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8 years ago I used 2 coats of ghostshield 4500 densifier + 8510 silane/siloxane to waterproof a covered front porch with finished living space below. It was a broom finish and I only got half the coverage that they advertised, so if you have a broom finish beware. The porch faces north and is...

Our minisplit has a leak I need to track down. It was installed by our home builder and is now out of warranty (we had it serviced twice while in warranty due to leaks). I am going to track down the leak and have a buddy who can come fill it. I know Daikin minisplits are inverter driven and...

I have a suspended concrete porch over steel decking. I want to provide the best long term waterproofing I can to prevent the decking from rusting out. I don't need a densifier, just waterproofing. Concrete is 5" thick 3500 psi and has been curing for 2 months now. Each vendor lists different...

The garage will be 1,000 sq ft, R19 on the walls and R19 on the 10' ceiling with a conditioned room above it. Two insulated R17 garage door, a single man door, and 5 double pane windows. The house only has electric, no natural gas. I'm located in Maryland which has more heating than cooling...

I spent years making my garage into a workshop I love using, and now my wife is making us move. If anyone is interested in an awesome garage here are the specs: Two car garage R13 insulation in walls R50 insulation in ceiling 200A sub panel Liftmaster 3800 Garage door opener R17 Insulated...

Title says it all. Wire is new on the spool still.

I would like to be able to control my garage's exterior lights either from the garage or wirelessly from the house. I haven't been able to find any good home automation forums online and was wondering if anyone here has used any of these products. I've verified that Insteon can do remote 3-way...

So about 6-7 years ago in college some friends and I built an electric bar stool racer for fun. We got some good use out of it and my friend eventually sold it for a small profit. Fast forward to today when my friend just randomly ran across our old project up for sale on ebay. I figured I'd...

I'm wondering what other forum members have paid to have standing seam roofs installed on their houses/garages? I got 4 quotes to replace my asphalt shingles with standing seam seam panels on my garage (700 sq ft of roofing, no protrusions but there are two valleys, 4/12 pitch, and single...

I had a brand piece of equipment with a 5hp motor that had a capacitor blow and I started loosing light bulbs at an alarming rate in my house. I called the utility out and they found that the line on their pole at the street was loose. They keep telling me I need to file a claim with my...

I am planning out my approach for the electrical in my garage right now. I want to put several outlets where I could plug in both my 240v machines and my 240v 3 phase machines to give me the ability to move things around in the future or add additional machines. This is where I want a sanity...

I purchased a circular saw from Sears and the handle is cracking (see picture). I purchased the saw online and saved my receipt, although that doesn't seem to be doing any good. I called Sears trying to get a warranty replacement and got transferred to multiple departments with each person...

I'm going to be framing out and insulating my garage soon. It's 8" concrete block with brick on the outside, so it's about 12" deep total. Should I pull the door tracks, frame out the opening, then reinstall on the inside, or should I frame up to the sides and top of the tracks and leave them...

I recently picked up a tig welder w/ an input of 100 amps at 240v full load. Miller's instructions for the unit say that the welder's working ground should be attached to the panel ground as well as directly to a ground rod. The welder is in an attached garage w/ it's own sub panel. I was...

I purchased a 5 HP compressor from them last year. I hooked it up once to make sure it ran and it's been sitting disconnected in the corner of the garage behind a pile of stuff ever since. I cleared a path to the compressor today to find out that one of the capacitors had leaked out all over...

I'm still in the planning stages for renovating my garage and I'm start to look at exterior lighting. I've got some gooseneck style light sconces picked out that I want to use on the sides of the garage door. I would still like to have a motion activated flood light to really throw light at...

I just replaced my house's oil furnace and a/c with geothermal, and I kept my old oil furnace/evaporator and condenser hoping to use them in the garage without losing any floor space. Here's my dilema... The oil furnace won't fit in the attic space in my garage (4/12 roof on a 20' span and it's...

I'm trying to layout the plans for finishing the inside of my 20x20 garage this summer and I'm thinking about where to put a new sub panel. Can the panel be put in a corner between a wall and a doorway if 30" would fall into the doorway opening? I would hang the door so that it opens into the...

This is a long rant, I'm just rather frustrated by my latest experience and I don't expect everyone to read it or care. I order from sears a lot because I like Craftsman stuff, it's made in the USA, and the price is right. I've also been burned multiple times with things missing because things...

My county requires a licensed electrician to do all electrical work. While I see this as being a way to try and prevent clueless homeowners from doing things themselves, I think think this requirement is a horrible idea. If a homeowner was actually going to pull the permit and try to do a...