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    barrel stove advice?

    Look for an older hot water heater. They were made with much thicker steel. That's what my dad had in his shop for years. The hard part is his was probably 30-40 years old. Just replaced it with a propane unit for the ease as he's getting older and chopping wood and starting fires every time you...
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    Heating half the slab

    OK I understand needing/wanting insulation under and around the entire slab. My question is what the process would be if pouring the entire slab at once? Would the forms be setup 4 inches wider to accommodate the foam adding 2 inches on each side and the foam added along side the form before the...
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    Big Brother is Watching you!

    I love how they always say Save 350 dollars! Well I don't pay 350 dollars a year so does that mean they are going to pay me! It only ever seems to be viable for high risk drivers that are already spending 1,000's on insurance.
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    Heating half the slab

    OK, then what is typically used for the thermal break? would it just be another piece of insulation installed vertically between the two halves? One inch or two inch? Currently I'm going to focus on getting the building up which means I need to decide on the floor. Where do most purchase their...
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    Heating half the slab

    I'm planning on building a new workshop / storage building. The current plan is for a 50x100 sectioning 50x50 as a workshop and 50x50 as cold storage. I want to install infloor heating and want to know if this is a bad idea? I would think I would at least want some sort of insulation between the...
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    New in Green Bay WI

    Just starting to plan my future shop. Planning on something in the 50x100 area with half sectioned off as a shop and half for storage. Design will be concentrated toward an auto type shop. Definitely in-floor heat and a 2 post lift are in the works but first I'll just be working on the bare...
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