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My situation is that I have a very well insulated 32x48 shop, scissor trussed with 12' sidewalls. Here in Michigan in the winter it holds heat well enough that it never gets below freezing even without running the furnace for weeks at a time. In the summer it's just opposite, it could be 90f...

I did some searching but I get a pretty good mix of whether what I want to do is doable. When I built my barn I planned ahead for a two post lift install and put a junction box on the ceiling with 10/3 wire ran to it. I've now installed the lift and I'm really regretting not running a second...

I have a Weaver 10k W-pro10 lift that I recently installed. The lift works great but after reading some horror stories of the included flat pads slipping out from under undercoated truck frames I decided I better order the frame cradles. Bad part now is that Weaver is out of stock of the...

My aunt was pulling some items out of my grandfathers old shop and asked me if I know what this was. She was going to toss it into the trash but my curiosity got the best of me. The only markings are what are pictured on the decal and a little googling of the PN brings up some PDF's but the...

Well yesterday had a little water issue in my barn now I'm looking at ideas for limiting pressure. For my barn water supply I have a run of ~250' 1" black poly pipe from my house to my barn, at the house is a back flow preventer. The pipe runs up into the wall of the barn and T's into pex...

Been looking for a used 60 gallon compressor of descent quality without breaking the bank and come across this one on Craigslist. It appears to be a two stage and the ad says it is a single phase and has a Baldor motor. I was hoping to stay away from some of the newer IR problems that seem to...

So I bought my house a couple years ago which was built in 05. The original owner when the house was build put 8 stereo speakers in four different areas so the living room, kitchen, hallway and master bedroom each have two ceiling speakers. The speakers were never wired to a receiver so now...

So over the summer while running utilities out to the my new barn I also included in that 2 Cat 6e wires to be used for internet and whatever else. Now that I am in the process of running wire in the garage and would like to set up some ethernet ports around my work area for internet use. The...

Looking for opinions on the best options for hot water in my new pole building. The heater will only be used to heat water to a deep basin wash sink and possibly hose off a vehicle for washing. My water line gets blown out in the winter so this would only be used in the summer and have to be...

I've read more on this forum than I care to admit but like so many others I am looking for opinions on BTU size for a hanging furnace in my newly built barn. I already have talked to 3 different contractors and used just about every BTU calc I could find but the numbers are all over the place...

Just finished a 32x48x12 pole building and am doing to wiring now. My initial plan was too put can lights in the eves above the overhead doors, entry door and windows. I then come across these exterior barn lights from Menards, fairly cheap and I thought they would look good centered above all...

I have come into posession of this very old bell that was once mounted on my Grand Parents farm long ago. Little history- When my dad was a kid my grandmother would ring the bell and all the kids would come running up from playing in the woods for dinner or whatever. Well my grandfather died...

I have a 250' foot run to my newly built garage and I'm in the process of running all the necessities out there, gas, electric, Cat6 and RG11. To give myself the best signal I would like to tie into the cable box on the side of my house were the feed comes in. Does anyone see any problems with...

I just finshed builded my 32x48x12 pole building and now I'm taking care of getting all the outside stuff done before winter. I have a metal roof and one of the things I want to do is get some snow blocks up so the snow doesn't slide down causing big piles in front of the overhead doors or tear...

Anyone know anything about Northstar air compressors, I found this 80gallon 5hp unit below on Craigslist for a pretty good price. I know its no Quincy but for my shop it would only get used occasionally with some grinders, impacts and basic air tools. How do I tell if the pump is decent and...

Was just hoping you guys could look over my plans to run service to my new pole building that is approx 200ft from my house. Plan is to put a 100A sub panel in the new garage and feed it with #4 copper THHN wire buried in conduit. Power will be supplied from a 90A breaker inside my homes...

Well lets just say I've read some many threads on sealing concrete that my head is spinning.:willy_nil and I'm still not sure if I need a densifier, a sealer, or a densifier/sealer in one. I'm building my garage right now and the concrete should be placed later this week. I'm looking to keep...

I'm having a 32x48x12 pole building put up this summer and all plans are set except for how I want the concrete done. Plans are to have the floor of the barn 4" thick with two pads 8" thick for a future lift. Outside there will then be a 30x24 4" thick approach to the overhead doors as well as...

Did a search but couldn't find much. After my barn is built this summer I'm going to run utilities to it from the house which is approx 150' away. This will require some trenching with my problem being that I have an in ground sprinkler system around the house which reaches almost half way to...

I am building a 32x48 pole building with two overhead doors and plan on putting a lift in one of them. Anyways I was giving my builder the specs for the barn I am having built and he asked about were I wanted my floor drain in relation to my lift area? I would like to know the best way to...