Recent content by richg

Thanks Tom. That is a bit more than I want to spend right now. I was really hoping that a very small unit would be able to get the garage to ~45F, but I guess that just isn't feasible...

I live in Maryland and our average low temps in the winter are in the low 20's, with occasional periods getting into the teens. I want to maintain my garage temp at ~45F. Does anyone know if a window ac / heat pump (reverse cycle ac) unit would be capable of doing this? Most of the units I...

Just wanted to add something to this thread as I just installed 12 of these lights in my garage. Before purchasing, I called Lithonia and they gave me the HD SKU of the lights I should buy for my situation (start in 0F, no RFI/EMI, T8, etc). I don't have the SKU number handy, but it is the $26...

I'm nearing the end of my garage rebuild and approaching the flooring section. The slab is likely from the 60's / 70's, so it is quite old and dirty. For the floor, all I care about is reducing the dust/dirt on it and that it is somewhat easy to clean up liquid spills. I don't care if it...

Haven't had any luck on craigslist or the local places I know of, but I'll try making some more calls. Thanks rich

So I picked up this compressor last weekend: http://cgi.ebay.com/Air-Compressor-Saylor-Beall_W0QQitemZ110216712564QQihZ001QQcategoryZ106436QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Saylor-Beall 5 hp, two stage, 80 gallon. Only downside was it came with a 3 phase motor. Is there any better place...

Can you explain more why not to go with bendpak's "tru-metric" design for their assymetric? From the product literature, it sounds like it can be used as both symmetric and assymetric: "Two-Lifts-In-One - Our asymmetric models, XP-10AC and XP-10ACX also feature our exclusive “Tru-Metric” arm...

Aren't the assymetric bendpaks what they call "Tru-Metric" so that they can be used as assymetric or symmetric? So isn't that the best of both worlds? rich

I have them on my home pc, I'll have to upload them this wknd. rich

Thanks very much everyone for the input. That insulpink is exactly what I'm looking for the block walls! As for the roof-raising: The old shingles/sheathing was cut and pryed off, then the trusses were disconnected and saved. Then 4 ft of framing was built up, and the trusses and new...

Just a quick note to add: I bought a set of Ingersoll-Rand impact sockets several years ago, and out of the brand new ingersoll packaging came a set of Genius sockets. Feeling like I had gotten duped, I called IR, and they confirmed that (at least at the time), Genius made all their sockets...

Sorry forgot to mention, I am located in Baltimore MD. Most likely, the colder days I would be in there working would be in the 20's (we do get days in the teens and single digits as well, but the majority of winter days are in the 20's). Thanks very much everyone for the ideas. rich

So I just finished the first phase of my garage upgrade. I started with a 30 x 30 block building with 8.5 ft ceiling height, and have successfully raised the roof with 4 ft of framing so that I now have a "lift acceptable" 12.5 ft high ceiling height :). Now I need to move onto insulating it...

After years of abuse, I had a 14mm and 19mm Gearwrench fail on me. The 14 just started acting "funny" -- would be cranking along then all of a sudden freewheel. The 19 locked up all of a sudden on me. I tried to exchange at sears, but unfortunately they didn't have any in stock. So called up...

The shingles and rest of the roof in general looks to be in very good shape (which is why it would be nice to not have to tear that all down). But I agree, I don't want to be making up a make-shift jacking system for this job, and if I decide I want the roof raised whole, I will bring in a...