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You said you are thinking of running " a " home furnace with ductwork. If that means a residential style furnace with it's own duct system it should work fine if it is a higher efficiency model that uses outside air for combustion; if not gas fumes could be an issue. If you meant to extend the...

The interior walls are covered in perforated pole barn metal. That allows the sound to pas through to the Roxul and be deadened

I wired mine the way Rookie 2 said. I mounted the fan in the wall as an exhaust fan, built a 4' x 4' room around the compressor, insulated the room with mineral wool sound deadening insulation, and installed a 20 x 20 x 2" pleated furnace filter in the door. The fan ***** clean air into the room...

My guess is that the foot switch would not handle enough amps and changing the cord wouldn't help if the switch is undersized. I would use the foot switch to control a contactor that would then power the vacuum. Small contactors are not that expensive. Google "relay in a box" to find some neat...

I think you could gain a lot by applying foil or foil faced foam to the underside of the rafters. That would reflect a lot of the radiant heat back to the roof deck and contain the hot air to the 3-1/2" space between the foil and the roof. If you have ridge venting , the hot air would then flow...

700 sq. ft house. 1000 sq. ft. garage. This guy TRULY has his priorities straight! :)

I know this is kind of late but on my model J's I use a submersible electric coolant pump. It turns on with the motor. I don't remember what brand they are because they have been there for 20 years. I used a motor starter with a remote on/off button. When the saw settles after cutting an...

When I wanted to buy a project truck and parts truck to work on in my old shop my wife said I couldn't park anything in the yard or driveway. She then proceded to point out that i didn't build it big enough. The next week I casually showed her a ruogh sketch of a 800' addition. She said "is that...