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Looks great! That's a very nice setting, the trees are beautiful.

Let there be light! This is 22 8 foot fixtures and 2 four footers for a total of 92 four foot tubes. I went with 5000K color temperature lights and am very happy with it.

Okay, time for some light. I wanted it nice and bright. I used the "Visual" software listed on the Lithonia Lighting web site resources page. The software is free and works great! I decided I wanted at least a 1,000 lux. Using the software, I worked out exactly how many fixtures I needed...

Here's the 30K BTU LG mini-split I went with. At this point in the project, I was trying to the the wiring finished up but decided to go ahead and finish the HVAC since it was summer and HOT in the garage. :) It works well. There's no insulation in the walls or ceiling and on a 100 degree...

Here's the current main panel (no pun intended :)). It's too full to add the number of circuits I want but fortunately, there's enough space so I can add a 2 pole breaker for the new sub-panel. I cut a hole in the garge interior wall to get access to the back of the existing main panel...

Electrical The garage had a number of existing receptacles at a 42” height but unfortunately, they are all on a single 15A circuit. There was also no 240V power in the garage. Interestingly, my main power panel is on an outside wall of the garage. I’m told this is common practice in...

Pex-AL-Pex looks like great stuff but it sure isn't cheap. The site I found has 100' of 3/4" at $241. A 3/4" tee is $46.

Welcome! I'm in the Sacramento area (Orangevale), just moved here a year ago. There will be an MG in my future - my wife is keen on having one at some point. I need to get my existing project finished first though. It takes some time but it's almost always worth the effort to search this...

Nice find! Oh, let's say that you want to mount an ignition trigger wheel on an engine that was built way before trigger wheels existed (and no adapter or mount exists). Or, maybe you want to put spherical bearings into lower control arms that were never intended for it:

Now, THAT is funny!! I guess he's (somewhat) carefully selecting the polutants that he inhales.

Hello Farres, Welcome to GJ - I'm fairly new here (and in California) myself. I'm right next door do you (Orangevale) - moved here about a year ago. Rob

It also depends on the coating you're using. Some will tolerate moisture, some won't. The manufacturer of your coating will be able to provide more info.

A little clarfication on the vents: Three folks have voiced concern about the vents on the water heaters. First, thanks for sharing your concerns! That's always a good thing. I believe the heater enclosure is properly vented. By "properly" I mean according to both the water heater...

Thanks. Check out post #8 above. I installed a 40 square inch (code and the water heater manufacturer calls for 36 square inches) duct on the bottom, vented to the outside and a 38 square inch vent duct on the top, vented to the attic which has many vents to the outside. Much of my reason for...

Here's the water heater enclosure, almost complete. There are seals on the doors to separate it from the garage. Still to do: wall texture & paint. I'm painting the entire garage white to make it as bright as possible. I'll also make a cover for that water distribution setup (which...

Definitely some nice work in this thread! Here's my 100A panel I just installed - it's not quite finished (I still have a couple circuits left)

70Bird - exactly. I was thinking maybe somebody knew of a good source that might be lower cost or that maybe tanks are frequently repaired and tested by a qualified shop, suggestions on how to fine one, that sort of thing. It appears that anybody willing to repair and test it is going to...

I'm in the Sacramento, CA area - where are you? Thanks Steve - I'm quite a distance from you and I'd also really like an 80 gallon tank. I'm figuring on the new tank at this point.

Thank you all for the ideas and suggestions. You have a point but there. I figured I'd solicit ideas before shelling out the $700. You never know - there seems to be a lot of good ideas and differing views (always a good thing in my book) on this board. I did look at the drain - that's...

The thing is, of it's rusted completely through in one spot, it's likely thin in another... or more likely, many places. I considered welding it but it's not worth the risk to me. Air compressor tanks don't rupture often but it does happen. $700 isn't worth what could happen to me, my wife or...