Recent content by Kunze

Unfortunately no access to the tops as the install in 1st floor of a 2 story.

The current setup is in a kitchen and are from the 70's so they use the large flood lamp style bulb. I have used some LED replacement bulbs and was just looking to improve overall appearance of the fixtures

the "7 inch lights" that I found will not fit in the 7" can. Basically what I find is they are 7" diameter to fit 5 and 6" cans. If you came across some others I would appreciate the links

I have 12 recessed fixtures I am looking to convert to LED. I want to improve the look and not simply swap in LED flood lamp bulbs. I wanted to do the LED conversion that just screws into the bulb base and replaces the trim ring. However, I have a 7" can which seems to be the oddest size for...

I did just as you described and ran some plywood across trusses and used construction lags to hold everything in place. I mounted the heater to the plywood at that point. It is rock solid on the ceiling now.

I was looking at the same line of heaters, although from Menards. I ended up going with the 50k unit. My garage is similar to yours in size and windows, although my windows are currently old single pane glass (this needs to be replaced). I just did my walls with R-19 and will be blowing R-39...

I have worked in the hearth appliance field in the past for over 10 years. I would recommend not using that fireplace anymore. In cases like this, we would likely have recommended installing a wood burning insert to keep the fireplace functional. This involves cutting out some of the heatilator...

You could so long as clearance to combustibles can still be met for the fireplace venting system in chase. You will also want to put a wall pass-through/fire stop at the penetration to the chase.