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If you are worried about the condensation through the wall sweating off the copper insulate the pipe. Use a section of armaflex insulation 3/4 wall is good for freezer refrigeration piping. The amount of condensation you get would vary on your space conditions inside the garage ie heated and...

Lots of good advice here. I work on Manitowoc units quite frequently. I actually plan on doing the same as you for the exact same reason. I occasionally acquire old units. My plan was to put an old head on a welded frame, no bin. I’d then put a cooler underneath and flip the unit on when...

Could be how the wire was ran, is the cable shielded? Is the power coming in good all the time? Is the transformer tapped for the right incoming voltage?

I have been looking into radiant in floor also. There are lots of different opinions on where in the slab it should be set and how to go about it. To answer the original question, I saw someone use small concrete bricks to hold the mesh above the insulation. It seemed like a good inexpensive way...

I’d go with a power vent, not natural draft. If you use any sort of extraction fan in the shop or make up air it can throw the units combustion out I have seen it before.

I think you need to send a closer picture of how the rod is attached to the strut it sounds and looks as though something is wrong with how it was assembed the channel nut should not rattle. Also there are many different styles of isolators I would start there. This is the type commonly found in...

A few ways of doing this. You could use an electronic leak detector to sniff for a leak as is but it is very time consuming and without enough pressure small leaks can be very hard to find especially outdoors where wind can cary the gas away from the detector. I agree with the above posts that...

You are absolutely correct about leaves and leaks. The valley though will have a sloped section towards the lane to help push everything out that may collect. Also the provided photo is an exaggeration of an m roof. At 27 wide across the doors with 2 peaks at a height of 4-5 ft will give a pitch...

Haha, I never was good at French, used to say in class Je ne comprends pas le français. Here is an example of an M roof.

This is pretty normal here in the lower mainland of BC, unless you are further out of the city and or on farm land. Even then it can be still quite expensive and subject to restrictions. I think that a space such as an attic would fall under crawl space (not sure) which is limited to 4ft...

Thanks for the replies, I was trying to be as informative in my original post as possible, however I seem to have missed some explanations, my apologies. So I will try to make everything a bit more clear. In our area we are only allowed a certain amount of lot coverage and square footage. What...

Hi, I have been planning out a garage for our new house and nearing finalization with the architect. The garage started out as a 3 car but has shrunk down dramatically to a 2 car, I’m finding it hard to ballance the house space with the garage. Current dimensions are 24 deep x 27 wide Plan is 2...