Recent content by Mungo Park

I am digging and putting in a frost wall to go with in floor heating. Any ideas as to how to make this waterproof, as in do I put in something about 6" underground to keep the water from sinking down to the insulation. Do I need anything, do people put something in or just leave it as is. I...

Thanks Kevin for your help. It would be a the real solution as this would get the canoe inside and out of the way. I would leave it outside but it has some wood on it and it would be toast after one winter, as well the critters around here would move into it modify it to make it their own...

Here is a photo, I wanted to remove one of the horizontal pieces you can see in the photo going from one truss to the next. I did have the feeling this was to keep the trusses from going sideways. If I did remove it it would have the canoe pulled up between the trusses during winter when their...

Thank you kevin, I can put up a photo tonight when I am at home. Cheers Ron.

I have pre made roof trusses in my shop. They are tringular shaped with a little triangle in the middle and 16' long. Their is also a 1/2"X 3" board across all the truses down the center of the shop. this links all the truses together. I have a canoe and I want to hoist it up to the trusses to...

I got mine local for 50 cents a foot for 1/2". You will also need a manifold to balance the flow/pressure through the loops. With this I got a some fittings to attacht the pex to the mainfold, fittings to pressurize the tubeing with air when the cement was poured. As well as a little box for the...

I do not know how you would judge it but they guys that are going a 100mph are not what you want. I found the price is the same for one guy to spend a hour and another spends 2 hours to do the same thing right. I built mine useing seperate trades, the cement guy was not the building guy. So I...

I am still working on my frost wall install. At the back of the slab the ground slopes away . The cement at the back is about a foot above the present ground level. I can fill this in some but this part of the garage is close to the property line, the line is about 3 feet away. So how do I do...

Thanks for pointing this out, 30" down, i guess my brain was in denial.:bowdown: Cheers Ron.

Thank you for your help, I will re check my insulation depth again, I coulsd easily be wrong, but worth checking, want to be right. Cheers Ron.

I am installing a frost wall, the frost wall is to be 16" deep and 36" out, sloping down slightly. The garage plan is 16X22'. Do I need to cover this up with something other than the dirt I dig out? Is their something to put down to aid drainage, would a layer of gravel or quater down (sp) or...

We are but it dosen't mean out toys are. I just went through the same thing I ended up phoning roofing compamies as well as they use the stuff on a flat roof. In the end I got mine from a salvage company. In the end it was well worth it it was a huge saving from buying new, so don't give up...

I should add I live in Winnipeg Manitoba, I have 3" insulation under the pad and will put doen insulation around the pad, 2' down and 2' out. I do not have the building yet.

I am building a 16X22 foot garage. I have the pex tubes in and was thinking I would use the water heater tank. My question is how long does a tank last before it needs replacing, ( I know depends on how much you use it) just a ball park, 2 years, 3,4... Does the tankless types like seisco...

I am trying to figure out how close the frost barrier is to the cement pad. I do not want to dig it so it will disturb the foundation of the pad, so how close should it be to the cement edge of the pad? I am digging it down 3 feet, frost barrier that is. Cheers Ron.