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I will check tomorrow. High winds here have made it almost impossible for me to walk due to the arthritis. P.S. dont get arthritis. For now from memory. The power line comes into the yard to the meter from there I believe one line goes to my dads work shop. the other line goes to various other...

Well just found out Dad believes the main breaker down in the shop is 35 amp. which does not seem right from that breaker there are 5 deep freezers, 3 fridges, his shop and my shop and their house which does have a diesel furnace and propane dryer, stove and water heater. unless its 35amp at...

Okay here the are the photos. I tried to open the breaker panel down in the shop but it was behind a table, 1950's welder and a bunch of other stuff. the other photo is the junction that the power comes in, and one line goes to my workshop and the other to the house. Tell me what violations...

Wire is from some left over I believe that ran from the pole to the garage. Size limiting breaker if you tell me what to look for I will tell you. Okay so some unsettling news for me. There is a breaker box in the old garage but not for my shop. it goes from underground then to the garage and...

Hello, everyone I am working out of a 24x26 shop that is located on the farmstead that was established in 1964. How my father set things up was power went to the farm yard first. he lived in a garage beside his truck on a dirt floor when he started out. So eventually he put in an...

Well after getting off the phone with the cement guys. Wow that stuff is expensive if you are not doing it yourself. Talked with a neighbour and then with the building consultant. Going with a Crawl Space. Though I do not have the space to go underneath afterwards without it being below...

This is actually after some clean up. 6 Pallet loads of burls and slabs were removed. I have a Industrial belt driven drill press to move and I hope I can install in new addition. Shed Has to be removed I Hope I can keep it intact and Mount it on new addition. Trying to get a hold of a Shipping...

yup going with the crawlspace just a different way of doing it. Building Panels in 10x8 sections with vapour barrier and plywood. then flipping them over and installing roxul insulation and the piping. Thinking I might put a layer of spray foam down though before the insulation.

Well you get an idea in your head... So make some footings below frost line. then pressure treated beams, and spray foam. I would need it on a separate system as the floor would heat up a lot faster then the slab would it not.

Hello Masters I posted this with a ton of other questions in the general discussion but thought maybe I should of broke it up. I am going to be adding a 20x24 addition onto my existing 24x26 shop. In Central Alberta I would like to put a wood floor above the concrete, for my knees sake...

Thank you for the reply I thought about doing 2x4s for that very reason except for the ramp though a small one going into my existing shop. Though your second point got my thinking why do I have to make them the same height. Sometimes you just get a certain idea in your head such as well they...

Hey So I plan on making the call this coming week to hopefully add 20ft to my existing work shop. The work shop is 24x26 with 8x26 housing my office, lumber, semi finished projects, files, plans and draft table. the other 16x26 is my full time wood shop (7 days a week 14hrs + daily). It was...

I ran the water heater at top heat. no temperature on it just set it to Hot. not sure what the glycol was. as he put it in. I will look into my pex piping, about the oxygen. that is the first i have heard about and something to check out.

I live out by Rocky Mountain House. He is going to put in a oversized Expansion tank. Which helps on closed systems. so i am told I needed to top it up because the air release caps were coming undone and would ooze water. before those started going never needed it. and the tank was rusting...

okay well plumber came out today here is what is wrong with my current system a) its a water heater in our climate thats a no no. probably caused to much condensation and the whole tank is rusted out. b) do not use distilled water, no sure why but it causes problems c) It is possible the pump...