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How long would you expect the generator to run, and at what time of the year?

I would recommend Type W, but it appears to not come in a small enough gauge for your request.

Your desire is achievable, but the detail it takes to succeed long term without sagging over and dragging is more than I intend to type on an iPad. I would suggest getting a structural steel company involved and possibly an engineer. It can be done with the simple appearance of being a basic...

The gain is dependant on where you're located, which you don't have listed.

It's possible, but with a holesaw. :lol_hitti

I hope that any upgrade here does not go the way it did recently at HVAC-talk. That forum has been crippled for the last two weeks.

I'd be more concerned with the crews being on time, fully staffed, and not hungover the day after Super Bowl.

For my (our) education here, why does the large temperature contrast dictate the need for 12" worth of concrete "sill"? Does the cold joint between the separate pour sea provide a measurable thermal break? One additional question: what is your role? Architect? Concrete contractor? GC?

Well that's good news. Did they remove the ceiling to do the work?

Unless your kids are involved with this lack of heat, it sounds a like a great opportunity for you both to enjoy the separation. Need more info for us to help.

Slowing the fan down will limit the btu transfer and subsequent evaporation or boiling of the liquid refrigerant entering the indoor evaporator coil. Too much reduction will lead to you sending liquid refrigerant back to the compressor outside and causing damage, will lead to icing and freezing...

Agreed. JDunn, you might want to put a light oil on the bearings in your electric meter. That little wheel is going to be spinning a mile a minute when both elements are engaged. :lol_hitti

Don't do that.

A flammable refrigerant is currently being pushed into the US car markers by the EPA as the successor to R134a, which is being phased out. The new stuff is R1234yf, it has an auto-ignition temperature less than 1,000 degreesF, and has FLAMMABLE warnings shown on its packaging...

CDI, as said above, is great.

There are a few things in life in which a man should not explore the cheapest option. Hookers are always at the top of the list. And generators are in the top ten on that list. With both, the quality and cleanliness are determined in the cost.

Mike, I for one am a fan of this idea and will likely do this to my own shed, following a small but painful impalement of my own skull against a roofing nail I had installed just two weeks prior when reroofing my shed which previously had the shingles stapled on for the last 17+ years without...

I would not even touch the idea of poured concrete or CMU walls until I dug a trench, installed a 6" or 8" PVC line draining it to daylight hopefully at the street, and ran the neighbors gutter downspouts right into that new pipe. The 2nd phase would be to put gutters onto my own garage and...

I have done this in three of my facilities now, but they are more of a low mezzanine than a 2nd story in order to stay below the 6' rule for (construction industry) fall protection. It works very well, goes up very quickly, and is extremely cost effective even with paying the racking company's...

While you may have missed the target point of this thread, you certainly posted a very cool, cheap, and functional project. :beer: