Recent content by jeremybarnes

I have the same Advantage lift, and I concur with all the issues mentioned -- great lift, excellent value, seems sturdy and reliable, great confidence working under it, but the cable release mechanism on the far column *****. I too fight with the cable non-stop, and the clamp is hopeless. I...

I'm about 45 minutes south of Nashville, and had a Kentucky-based company -- Keystone Construction, in Elkton, KY -- do my 35x40 pole barn. I'm really, really happy with it, and the Mennonite crew who built it were absolutely wonderful. The process was easy -- the rep even drove down from...

After reading about the DML speakers on this site, I decided to build a set for my 1400 ft shop. I drive them with an old Onkyo receiver and a Sony 5-disc carousel CD player that were literally gathering dust in a closet, plus a lightning cord to run off my iPhone. Took me about 90 minutes to...

At the risk of piling on, I'll add my two cents: I have 8 acres, about 6 1/2 of which is grass paddocks. It's pretty hilly in a lot of places, too, which presents a challenge for what equipment to (safely) use. I ended up with a Cub Cadet 60" steering-wheel zero-turn Z-Force SX for the grass...

I have similar property -- 7 acres of grass, some of it on very steep hillsides. Didn't want a conventional front-caster-wheel ZT, so I bought the steering wheel Cub Cadet too. Mine's a 60" deck with the 25hp Kawasaki motor. I can do all 7 acres -- nearly none of which is smooth -- in about...

I'm just south of Nashville, so similar climate as the OP -- a few days below freezing in the winter, a few days over 100 in the summer but lots of humidity to deal with. I have a 35x40 metal shop with two really well insulated 10x12 roll-up doors, a thick man-door and three double-glazed...

One more vote for dry ice. Buy a few pounds of it, break it up and spread it on the areas. Let it sit for a couple of minutes and then whack it with a hammer and it should shatter like glass. If it doesn't, the next option is heat, using a hammer and a broad chisel or paint scraper to scrape...

I have two, one each on each of my 10x12 doors. Both connected to the web which I love because I'm too cheap to buy more remotes but I can open the door when I drive up on my mower or Ranger directly from my phone, and I have both doors set to alert me when either is opened or left open for...

Another happy LiftMaster 8500 user here, working just fine on 14x12 doors. They don't seem to be straining at all when opening or closing, and I love the MyQ integration too.

Thirdgoat: Frankly, I was lazy when it came to insulation... I bought the best insulation package the company that built my shop offered, and I've stopped there (by the way, if anyone's in the Tennessee/Kentucky area and looking for a wonderful company to build their post-frame building...

I installed mine about 3 months ago. 36k unit in a 35x40 foot shop, 14' to the rafters and 19' to the peak. It's a pole barn, using bubble-wrap insulation (R13, I believe) on the walls and ceiling. Two 10'x12' heavily insulated roll-up doors and 2 insulated walk-doors, plus three double-pane...

I have three outside lights on my shop, and simply installed bulbs from HD that had dusk/dawn sensors built into them. $8 each, and install was as hard as screwing in the bulb. They work great, though I have noticed that they'll stay on a while into the morning on an overcast day, but...

Many thanks Browneye, good comments. Further research suggests 10/2 wire to be the right size, so will swap to that (easy at this point, as all the walls are open and the run isn't super long). On the condensate, I'll keep considering my plan. I like the idea of a storage vessel for the...

Question for the crowd here... Been on the site for a while as I've just completed construction on a 35x40' post-frame shop. So excited to finish it all up and move the toys in. Going to install a 36k Mr Cool, and I've two questions: - I'm trying to work out the drainage from the unit...