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Hey everyone! After 3 years of lurking, I’m finally deciding to take the plunge and start my own “garage journal”. What I’m hoping from doing so is, aside from sharing my experiences with you, that this will help motivate me to actually progress further (and quicker!) than what’s currently...

We bought the warranty on our kitchen appliances years ago and haven't used it, so now that it's expired, I have a coupon for $250...but of course you have to spend $500 to get $250 off (classic!) So what do I buy? I really need a new compressor, in the 20+gal range, but I've heard wavering...

Quick question - In general, how far away from the walls should I run my first parallel row of lights? 4 foot T8's. 9' ceilings. White ceiling & walls. I've read 24-36" before on here (I think) but I can't seem to find where I read that. Wanting to obviously get the most light dispersion I can...

I had a Reznor 45,000 BTU gas fired heater installed in the garage last November. The walls and ceiling were all still open at that time so I only ran the thing a few times while working before the weather got too cold and running it at all was futile. So it sat for 11 months. Fast forward to...

Guys I've been thinking lately about what I'm going to do for attic access in the garage. I've already framed a 22"x54" opening in blind anticipation of an attic ladder (I'm at the pre-drywall stage)...... BUT then I go on Home Depot's website and see that an insulated Fakro ladder is freaking...

Hey all, We're (finally!) grading/landscaping/sodding our property after 3 years of dirt, but I'm concerned about snow melt getting into my garage, so I'm looking for options on what to do. Here's the situation: Our 24x24 detached garage is at the back of our 125'x40' property (alley access)...

Fun Fun. Getting our concrete walkways formed up, and the guy plunges a metal spike straight through the 1" gas line feeding my garage heater. Any gas guys know what kind of fix I'm looking at? It's 1" poly line. Tracer wire is still in tact. Can it be cut and splice in a new section with...

I'm nearing the insulation stage of finishing my garage, and I'm already planning to insulate my 2x4 walls 16" OC with Roxul insulation. (Location Saskatchewan, Canada) What I'm wondering is if I should bother continuing with the Roxul in the ceiling, or if I should use pink batts or...

My 24x24 detached has a cottage style hip roof. As you can see there is a triple 2x14 (i believe) LVL beam spanning the 24' width of the space. 2x6 joists 24" OC spanning just under 12' from wall to beam hangars. I want to create a small cold attic storage area to hold the obvious seasonal...

Hey, I'm at the last stage of my electrical rough in, which is running power/switches for my lights. The attached (very quickly drawn) sketchup is what I'm thinking. - 10 x 4' two-bulb T8 (dedicated circuit) - 1 x 4' two bulb T8 hanging (outlet on separate circuit) - Three feet off side walls...

I'm having my heater hung this Friday so I need to prepare by throwing up some vapour and a half sheet of drywall in the corner. I have a hip roof with a relatively low pitch, making space in the corners preeetty tight. I got to thinking that I should probably insulate and do whatever else in...

QUICK micro detail question... When stacking switch boxes vertically, is there an "industry standard" for the spacing between them? Or just whatever gives enough room for the wires to go in and out? I've got 2 three gang switch boxes both controlling lights.

I started a thread a year ago (almost to the date) about moving my panel. I still haven't done it. (gah) (Moving panel within the garage) Anyway, I'm getting to rewiring the garage finally, so I'll be moving my panel. My subpanel is only 4 slots (30A, 10-3 240v NMWU feeder), and my proposed...

I'm getting quotes to run a natural gas line roughly 45 ft from my meter to my 24x24 detached garage. My garage is not yet insulated or finished, and I do not have a heating unit yet, but we want to finish our yard so the line has to go down now. What do I need to know? What questions should I...

I have 30 amps (10-3) feeding my detached garage. I WISH I would have gone bigger when the garage was built but... I didn't know much of anything at the time (PRE-garage journal days) so c'est la vie. What I want to know is, what are my limits? Will I be able to run a gas unit heater, tv...

I downloaded Sketchup a few months back and spent a total of about 30 minutes trying to figure it out on my own. Bad idea. I couldn't get straight lines or build walls or even navigate around correctly. I eventually gave up and decided to leave it for another day when I had some patience. So...

I want to see all the threads that I've posted in. Is there a link to show me this? Like "Show new posts in threads you've posted in" type thing. I know this exists in SMF forum, but I don' tknow much about vBulletin. Thanks!

Had some friends over this summer, partying it up in the garage, playing flippy cup, acting like we're still young... and some potato chips got left on the garage floor. When cleaning up, I noticed the chip grease had transferred it self to the concrete. This made adult me sad. My self...

Hey there, When my garage was built, they ran the service wire to a non-ideal location in the garage, so now the panel takes up prime wall real estate! (see my beautiful MSPaint drawing) My work bench will be right in front of the windo so I wanted to use the wall space on either side as tool...

First off - I am verrry green when it comes to electrical. So I have been reading and reading, talking to people, etc in hopes to start the learning process. I'm hoping to learn enough to be able to wire in some extra outlets/switches/lights in my garage before finishing it. Anyway, when my...