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My thoughts exactly. Assuming your shop is used for more than just drinking beer and watching football, a textured wall will collect lots of dirt!

Couple of pics... Nothing fancy, just your basic gray. The close up is at the service door entry where I added a few more chips for extra anti-slip. The coating would have looked better if I ground the floor down some. The concrete guys were pretty inconsistent with their hand troweling...

When I was a kid, dad reached into the 50lb dog food bag and felt something fuzzy. Immediate thought was the cat, but the cat is purring at his feet. After a near heartattack, he jumps back and knocks the bag over. Out comes a possum. German Shep happened to be near by, and made short work...

Wow, I am beat! I have a great appreciation for guys that install floor coatings for approx $2 per ft, including material & labor! After finishing 1280 ft, I would be lucky to have cleared min wage. Also, thank you to everyone that contributes to this site, very useful information and...

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I would think by leaving the heat on, and vent covers off, they should find their way out quickley if left alone. If you are present while trying to get them out, you will be taking them out in pieces...

Great info! Just talked to a local rep today (they are based in Mpls), and looks like I will be stopping by Menards tonight to pickup their gray kit. I have radiant heat, and the rep said it can be applied down around 40 degree air temp, so I should be in good shape for a thanksgiving...

I was talking with a local rep today from Rock Solid Garage Coat, and like the sounds of their single coat poly material. Supposed to be durable, and work well in cool weather applications. Anyone have good or bad experience with poly? by the way, found a helpful thread here...

Hello All, With the forecast in the 40-50 range over thanksgiving, I was thinking of a possible "sealing" application on my floor that was poured in June. I realize this is too cold for most products, but I have radiant heat and can keep my concrete temp relatively warm. Can a person get by...

Yep, 2LB of NG off my meter at my house. Ran 1/2" poly about 150ft to my garage to run my water heater.

just fired mine up for the first time on Sunday, tis the season! My floor temp sensor ended up in the area were the 5 circuits enter the concrete. Probably not an ideal location, but was more out of convenience. Even at that location, my floor was reading 63, and my air temp was reading 63...

Thanks for the replies. Contractor guy at Menards also mentioned that fiberglass settles less, and requires about 1/2 as many bags as cellulose to reach an R38 value. My garage has a hip roof with gable, so does not work well for storage anyway (that part kind of stinks), which means I should...

Going to blow insulation for the 1300ft garage ceiling... I have worked with cellulose in the past, but not fiberglass. Any thoughts from guys that have used both? Thanks!

Got the Type B vent through my roof for my water heater, but not exactly sure about the height above the roof line. It looks like the 3-2-10 rule does not apply for Type B Vent. The chimney exists near the bottom of roof line on a 6-12 pitch detached garage. According to one chart I read, it...

seems that the majority of rust repairs last about as long as it takes to make the repair, especially if you keep driving in the salt... As mentioned earlier, I would make sure items like brake lines are kept in check, drive the thing until you can upgrade the car, or the wheels fall off...

Thanks for the comments. I forgot to mention that this is a detached garage. Ready for the rough electrical inspection this week.... Yay!

Will soon be time to put sheeting on the ceiling & walls, and another decision to be made.... I plan on putting sheetrock on the ceilings, but am undecided on the 9ft walls. I am sure much of the decision is personal preference, but wanted to pull in a few opinions here. The shop is approx...

PL300 is made for foam board.

Re: Floresent lights Been reading a few of the lighting discussions, and have decided to go with the 8ft T8 fixtures (4ft x 2) for my 34 x 38 garage. I plan to run 3 rows of 3-8ft fixtures, spaced length-wise to span the white/sheetrock ceiling. Question, I will have one row down the center...

Garage is about done with the 100amp service install, now getting ready to run the lines into the house. May be a little fun as there is not much room to work above the panel where the service lines come in. My 200amp house panel is plenty busy with lines! Question... I am running three lines...