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I have a Bendpak for over two years which gets almost daily use. It's been great. I overruled myself and had someone install it which was probably the best decision. If installed correctly, you don't have some of the issues I have read here. I accidentally broke one of the airlines and plastic...

I find the dehumidifier makes a big difference.By bringing down the humidity from the high 80s -90s to 35% makes a big difference in comfort level.I will look at my dehumidifier and it will say 82 degrees and 35% humidity but feels more like 72 degrees. I try to limit leaving the garage door...

I find the dehumidifier makes a big difference.By bringing down the humidity from the high 80s -90s to 35% makes a big difference in comfort level.I will look at my dehumidifier and it will say 82 degrees and 35% humidity but feels more like 72 degrees. I try to limit leaving the garage door...

All fixed. It turned out to be a bad Square D Q0 breaker. Not sure why Q0 is twice the price of homeline. But $16 is a lot cheaper than calling the electrician so not complaining.

Checked it out and only one side is hot. Either I have part of the breaker not working or a wire loose. So tomorrow heading to HD for a new breaker as I suspect since this happened after I switched the breaker on and off. Thanks everyone for the tips today.

That's my thinking is that it is a bad breaker. Only thing I did differently to cause this is turn all the circuits breakers off than on. Just to make sure it was not the dryer, I tried to reach my dryer plug to my 240v outlet in the garage used for my Bendpak lift. Unfortunately, I need three...

Dryer is dedicated and the circuit breakers are square D. Fuse box is 22 years old

The 240v dryer outlet has worked fine for years. What prompted all this trouble was no power to a 120v outlet in garage. It turned out that the garage outlet was connected to a line that had a GFCI in an outlet in a spare bathroom (rarely used) at the opposite end of the house. At one point, I...

That's what i intend to do is test each leg against the ground. I don't have my simple tester with me, so not sure what it is rated for 120 or both 120 and 240

Mike, When you say it won't hurt anything, I hope that includes me! I will test one flat angled blade to the center ground to check for 120v and do the same for the other angled blade to the ground. At work now, so will check this evening. Thanks again.

Need to check if my electric clothes dryer is getting power. I have a two wire circuit tester that I use for 120v to check for power. Can I use this for a 240v line and more importantly, which two contacts. It is a threw prong outlet.

I still use mine. I was lucky. I ordered one from a home show and they sent me a blender (with the metal not glass canister). Great mixer for drinks. When I called and told them they sent me the wrong product, they told me I could keep the blender. This was around 1978. The device is very...

First thing I would do is enlarge the garage. I have a 19x19 garage and curse my builder every day. You can't make a smaller two car garage. If you can extend the length to 24 feet you will be well rewarded.

Missed seeing this thread in a while and it was just great to go back through the whole thread tonight. Beautiful build and the attention is in the details.

I'm over in Bethesda and will be interested in your costs for your 24x24 as they should cost me the same here. Fairfax county has some good online help for building codes, etc. I am using them to plan my garage. Unfortunately, Montgomery county is difficult to deal with on codes and don't offer...

With Codes, electrical, setbacks, etc should not be a problem, but sometimes water/sewerage raises eyebrows. They want to make sure you are not building a separate housing unit, apartment, etc. I wanted to add a sink, hose bib, and center drain for washing in winter and they kept questioning me...

I re-read Denwood's comments and he mentioned a surface prep called 'sharkbite" to increase friction. When I googled sharkbite all that came up was plumbing supply. Anybody familiar with a paint product like he mentions?

Nitro shark. Useful info. I guess I am literally back to Square one.

Literally now back to square one!

Glad to hear I am not alone on this issue. So there are three contributing factors: free flow tiles vs regular, smooth epoxied floor and a raised garage floor lip from apron. The EPMD seems like a good inexpensive solution. Since the free flow tiles have less surface area per square foot...