Recent content by iceman31

I currently have a White Rodgers Manual thermostat which at the lowest I can set it keeps my garage between 43 and 47 degrees. I would like to find a better thermostat which I could keep the garage between 35 and 39 degrees. Any recommendations out there for this? Are any of the Honeywell...

That is basically what I am doing with the White Rodgers manual thermostat that I have. The lowest I can get it to go is 8 degrees Celsius or 46 Fahrenheit.

When I set the thermostat to 12 Degrees Celsius it will run until the actual temp in the garage reaches 20. That leads me to believe it is out by approx 8 degrees. When I set it for 5 degrees it actually stays at about 13 degrees. When I set it as low as it will go the temp in the garage...

No batteries on either model of the digital thermostats.

Electrician installed the wiring. It is a Reznor Heater and the literature says that it has a transformer for 24 volt controls, not sure what to look for. Took electrician 3 months to finally finish the job, scared it may take him another 3 months to change something if I need it changed.

I have recently finished my 24 x 26 garage project and it is insulated with R20 in the 6" walls and R40 in the ceiling. I heat my garage with a 50000 BTU natural gas heater. I have a wall thermostat which is a two wire dial type unit and it works fine, but is not very accurate. I have now...

I am about to do the electrical on my garage and need some ideas. I was looking for your opinion. Do I go with CFL lights or should I go with the long tube style fixtures? I actually like the CFL lights and the bulbs are easy to change. How many of them should I have installed in the garage...

The door will be on the 24' side. I might consider offsetting the door.

Will have to double check the size of my doors, was also thinking of just going with one large 16' wide door.

I am in Gravelbourg, SK - my concrete includes all the rebar and the pilings. I am doing 10' walls with 8' doors.

I am about to pull the trigger on a garage for my toys. 24 wide x 26 long with two 8' wide doors. 2 x 6 construction, fully insulated with a couple of windows and a walk in door. 4" thickened edge slab with drain pit. Completely finished inside with drywall and outside with siding etc. 30...

I am looking at getting a garage built. 24 x 26 in size. Simple package design. I want it for my toys and a space to work on my toys. I want it heated and insulated. Concrete floor either two smaller overhead doors or one big one. One walk in door. Probably only need 4" thick walls and...