Recent content by Oatmealman

Correct, I recently installed a dynaglo 50k shop heater and it's been good so far with heating my shop. Only time will tell how reliable it is.

Not as important no, but I’ve got a shingle roof and want it to last as long as possible and minimize the space I have to condition, in Wisconsin we get some pretty cold winters and hot humid days during the summer so insulation is important to make the building as cheap/comfortable as possible...

OMG YOUR GONNA DIE! but on a more serious note, what lift is that?

with my uninsulated ceiling and insulated walls at 60 degrees and 10 degrees outside it took roughly 6 hours to drop down to 20 degrees

I've got an old earthstove bv400c and It's absolute unit but they're no longer in production unfortunately. If you could find a used option I could whole heartedly recommend one. It heats my 2000sq ft house no problem even deep into the negatives.

I'm currently going through the same process. I have tried to figure out every single option. My initial plan was to use 4" dense foil faced poly iso in my ceiling leaving a 1.5" gap as an air channel for the roof to vent. I've now changed my plan to enclosing the ceiling on the trusses and...

I mean I wanted to know if it was gonna deflect and I figured I should know that before it snowed so I could make corrections before hand. To call him portly isn't fair, he's a solid 350-400lbs.

I modified the trusses in my shop to make height for a lift, I did it one at a time and added knee braces that tied the walls to the truss and moved the rafter ties up to my desired height and laminated every joint with 1/2 inch ply and liquid nails and 8 or so nails from each side. I started at...

I would do dense pack cellulose in the walls and if you can afford it spray foam in the ceiling, however before spray foaming, I would make sure the roof decking is good and won't need replacement anytime soon. Dense pack cellulose has a slightly lower r value than rock wool but it greatly...

Never say never but it’s gotten more and more expensive here and more idiots than ever. Miss when doco was still a small community in the winter

Are you a fellow door county person?

I’m currently going through this exact same debate, I’m planning on leaving the thermostat set to 40 and bump it to 55 when I’m out there working which will be only about 10 hours a week at most. My shop is 26x28 8ft walls and 14ft peak. I don’t have insulation in the ceiling(yet). I’m currently...

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