Recent content by SmokinFletch

Awesome shop, can't wait to see what you build in there.

I am open to all ideas, so post them up. Paint your home white White metal roof Water heater timer Huge water heater blanket Electrical strips on TV components and Computers and turn off when not in use. Turn off all lights Energy star appliances, lowest amps possible. Wrap your freezer in...

The water heater needs the fresh air and combustion air vents. These vents are to assist in the removal of Carbon Monoxide and products of combustion from your garage. Leave these alone.

If it's a double wide home like the ones I have worked on: You got to get an entire system, it's a double wide, you will not be able to fit a new coil in the existing space, have you seen a 13 seer coil, in a word, "huge". So you need a new downflow furnace, coil, lineset,class B vent, and a...

Thanks Jawn, and thanks 930dreamer. This is a fine site with lots of good ideas and remarkable garages and shops. Glad to be here.

HI, I am a retired Firefighter, Condition Air Contractor, Boat builder, and smoker of Bar-B-Q. Got a 40X60 Shop, got a 1450 Sq ft. house. I think I got my priorities right. Howdy.

Is this a new building?, the floor radiant heating may be removing the moisture from the concrete floor, causing your condensate problem, maybe wet equipment, or vehicles. Found a busted water pipe under a concrete slab not to long ago, causing black mold in a fire house. I'm a firm believer in...

The power company is required only to provide one drop per address, anything additional becomes commercial. Not always, I had the local EMC drop a transformer and a meter to my shop in 2002 for the grand total of $25 bucks, and I pay a residential rate. My shop was permitted and inspected.