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I have been doing wood work in my garage. Dam dust gets everywhere. Even 50' away. I have one area just for wood working in my 30' x 50' shop. My next purchase will be a dust collection system! Since I am as big as I can go for out buildings. Thought about the basment idea but who wants to carry...

I have to break down and insulate the ceiling of my pole barn with metal roof. Gets to cold to work out there. I am going with r-30 batts above the ceiling joists. I was going to put up a 6 mill vapor barrier on the bottom of the joists. Also it will help hold the insulation. Is the vapor...

6 months ago I moved my Bendpack 2 post lift from my old garage to my new one. I had it leveled up perfect. I noticed today that the support arms that lift the car went off level a bit. Noticed it with the car on the lift when it was leaning a little. I had to readjust the leveling cables about...

It is a bussway. I see these in older factorys. They useally have them over top the length of a production run. This way when they set up a diffrent products they can just slide the power to where they need it. The conections to it looks like a trolly useally with a rubber cord hanging. They are...

I just bought a 15 year old house. The panel is in the garage even though I have a full basment. I know in my case it was cheaper to put it in the garage and have an overhead service. I hate it. Makes it real hard to add circits if the garage is sheetrocked. In the near future I will be...

here is a few pic's of mine that i just completed. Made out of 2x6, plywood and 1/2 all thread. I put lay in light under it. Now I have to insulate and build a work bench.

If you turn that breaker off and everything is fine, you problem is with that circiut. Is there a old post light or underground wire off that circiut that you know about? Don't know how old you house is. Is there a ground for that circiut? Is it conected at the recepticals? Unplug everything see...

I got the wide bend pack lift a few years ago. I love it. I can even fit my open car trailer between the columns. Mine is the symetrical one. With the extra width you can get in and out of the car easier (car doors open a little more). Only thing I don't like about the lift is the cheesy button...

Of the 3 choices, go with the pvc. Emt can be a challange if you never bent conduit before. Ent the plastic fexable stuff just looks like **** unless it is hidden behind a wall. You can glue pvc fittings to it. You can buy all the pvc fittings including 90 and 45 degree bends. Where it is...

When I put my pool (24' round) I leveled the ground then added 4" of sand. The sand will help protect the liner. I also put cement block under the upright supports. It has been up for 10 years now. After the 2nd year the sand that was level was bumpy.

total truss load 40psf Bottom cord looks like 10psf If I am reading the truss drawling right

The 2 far bays will be for car storage. and the front to bays will be for working on them. A 2 post lift is getting moved from my old house.

Just had my 30' x 50' pole barn erected. I have 10' ceilings with sissor trusses. Wondering what would be good to finish the ceiling off? Trusses are 4' on center. I have 50 2'x4' 4 tube lay-lights (used) for a drop ceiling that I got from a job site. I was thinking of installing a drop ceiling...