Recent content by plout99

I used the same Rvalue and brand 3 years ago in my pole barn. I hung all of it vertical, had two 48 inch wide pieces then I split the 48 inches into 24 inches to overlap the seams then covered the interior side with 10 mil poly sheeting. Also stumbled on the stucco clips on Amazon and used them...

I am shopping marketplace etc for a stepladder to have when I need to change bulbs in the high section of my shop. I installed all the ceiling and lights using scaffolding and that is too much of a pain to get out to change a light bulb. The ceiling height is 14ft 6 inches . I am 6 ft tall can I...

I agree complete removal is the best method, I will also add I took down a old chicken barn last year on my parents farm that had a stump covered by the slab and it had rotted a little not enough to cause any real voids and the stump had been covered with gravel and concrete by my grandfather...

I have no issue using a thermostat, however the control board is junk in the furnace and I have no intention of replacing it. I guess the question should have been can a thermostat operate the furnace safely without the control board being used. A side question are circuit breaker’s used for...

Can the heating elements of a whole house electric furnace be direct wired to the appropriate sized breaker and turned on and off via the breaker along with the blower bypassing all of the controls or do the elements have to cycle on and off to keep from burning up? The furnace would be used in...

The compressors will be hard wired this is just to bench test the electric motors. I do not know if they work or not. I was planning to replace them since I was told they were 3 phase and found out when I was pulling the motors and pumps off the tanks to make loading the compressors easier...

I recently bought a pair of Saylor Beall 80 gallon vertical tank compressors, the seller said the motors were 5 hp 3 phase. Turns out they are 5 hp single phase I bought the compressors not running and now need to verify the motors work. Can I direct wire to my shop panel just to verify they...

I actually have used a quart mason jar, punch a hole for the fuel line in the lid and the jar seals up pretty good.

I used a chainsaw with a sacrificial bar and chain when I enclosed an acre with invisible fence wire for dogs. It worked great not sure it would be wide enough for direct bury cat 6.

I have a 32 x 48 shop, strongly considering a propane radiant tube heater. I have a 15 ft ceiling in the high section so no clearance issues. My concern is half of the shop has a second floor. Will a radiant tube mounted in the high section that is correctly sized for the building heat the first...

I sent a sawzall back to Ryobi for warranty thru Home Depot a couple of years ago. Home Depot charged me for shipping then refunded it when I picked up the warranty replacement.

I have almost the identical set up loft 24 ft long 6 ft wide and 7ft3 in to the bottom of the joists with two work benches and all of my nut bolt bins etc under it. I tried can lights since I already had 4 cases of new can fixtures the wire I needed and plywood and half of the bulbs. It’s not...

I have two doors 12 feet tall and 10 feet wide. In hindsight I should have gone with a 18 ft wide door 12 ft tall. I have the doors I do because they were free so couldn’t pass that up. When I bring my f350 dually inside it fits but there isnt a lot of room for forgiveness. Same thing if I have...

This sums up the way I did ours, I to can’t imagine wet polishing inside. I bought a wet polisher on Amazon and a diamond profile cutter for the polisher to give the countertops a custom edge. If I did it over I would use one of the lightweight countertop mixes. I used 5000 psi quickrete with...

I have a 32 x 48 with a loft over half. You do want more than 8 ft that way standing sheet goods up vertical will be much easier. You also have to factor clearance for lighting when standing sheet goods up, 9 ft is plenty much less and it will cause aggravation.