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I have had several issues with GFIC and now GFIC/AFIC. In my old garage my welder which was on a non GFIC sub panel would trip a GFIC circuit breaker on my main panel. This would only happen if I stuck the tungsten or messed up in some other way welding etc. But since I **** at welding it is a...

Hello, I have a question about etching my garage floor. It is new concrete cured about 9 months. I am using the Armor Poxy Armorultra 3-Layer Low VOC system. The directions for etching say power wash then apply a 4-1 solution of the provided etching solution. I did all that, used a mop to apply...

I inadvertently purchased L15-30 twist lock receptacles for my lift. It turned out, these receptacles are for 3 phase and I need a single phase version, I believe L14-30r. In any case I noticed my 3 phase receptacles have a blue circle in the center like the first picture but with 4 prongs...

My main panel appears to have no available lug to connect a neutral for a sub panel. My sub panel appears to have two ground bars each with its own lug. It looks like the ground lugs from the sub panel will fit on the neutral bar of the main panel. Since I wont need two ground bars on the sub...

I recently had a hydrant installed near my shop. I ran ~200 ft of 1" poly well pipe to the hydrant, with a T to the shop. The hydrant and T fittings were installed by the guys that did my trenching. The end at the house was left nu-connected for me to connect later. If I recall when the guys...

I'm having a issue understanding the maximum size CB I can put in my Siemens main panel to feed a sub panel. The notes are presented below. The right hand side show's the maximum breaker size is 100A. But the note bellow the table states QPH and HQP type breakers are limited to 100 amps if...

My metal building came with 6" insulation for the roof and 4" insulation for the sides. These were rated at R19 and R13. It was a real PIA to handle and install this stuff. See first picture But I recently decided to insulate the partition wall as one side may not be heated. I found this stuff...

I'm putting 200 amp service off to my garage. Since it is being feed off the house 320amp meter it just requires an LB at the garage. I'm using 2.5" PVC conduit so I need a 2.5" LB at the garage. I found there are 2 different types of LB's, LB and SLB. Do I assume I have to use the SLB since it...

I would like to "T" off my out door hydrant and run water to my building. Since the building is not heated, I would like to be able to shut the water off outside and have the water in the building drain back into the ground just like my hydrant does in the winter. I would like the water in the...

Hello I have a metal building with 8" thick "C" channel opening. Opening dimensions are 39" x 82.5". Trying to find an off the shelf 36" man door for this garage. I need both an exterior and interior doors. The bottom foot of the door opening at 1' of concrete stem wall. I'm trying to find a...

OK so now my roof is done. But I did get a couple of crooked screws that elongated the holes and one screw where the head broke off. So far I have just cover the effected areas with calk. But I have 2 questions. How can I tell if my roof is leaking when I have 6" of insulation and vapor barrier...

I just had a full floating slab poured for my new 39' x 30' garage. The garage has a partition wall with grade beam. Unfortunately the contractor did not pour the frost walls or slab according to plan and consequently I have problems that I'm looking to fix. The original plan was to have the...

I have done this before and it was very difficult especially the roof. Now 10 years later at age 66, I am building a steel building and tomorrow I will start insulating the roof. The building is steel with steel purlins and essentially a non walk-able 4 pitch PBR roof on top of 6" insulation. It...

In the last garage I built in NC, I ran 4 circuits through 2 conduits, all converging at a box's where I could take out either a 240V circuit or 120V circuit or both. The NC configuration used two 240V 20A circuits and two 120V 20A circuits using 10GA wire as required by de rating. I am about...

I'm planning on building a Garage about 200' from my house. And no wheres near a septic system. In any case the concrete contractor recommended I at least put in a toilet flange before pouring. Sounds like a good idea but with toilet, I might as well put in sink plumbing. And of course for both...

I'm designing a foundation for my new 39 x 30 garage. My foundation design is based on a previous foundation design that I used to build a similar building in NC. Big difference between the new foundation and the one in NC is the one in NC was a monolithic foundation where as this one in CT...

I'm interested in a product called Crete-Heat insulation, see the link. It looks to be pretty good. But I'm trying to figure out a way of suspending rebar over it. Looks like standard chairs will just fall over. I have seen very few pictures where people are just placing the rebar on top of the...

I have done a search and see many threads that discuss using the GE THQP in place of the THQL to save space. However I am confused, My breaker box does not list the THQP as acceptable. It only shows the THQL and some others. Furthermore for the top 4 places (the ones that I would like to change)...

Hello I just moved back to CT. I gave up a nice 30' x 48' outbuilding in NC and now need to build an extension to an existing building with a 2 car garage to add an additional 3rd bay with 13' high ceilings. Since I will now be using my basement as a shop area it would be real nice to make a...

Hello all. I am considering an Asymetric lift for my new garage. Since this garage is limited in depth of 24', I would like to place the lift as far back as possible but still be able to close the garage door with my F150 on the lift. My problem is I never used an asymmetrical lift and have no...