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Anybody see this? It is somewhere in N. CA. http://www.semmesco.com/news/?p=269

I was just looking around for some metal polish, specifically something I used in my younger years called "Brasso". It prompted me to remember some of the oldy but goody stuff we used to have that seems to have dissappeared from popular use today. Anybody still use Brasso or here's a better...

Had a leak develop in the line coming from my system feeder which resulted in pressure loss and system shutdown. I didn't notice it right away so it was probably down for 8-12 hrs. and the slab had already cooled by a few degrees. By the time I got it fixed and fired up again, my 2000 sq. ft...

Just got my system up and running. One question I have that I can't seem to find an answer to is how I should set the min & max settings for the slab stats. Should this delta be fairly narrow (ie about 2 degrees) or set wider (say about 10 degrees) to prevent more frequent calls for the boiler...

I am just about ready to buy the flourescent fixtures I need to finish off my new shop. Not really jazzed about the reviews I have read on the Lithonia fixtures/ballasts you get from the big box stores (HD, RONA, Lowes) or the Lights of America from Wally Mart. So I went to the local...

I live in Ontario so winters can get down to a continuous -20C for sustained periods with a week or two that might see -30C. I am getting ready to fire up my new hydronics installation in the shop. My ceiling height is 16'-6" above the floor. The building is framed with 2" x 6" and so I...

For my next project, I am thinking about replacing the crappy 2 car (20' x 22') reverse gable that is attached on the side of my ranch style house. It is connected with a 4' breezeway which I would like to do away with and attach the garage directly onto the side of the house. I am thinking...

I am doing the plumbing to connect my hydronics boiler to the distribution manifolds for my in-floor radiant heating. I am a little confused about which side of the system the air seperator/microbubbler needs to go and the expansion tank location. The installation manual seems to contradict...

I am looking for a small, freestanding natural gas fired space heater type stove to put in the upstairs office/man room of the shop. I'm thinking about a direct vent unit to make installation out through the sidewall as a vertical install would be more complicated (steel roof). The room is 15'...

This is a continuation of a discussion we had a few weeks ago about extending phone lines and internet connections to a shop that is over 500' away from the house. I want to set up a work from home office area so having the internet there is essential. Here is what I planned to do to see if I...

I just received my Princess Auto (Canadian equivalent of Harbour Freight) flyer this morning and noticed a new offering - a compressed air delivery system from a company called "RapidAir". Looks like it uses nylon tubing and the ad indicates it is a "Made in USA" product. The tubing is $80 CDN...

I had the local electrical safety inspector in on Friday to do the final on the building wiring and he spotted the lift. He then looked around it and couldn't find any UL or CSA approval labels on the control box. He then opened up the cover and there were no UL labels on any of the internals...

I am putting an ABS vent stack up through my corrugated steel roof on the shop. This will be the vent for the septic system & drains. My question is - is there a special membrane available for this task that will seal into the corrugations? All I have seen in the box stores are the flat ones...

I put a 70W HPS fixture up on the front peak of the shop a couple of years ago (about 30' up). It is controlled by a photocell to give me dusk to dawn lighting. Has been working fine all along but in the past few weeks it has started going through an on/off cycle on its own about every 2-3...

I am trying to decide on what to use. Pricing is almost identical between using blown cellulose or blown fiberglass (R50 nominally). Anybody have some first hand experience between the pros and cons of either material??

I have some radiant floor PEX left over from doing the in-slab install and wondering if there would be a problem using it for a few runs for "potable" water in the shop. I know you can't use the Water PEX for radiant heat piping since it lacks an oxygen barrier, but what about the other way...

OK, I've got an application question for any computer geeks we have on here. I need to extend my home LAN to the shop which is not normally a big deal - but the shop is about 600' away LOS. I don't have any conduit running between the house & shop so I am thinking about something like a pair...

I'm just researching to decide what boiler to get to drive my in-floor radiant heating for my new shop. Here are the specs. Natural gas Output gequirement - approx. 100,000 btu/hr. Glycol/water mix circulating through 3250' of 1/2" PEX embedded in the concrete slab (2000 sq. ft. divided into...

Looking for some advice from any forum members with experience installing new service entrances. My shop is located about 300' from my closest property line to where there is power. I want to install a new dedicated 200A service with meter since it is a lot closer than my house (which...

Anybody ever use/install one of the thresholds for a 16' door? Do they work?? I want to keep water from coming in from the outside. Here's an example of one. http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/stormshield.html