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Hi All. Im in the process of heating and insulating the finish side of my shop. 16' wall. Metal panel ceiling. 2" of Styrofoam under 6" of concrete with radiant heat. My plan is to keep the building at 50° to 55° all winter. Im planning to go with blown in pink fiberglass. R-38 will cost $3780...

My concrete guy may have installed the wrong Pex tubing.... He put in tubing that does not have an oxygen barrier. Tubing is Sioux Chief PowerPEX 665XA. I now know it is not the 100% correct tubing to use for radiant heat setups per my HVAC guy, but can it be used? Below is what i copied off...

Good Morning All! I'm in the process of finishing the inside of my new pole building.... Currently, between the 8' on center columns there is batt insulation installed with a vapor barrier to the inside of the space, then metal panel from the floor up 4', open space up the next 8' (that will be...

Hi all! I'm in the process of building a new shop and wanted to solicit opinions from the experts on this forum. I've read hundreds of forums/ threads and 3/4" plywood seems to be the wall covering of choice. Finished shop will be 54x56x16 The inside of my shop will be finished as follows. 4'...

Hi all! My name is Mike and me and my family recently purchased a small home on 10 acres in rural Chicagoland. We purchased this property for a combination of reasons.... This is our retirement home, house up "north", summer home, lake cottage (without a lake, but with a pond), man cave, boy...