Recent content by shelbyz28

I wouldn't get too discouraged about the fuel usage, put the pex in right and then see how much you want to run it. Some people fire theirs up when a snow storm is forecast, some have the luxury of waiting till it's coming down, then there are business who leave it running most/all winter...

I believe a lot of times the snow melt systems use 1" or larger pex to transport the huge amout of BTUs required for melting the snow, perhaps shorter loops too. There is some documentation out there how to properly design a snow melt system, but there are lots of variables; wind, outside...

I agree it would still work. The down side is the response time increases, due to the additional mass.

That seems to come from an older school of thought. All if my current research agrees with the previous posters, pex in reinforced concrete is fine. The one deviation is at an expansion joint (not a control joint) where there is still recommendation to sleeve the pex to help protect it from...

The site of me; I used the 3d solid modeling package I use at work. Solid works, inventor, proE or such.

I tried to maximize the different ways I could layout the building; I was 26 when I started designing it and have no plans of leaving it (family history). At any rate, the two insulated 14x18 doors were EXPENSIVE, but I can put anything that can legally go down the road (height) in either side...

I used pallet rack to build rolling scaffolding. Lumber across the legs gave it a nice big footprint (8'x10'), attached 4 wheel moving dollies to the 4 corners and used a ladder to climb up. The cross bars about chest high gave a great sense of security, put another set near the ankle so I...

Joe brings up a good point with bending (I'd call it buckling if it's a column load). Then I'd depends where along the height the holes are I'd suppose, and how heavily it's loaded. Technically it'd also depend on the end conditions (pinned, fixed etc.) How about a picture?

Rule of thumb? Stress concentration caused by drilling a hole is largely eliminated by the time you are more than three times the diamater away from the hole, so at six times the diameter apart (don't recall if it's edge to edge or in center) the stress concentrations act independently. You...

"No way out"-except through the concrete. I put mine below, primarily due to stapling pex to the styrofoam.

Alright, so for my own education, does anyone have a good link to how those variable speed fans controllers work?

I have two ceiling fans in my shop that have 5 wires; 3 hots, 1 neutral, 1 ground. http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/fans/ceiling-beam/industrial-ceiling-fan-white-60 and trying to save money, I wired them both on one controller...

I think mine are 30", but then again my doors are 18'x14'

My ceiling was installed by the builder on a rim of 2x6s I installed at a specified height. I then added 2x4s laid flat on the 2x6s for a top edge (painted to match the wall) that'll make a nice air line nailer later. On the bottom, after putting a treated nailer flat against the posts at the...

Pole barns can have wood trusses exceeding 80 feet, metal exceeding 120. If you're talking a fixed truss width of, say 40, they can be as long the other direction as you have space or level ground to go. Or un-level ground I'd suppose. Your expensive direction to add feet is truss span width.