Recent content by jdkenyon

I had a light fixture with similar needs. Most of the LED fixtures I found were tied to a motion sensor and I only wanted it wired to a switch. Browsing Costco a couple weeks ago I found another fixture like that with the motion sensor but took a chance and bought it. Brought it home and with...

PM sent on the MAC flare kit

I'm curious how the Astro compare to these from Harbor Freight: http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?category=&q=2756

I have used them changing the oil on an airplane and they work. I never seem to get them formed as nice all the pictures show but they do the job and I can keep the oil off of everything else.

We have a Kinetico that claims to use 1lb of salt per cycle. That happens every 150 gallons. My wife and I use about 8 bags of salt per year.

I use these bits: Apex 446-2X They are better than anything else I have found so far.

When we hung the sheetrock in my shop we had two screw guns. A DeWalt and a Milwaukee. We had much better luck with the Milwaukee and were able to drive the screws in better with it. This is the one I have...

I picked one up last year to paint my 32x32 and it did the job very well. I ran two coats of primer and three coats of paint through it.

I thought a 45k was going to work for me but after reading this I am not so sure. Mine is a stick built 32x32x12 with R19 in the walls and eventually R48 in the ceiling. Right now I am about R13 in the ceiling. I have one 36" man door, 4 windows, 1 10x10 and 1 12x10 over head door. Both are...

I have two OverHeadDoor brand doors that I think are either R12 or R12.5. They didn't do a very good job on the install though so I get a large amount of air around the edges. I need to adjust them at some point.

I ran power and cat5 for phone and network in the same trench. Total distance is around 130'. I put the power (100A service) about 24" down and all cat5 around 12" down. Everything is in conduit. So far I am not seeing any interference.

Your garage sounds real close to what I just built. Mine is 32x32 with 12' 6" ceilings. I put in 8 of the 8' 2 tube HO fluorescent that Lowes sells. Originally was going to use 10 but after putting up 8 I have more than enough light. I wired them on four switches so each quadrant can be...

I measured from the wall for proper side to side spacing and then removed the brace from the ceiling. After the drywall I re-hung the brackets and adjusted the height appropriately for the drywall thickness.

This is the brand I stick with. http://www.colsoncaster.com/ I have a supply house locally that handles them. I tried the home depot variety before and couldn't move the cart after adding the weight. I replaced them with good casters and now can push it around with a couple of fingers. Huge...

$3-$5/sf seems pretty high to me. I just had mine done for $.25/sf plus the mud. For my 32x32 it was just over $1k.