Recent content by slowthump

I heat my small workshop (16x30x10) with a a Siesco electric boiler circulating hot water in the floor. I'm on a load control system that shuts off the power during peak electric load conditions. We have had 10 days straight of extreme cold up here in northern Minnesota with night time temps...

I live in northern Minnesota and I would strongly recommend insulating the slab. You can't go back and insulate it later. My garage has a heated and unheated side. I insulated under the slab in the heated part and not the other side. Every spring and early summer the floor in the...

Awesome project.

Wife's Honda Odyssey had the passenger side headlight out. I bought a new bulb and tried to change it but could not get my big hands between the light and the engine. Messed around for about an hour and half taking other parts off and watching youtube. Said screw it and since it needed an oil...

As for "trench footings", they're not common here, and for good reason. Our building code requires a footing (8" thick minimum) that extends a minimum of 4" each way of the frost wall on each side. Also, they can't be dug to perfection, so they leave hundreds of areas or frost to "pick" at the...

I have had good luck getting quality drawer slides on ebay. For less than $50 with shipping I bought 10 pairs of 26" full extension drawer slides. They have held up good and are very smooth. In comparison, 24" full extension slides were $14 per pair.

I built a 30 x 40 x 10' sidewall with enclosed 10 x 40 lean. Cedar siding, 35 year shingles, 2 windows, walk door, 3 - 9 x 8 insulated garage doors. 2x6 walls Split the 30 x 40 into a 24 x 30 unheated garage and a 16 x 30 insulated and heated shop. Shop area has loft storage above it...

I replaced t8 lights with direct wire led 4 foot tubes(removed the ballasts). My radio is now completely free of the annoying buzz/static interference that drove me to work with a headlamp and the lights off! LED is definitely the way to go in my experience. Combine the benefits of long life...

25 years ago when I built my house and was young and dumb I made 6 sets of wooden scaffolding. if I remember right they were 7 feet high, 5 wide and 6 long when assembled. I frequently stacked them 3 high but always made sure to anchor them well. At that time I had more time and energy than...

Very nice.

Nice

Vieux, Thanks for all your posts and awesome pictures. I always look forward to seeing what you are up to. You definitely get more actual work done in your garage than most of us in the US - especially when measuring output per square foot er square meter. My great grandparents came from...

I have a 16x30 480 sf workshop that I built a few years back. I put in floor heat piping and just got around to insulating it this year. R44 ceiling, R19 walls, 2 extruded polystyrene under the concrete. Just today I was working on installing the off-peak electric boiler. It was 19 degrees...

I had very annoying radio static in my shop. The static was coming from the t8 fluorescent light fixtures. When i shut the lights off, radio came in perfectly. Last night I replaced the fluorescent lamps in the fixture closest to my stereo with LED tubes and eliminated the ballast...