Recent content by Keithinsc

I've got a 1/2hp craftsman on a 16x9' door. Been working fine for the past 13 years (knock on wood) If the springs are adjusted well, it should barely take and power to open/close. Every once in a while I unhook the opener and manually move the door to check. Spring tension is easy to adjust...

I think I had always wanted a traffic light from watching "Mr Roger's Neighborhood" He had one in his room! I got one at a state auction a few years ago and added a sequencer. Also, added a motion detector from an cheap floodlight, so the traffic light only works when I am in the shop moving...

I do park inside of mine quite often. I have plenty of room to the rear, so I end up stopping short about 2-3' from where I would if I was lifting it. Makes getting in and out of the truck MUCH easier.

I work with a few volunteer fire fighters. They have a kickass FLIR they use to locate hotspots. I bet a six pack would get one of them to come over to my shop to do some "training" with it.

Area that was 'raining' was not insulated. Other section is, that is rolled insulation over the purlins before the roofing was screwed down. No condensation I can see. As far as mold and rust.... No mold, I had to peek up there this past spring. Birds were making nests in the void. No rust...

Just ordered metal for a garage roof yesterday. Using a DripX barrier bonded to the metal. Not going to help with your situation, however. My steel roof barn I had the same problem. Would rain inside during the Spring, cool nights, warm days. I bought some cheap corrugated tin from lowes and...

We keep a big cardboard box in the corner of the garage, all the flattened cartons get stuffed into that. It was from a mitersaw I bought 11 years ago. Fixed up and repaired with duct tape. More tape than cardboard by now, but it outlasted the mitersaw that came in it!

Break out the jackhammer. They let this load get too hot and lost it. They knew it before they set down their trowel. They may have wording in the contract they are only responsible for the concrete. Cost of the PEX and rebar may be on you. IF they do go the route of breaking it out and...

I built a 30 x 60 red iron building a few years back. Also included a 15' deep shed or lean to along the 60' side, really just an extension of the roof. One over head door opens into the shed area. Any dirty work (grinding, sawing, cutting) gets done in the open shed. Easy cleanup, the...

I used enamel on mine back in 2011, new build. Has held up pretty well. Flaked off on the areas where it was factory welded. Weird, as it had the red paint on it from the factory like the rest of the beam. I Just need to get up there and scuff and respray it. A few areas are showing rust...

Not sure about an NEC ruling on this, but could you use a weather head to cap the top and be an exit for your wires? Having wire in the poles shouldn't be any different than if you ran it in conduit. Traffic poles are set that way all the time.

Wife and I built a garage with a bonus room above. 12' eaves, 12-12 pitch. I laid my extension ladder against the rim, she was at the peak. Tossed down a rope tied to a pair of vise-grips. Clamped those to the plywood. Wife pulled and I pushed the sheet up the ladder, slid it into place and...

This is exactly what I used. I had access to a tubing bender, so I just joggled the tubes to make clearance for union joints. A block of wood under the strap would work perfect to space the piping away from the wall. Also, I didn't use pipe to pipe couplers. I used a "T" instead. Plugged the...

Think resale. Most people want their car warm and cozy within a few steps of the kitchen. Attached garage, detached shop.

Caveat emptor? The Large Print Giveth and the Small Print Taketh Away. So you are calling bait and switch because you were too busy to read the fine print, and instead trusted the minimum wage clerk that answered the phone?