Recent content by tem

I've had a black ceiling in half of my old 25x35. I liked it for the same dirt reasons, plus hides ceiling imperfections and draws youre eyes downward. Old ceiling got filthy dusty real fast. Dont have any scientific numbers, but it seemed like about 15/20% darker with the black. I epoxied...

They could meet their 35 year old grandwrenches in my toolbox

If it were me, I would find a used furnace on craigslist and install it. Usually can get an 80% for around $70-100 here. Since you're already fully insulated it shouldn't be bad. Not sure of propane costs, but I would guess occasional winter use for natural gas 80% 770sqft would run around...

The only problem with buying super cheap LED fixtures or bulbs is they rarely last more than a year or 2 in my experience. I've had alot of LED bulbs through amazon review programs. Sometimes you get lucky, often times they just prematurely fritz out. Unfortunately its hard to tell the...

I've had a number of different brands of LED tubes in the shop for about 3 years. The only ones that havent failed have been Hyperikon. I run the 5k temp and like them alot so far. The timeframe is still a bit short to know how long they will last, the other brands started full bulb...