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Thank you for your input GRB, I understand LED technology has room to grow, and it will with time. But for now even the middle of the road quality items are pretty decent. My workspaces are currently unheated and I have put up with my current t8’s simply not turning on and or warming up and...

140 degree 82 cri https://www.hyperikon.com/led/garage-shop/led-tubes/t8-led-light-tube-4ft-18w-dual-end-powered-frosted/

I live faily remote, no Costco near by.

Hi guys, My options for bulbs in Canada seam to be a bit limiting unless I want to pay a lot of shipping and duty’s to get almost all of the options in the sticky.. Option 1...

I should add that the piece are 4’ x 4’ x 4”. So layering and staggering may not be an option. But I have thought filling the joint cavities as well..

I have the opportunity to get lots of free polyiso seconds from a manufacture. I’ve been reading the pros/cons on polyiso insolation and have begun to get a little worried if I should bother using it. I understand it can loose r value if it has been stored in a wet or in a humid invoroment, well...

Hey guys, I’m planning on building my shop in the near future here. Building is 38x60. I’m using steel fabricated trusses for the roof system. I will be fabricating them myself. I’m choosing these because they are 1/3 of the cost of wood, I get the vaulted clear span I desire, and the visual...

When I bought my property there was (is) no shop. I bought 2 20’ containers, dropped them on some 6x6 timbers side by side. I cut an 8’ walkway threw them and put some roofing tar on the small gap between them. I did tack them together lightly to make sure they didn’t move. I set them up as a...

Hey guys, It's time for me to seriously get busy on getting a building up on my property. Lookin at buying a 40 x 60 steel frame shop. I should say I have no building codes or restrictions where I live. I have a potential used steel building that may be available at a reasonable price. My...

Hey guys, I'v been lurking here for years.. Never had a reason to post. I recently my first, and hopefully last property up here in Powell River, BC, Canada. I'v been an employed fabricator/machinist (by preference) for over ten years. I have no construction background. I went strait from a...