Recent content by MJO21

lights will continue to be a work in progress. I knew I wanted LEDs but I did not know much about them and I have not been in many shops that had them. I will do some work out there but it is more of a storage garage and man cave (tv will go above workbench, outlets are aeady up there. I...

mosly for the dogs. other than that it has been used for: pull the curtian and wife hides entertainment stuff in there, beer that does not fit in the fridge, and for cleaning up stuff from in the boat.

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Thank you for all the help. It will still be a work in progress as I fine tune things and get locations down... Broke ground the second week of April and had my daughter's graduation party on the second week of June. Turned out better than I could have hoped...except I already wish it was...

I really liked the lights, but not being flush with the ceiling exposed the cut outs. Thank you for your help, sorry about the excessive posts.

My world is currently crumbling. In a rush to get shop done before daughters graduation party. Lights are not working the way I thought they would. Builder installed the blue round light fixture boxes in the ceiling and standard led tube shop lights do not cover up the hole and my wife is not...

Correct on holes inot ceiling, Original order was regular 4 foot shop lights. Last night I picred up IBM 2x2 (Four 23" leds in each) because bal. last is a separate box at top of fixture you can still see holes

I got 4' tube station but my electrician used the round blue boxes and the less are very narrow compared to old floresents so they don't cover the hole and my wife hated them. Went and picked up 9x 2'x2' leds tonight, gonna try them tomorrow...

Does anyone use these? I am finishing up our shop/garage. It is not a working shop, meaning an occasional project but I am not a car guy or a wood worker, or anything. I will have 9 fixtures in 36x36x12 example...

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Tomorrow I will be done hanging osb in my new 36x36x12'4" shed/detached garage/hang out... My original plan was to paint the osb a light gray or off white. Tonight at a graduation party we were in a shop that was sheeted in plywood and strained a dark walnut, it looked awesome and now my wife...

WE are under roof in our 36'x36'x12' high shop. Obviously LED is the way to go.. Would you recommend the old style, say 48" shop lights or the newer style round LED lights? any brands or offers you recommend? 36'x36'...is 9 lights enough? Thank you, Mike

After reading the post on truss strength I have a concern about one of my ideas for new garage. I am currentl building a 36x36 detached garage. It will be a spot for our boat and a small workshop, a hangout place for beer and darts and gatherings, it will have a small bathroom.... Across the...

Does anyone have any experincentives with an electric tankless water heater that runs on 110v? I want it to be strong enough to be able to take a shower...will I need to go to 220v??

Because of cost is am abandoning doing the walls & ceiling in ribbed corrugated metal and I am going back to osb. Is 1/4" OSB enough? Or go with 7/16" ? I have also read about guys caulking the seams? Is this necessary? If so what type of caulk?