Recent content by JoeKramer

Well done!

Nice shop. But your gona have issues with your air system.

Looks good so far! Are you building it yourself or did you pay a co. to do it? I myself am looking for property to build a garage on. I would love to do the size that your doing. Currently I have a 30' X 48' garage.

Well... The heater for my house (forced air) is a heat pump and I looked to see what the breaker was and it was only 60amps. So maybe that little 2470 heater will kick out 24K BTUs...

60 amps? The chart says that 10kW unit at 240V draws 42amps. I figured that putting it on a 50-amp breaker would work. Insulation is not going to happen till late summer/early fall 2006. This power issue is killin me! Only got 100 amps 220V into the garage. I really really need to put a 200-amp...

The watage to BTU rating does not compute. 2500W should yeld ya around 8000 BTU's. I mean if it can get 24K BTU's out of only 2500W of power then I am totaly in cause its about 3 times more efficiant than all the other electric heaters!! Must be to good to be true (would be worth the extra...

Well it looks like the furnace will pull about 90 amps (coils and fan) and that would put my garage out of buisness (lights might not even run!) if I had anything kick on when the heat was running. I would have to run the vents along the roof line as I have a lift in my shop and I jack the cars...

I have to keep in mind that I am hitting a glass celing with my power usage in my garage to. I only have 100 amps (220) out there. Sounds like a lot but lights alone are using 20 amps or so. My air compressor uses another 25. If I have anything else going, and I plan on it, I will be down to...

I got a 1440 square foot garage with vaulted ceilings to 14' high. It’s a metal-sided building with no insulation, so I assume it will be hard to heat. It getting down to the low 40's right now and I want it up to the mid 60's, warmer would be better so I can paint. In a year or two I will...

The guy that installed my 10K 2 post lift (BendPak) said that 6"+ is more than enough. I only have 4" and he says that should be fine... Sounds like your set!

I just had a Bend-Pak 2 poster installed a few weeks ago. They call for 25A 220V. I put in a 30 amp braker as I could not find a 25A. I think I remember that the surge on start up is 17.5A, and like 9A or so while its running. Them numbers seem to stick in my head.

Just bumbin around the site and thought I would write a post about my center garage door. It goes up at a funny angle. Not a 90 like most peoples, I'm thinking its more like 22.5 or something. The guy before me had a lift in this garage and wanted to be able to open the door with a vehical on...

Yeah I think the 6 foot range is about it... I also hit my head a bit. Get a cement saw and cut a trench down the middle of your bay, make it a foot deaper. ;)

Thanks guys! I have been digin it! Working on the brakes on my 1970 mustang right now. Gona pull the trany soon too. After I get the trans rebuilt and back in I will put a new exaust on. This lift is makin this work really enjoyable!

I think that the slab is 3/4" thick.... LOL No its just over 4". You have to have 4 inches minimum for the 10K lift. 15K lifts require 6" slabs.