Recent content by trjlangdon

Great, thanks for all the suggestions. As it stands now, the garage will be used for mostly storage, etc but figured while I am out doing the work I might as well finish it up. Whether that be for myself later, or to make it look more attractive whenever I decide to sell the place, I think the...

Done. Sorry about that. I live in eastern PA (Lehigh Valley)

Long-time lurker here, and this summer I plan on finishing a detached garage that came with the home I purchased in 2013. The garage has concrete block walls, which are unfinished on the interior and exterior. The garage walls are above grade. I don't really have any grand plans to have a shop...

Thanks for the input. I didn't realize the minimal cost of the subpanel. Makes sense if I'm going to trench and run cable that distance I might as well add a 60amp panel.

Short background: My wife and I bought our first home in Sept 2013. One of the things that we knew when we bought the place was that the electrical cable running to the detached garage had been cut during a landscaping job by the previous home owner. They removed a good deal of earth to create a...