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    Northeast Radiant Technolgy - anybody use them?

    For a fee they will engineer your radiant heat set-up. They also have all the materials available. Anybody use them or heard of anybody who has? I'll need some guidance with my 32' x 50' radiant heat set-up this summer.
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    Compressor lines - Attic or bury them?

    Just thinking ahead to my summer shop build. I'll need to run about 50' of compressor line to the other end of the shop. I was thinking it would be nice to have them out of sight. What would be the pros/cons of the following...or is either just not a smart thing to do. Option #1 Use black...
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    Floor drain slope question(s)

    Finalizing some details on my 32 x 50 shop build. I plan on putting 4 drains in the the shop (one under the hoist for snow melt, one for a compressor drain, one for the water heater/radiant heat set-up and one for a future wash tub) Not putting in a bathroom/toilet as the garage isn't that...
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    Slab to footing insulation for radiant heat question

    I'm in the planning stages for spring build of my shop. I'll be going with footings and an 8" frost wall and then a 5" floating slab inside the frost walls. I'll be putting 2" high density foam sheets under the slab. I have a level building site so the top of my frost wall can be any height...
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    Monolithic or Stem wall in Wi for shop with infloor heat?

    I was leaning toward building a post frame 30 x 50 shop (ie Cleary/Morton etc). An excavator has leveled my site. 11 loads of good fill, packed/vibrated between loads. Since this picture we had 8" of rain over a two day period. That should have helped settle things. Now, I'm leaning toward...
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    School me on auto / tractor painting set-up - building a new shop

    Growing up on a dairy farm I was never exposed to autobody work or painting. It's something I'd like to learn to do some day. (I'm in my mid-to-late forties). I'm looking to build a shop and wondering what things I should look at doing during the build that might be useful down the road...
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    Lawn Sweepers - will they pick up gravel stones?

    I've got a long (700') gravel driveway with some finished yard on each side. As a result of plowing the snow off with my Western snow-plow on the pickup, I get some gravel stones on the yard come spring time. Rather than rake them into little piles and then have to rake them into a shovel, I'm...
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    Concrete floor question

    Shoot - I ment to put this question in the general section rather than flooring as i'm not asking an epoxy question. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5017
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    styrofoam and concrete floor - insulation thoughts

    Getting ready to pour a concrete floor in my 50'x 72' pole shed. Somewhere down the road I'll be "enclosing" a corner of the shed for a heated workshop. It will be forced air heat. With regards to forced air heat, is the concept to not let the heat escape down through the concrete, or is it...
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    What (besides power) should I run to the shed

    I had a 50' x 72' Cleary pole shed built approx 140 feet behind my house. Shed will serve as cold storage for off season toys (snowmobiles, cycle, cars) and workshop for general wood working and toy maintance. I'm getting ready to run 100 amp service off the house panel to the shed. What...
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    Amps needed in workshop?

    RTcat is Online: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Central Wi Posts: 1 Amps needed in new workshop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I recently had a Cleary building (pole barn) put up and am trying to decide how to handle the electrical...
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