ford 302...

Years ago I had to fix a 3" Polyethylene gas main that was installed parallel to a creek, then the creek moved over several feet and the main was left exposed in the creek bank. We installed a new main 40 or 50 feet from new creekbank, cut the old line loose, purged it with air, abandoned it...

Well this doesn't look promising: https://realgaragelife.com/ The page just says "Exciting News Coming Soon" Everything else is gone.

Hmmmm....I'm thinking move. At least get on zillow and see what's available. We bought a house on an acre with a barn and later added an attached 3 car. That's worked very well for us for 3 decades +. My projects are generally split between working in the garage and the barn (split...

Finished up the speaker cover. This project is complete.

First Table Repurpose project nearly in the books. Made this powered subwoofer cabinet from two of the leaves. That’s about 15% of the wood reused. Still have to finish the speaker grill.

In this area (rural) Geo only gets installed when specified by the architect. During building construction the GC has to find someone from out of the area to come in and do the install and/or use someone that doesn't do alot of them. Then there's no local service. The one I was talking...

If it was me and I had to have one fast, I'd probably at least try to order this Wen, which appears to be kind of a 12-inch Jet clone, because of all the features and I have bought a few Wen items, such as a dust collector, and have found there stuff to be surprisingly well built...

As a guy who sells natural gas for a living, my experience with geothermal is limited to several commercial customers, over the years, who have called me begging to have a natural gas service installed in the middle of the winter as: 1. There geothermal loop has failed. 2. Contaminated loop...

Lots of things for sure. The first one was right after I built the shop in 2006. I emailed this design to the local sign shop: A couple of weeks later I picked up my sign, which is roughly 4' X 4' and hung it centered on the 13' wall along the back of the 3 car garage. I mounted a spot...

Good points. My slab is insulated as well due to the hydronic heating system for the garage. That likely exacerbates my summer issues.

One of two things: 1. The tank was coated perfectly at the factory and there is no direct contact between the water and the tank. (most likely situation). OR 2. The tank is electrically contiguous with piping that is anodic to the tank's steel and that plumbing is being sacrificed to...