Recent content by K-Guy

It's been said over and over that the shaft of your pump motor must be oriented in the horizontal plane. This guy disassembles a pump and you can see why.

Here is one insulation thread I found useful (among many on GJ): http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176129 A company I was introduced to on GJ (I haven't thrown any money at them yet but they are under consideration): http://www.fomofoam.com/steel_building_insulation2.htm

Duh! My thought was to shutoff the flow while purging the system. I can do this with the flow control valve. Sometimes I'm such a dumbsh*t.

Shutoff valves for individual loops are standard on potable water manifolds but not on radiant heat manifolds. I was wondering which valves anyone has used to provide this capability on their manifold. It seems like I've seen a radiant manifold that came with loop shutoff valves but I can't...

Rockler has workbench casters that leave your bench on the floor for banging stuff around. Then lift it off the floor for moving. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=30842&site=ROCKLER

Poor Man's Spray Foam Hi - new member - first post. This may not be a new idea on this forum but it's new to me. I was researching DIY spray foam and found an article on the Popular Mechanics website (giving credit where it's due). You cut foam board a little smaller than the cavity and then...