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    looking for a elecronic ball valve for air compressor tank

    I would like to be able to shut the tank valve off with a switch when i leave the shop for the night. Has anyone done anything like this or have suggestions on what to buy? It is a 80 gal hoirzontal compressor located on top of bathroom (manual valve is out of reach). Outlet size is 3/4 pipe
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    Use occupancy sensor to turn on light with garage door

    My garage door openers do not have provisions and do not have lights that come on when the doors are opened. I want to use a occupancy sensor to turn on one seperate light when I open my garage door and drive in. Sounds simple enough, but i would also like to find one that does not trigger on...
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    Metalux strip lights at Menards

    Looking at the T8 4 bulb 8 foot Metalx fixtures at menards. What do I want? They list two similar lights 8TSNF232 and the other is the same but with an R at he end of the model number. Is the R reprsenting a "residential" ballast and the other maybe commercial? And also, are these Metalux...
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    Heat loss from radiant slab

    Tring to decide if i want to hook up the floor heat or go with a diffrent option. I am wondering about heat loss from my slab mainly at the garage doors. It is a 38X52 with 9 loops of 1/2" pex each a litle over 200ft in lenght. Would be using a modulating electric boiler. Foundation walls were...
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    Vapor barrier for ceiling necessary?

    I have a 38 x 52 stick frame bulding that is just geting finished. 2x6 wall construction with pro-rib metal on the outside walls and roof, soffit vent with a ridge vent. It has radiant floor heat & 2" closed cell spray foam on the walls. Interior of bulding is also going to be lined with metal...
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    Stem wall insulation form remove it or leave it?

    Just starting on a 38 x52 garage. The perimeter stem wall was made with 2" styrofoam forms. (2 inch foam 8 inches concrete and 2" foam) set down on a footer. The stem wall will extend 16" above the finished floor. I am putting pex in the floor and probably going to use spray foam on the walls...
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