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Hello everyone. I have a detached garage with a 90 amp sub panel. I already have the panel fed from the main panel. In the sub panel I have 2 ground bars. I have a ground coming from the main which is attached to 1 ground bar. The other ground bar has a ground cable that's attached to 2 ground...

What Do You Use For A Vapor Barrier? Anything special? Will any type of plastic sheet work? How thick (mills)? Is taping the seams necessary or just staple where 2 sheets meet? This will be for interior OSB walls and metal ceiling. Northeast US. Thanks

Looking into the green laser levels advertised on fleabay for $100-$200. The ones that shoot out 3/12 lines 360 degrees. Huepar is one of the many company names. Does anyone have any experience with these as far as accuracy and brightness of the lines? I would be using this to shoot...

Hello everyone, Please recommend drill bits that drill through metal. Do I need titanium, cobalt, carbide, high speed steel? I occasionally drill through metal that can be 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick and also through sheet metal. The size of the hole can be from 1/16 up to 3/4 inch. Most of the...

Will this pass code? The front of the metal box is flush with the face of the stud. From the cable to the front of the stud(metal box) is 1 inch. From the cable to the front of the mud ring is 1-1/2 inch. Is the 1-1/4 inch cable offset measured from the face of the stud(metal box) or from the...

I am looking for a cable stacker to mount on the 2x edge of a 2x4 girt and will hold the cable towards the exterior wall. It will be mounted the 2x edge on the interior girts. Doing this to maintain the 1-1/4 inch set back I understand is needed for code. The ones I have seen mount on the...

I thought I read somewhere here about not placing the interior bottom girts directly on the concrete floor or not attaching it to the 6x6 poles because of frost heave. The theory was that it could cause the poles to move. If that's the case, how should the bottom girts be attached. This would...

This is what I am planning for the ceiling of my pole garage. Will I get any condensation? Does anyone have the following in their pole building? "A" frame truss 6. Top of Truss w/Ridge Vent Peak 5. Air Space 4. Blown in insulation 14 inches 3. Rigid polyiso 2 inches 2. Vapor Barrier 1...

What wood species would be the best choice for 2x4 INTERIOR girts. The girts will be horizontal attached to post that are 8 ft apart. The spacing between the girts will be 2 ft. I am planning on hanging OSB or Drywall. Thanks

In another thread Platonic Solid detailed the layout below for a garage that is slightly larger than mine. My garage is 40x40x14 with three doors that are 10w x 12H across the front. Will Platonic Solid's layout work if I install the lights spaced at 4ft 15ft 25ft 36ft each way? How much...

Just curious as to how much heat a light like this or similar https://www.ledlightingwholesaleinc.com/EHB2-162-p/ehb2-162.htm might generate. Mounting it directly on a metal ceiling that has polyiso on the other side of the metal. Would it heat up too much to cause any problem that would...

I have some heavy rust stains on my basement concrete floor from where my oil boiler had a slow leak that went unnoticed. I have tried vinegar, peroxide, baking soda, scrubbing lightly with a brass brush with no luck in removing it. The stains are really dark in some places. I am hesitant to...

Hello, I am looking to replace the 300 watt R7 Halogen flood light fixtures that I have with LED fixtures. Two of them are mounted about 12 - 15 ft from the ground and light an area of 45 x 45 ft. Two others are about 25 ft off the ground and light up my yard. I would like the new fixture to...

Please see post #7. What I wrote here is confusing. Thanks I have a 40x40x14 pole building. Walls are insulated with 4x8 foam panels. I have not installed any finish material on the walls or the flat ceiling yet. Ceiling is not insulated at this point. I am leaning toward osb walls and metal...

I have a pole building (40x40x14) that has a flat interior ceiling. Have not decided what material I am going to use for the ceiling(metal, osb, drywal). I will probably go with 4 ft led fixtures. My questions are: 1. Did you screw your lights through the ceiling material directly into the...

I will be using OSB for my interior walls and do not want to set the edge of the panel directly against the floor to prevent any moisture/water from wicking into it. I am wondering what other have done. One thought is to have a 1"x3" pvc molding on the bottom against the floor and then...

The edge of my concrete apron was chipped out where it meets the gravel parking pad (see pics). I'm having the gravel pad paved soon in asphalt. Looking for the best way to patch the chipped out area before the asphalt is layed. The chipped area is about 1 foot long and also about 1 inch at...

Just seems like it would be easier to install a light socket and then screw in the CFL rather than hanging a 4 ft. fixture. Assuming a 14 ft ceiling As far as brightness and color... Would 105 watt CFLs provide more lumens than a 2 tube 4 ft T8/T5 fixture? Which would last longer the CFL or...

Hello everyone, Is there a minimum distance or spacing between indoor outlets in a detached garage? I believe in a house, outlets cannot be any further apart than 6 feet from one another or so. In a detached garage, how high from the floor can I place the indoor outlets? I was thinking...

Hello everyone. I hope this will be a quick question. Looking to get a door opener. Can I stop the Liftmaster 8500 at a certain point when I'm either opening or closing the door? I usually only open my door part of the way when I'm inside working. Sometimes I only leave it open about 4 feet...