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Unfortunately, my 5hp 80 gallon compressor tank started dripping from a spot on the middle of the bottom side of the tank. It's a late 80s vintage Charge Air Pro by Ingersoll Rand 5hp, 18.7 CFM @ 175psi with relatively low hours. By the way, I do have an automatic drain but this compressor...

Nice setup and nice writeup! I've been thinking about that stuff myself.

Looks great - nice work! What's that I see in garage050.jpg? Real or replica? Just a guess from the taillights - is it a Superformance?

Thanks for the kind words guys! Zelatore, I don't mind at all. We're on Orangevale, so you're right - East. We like it. Our place in Illinois was on 2.5 acres so this does take a little getting used to. I'd originally hoped to find a place with more land and maybe an out building but it...

Right you are - it's 2' lower than the house and the house has 10' ceilings.

Thanks tinbender! I've been working it for longer than I want to admit. I haven't touched it for over a year due to the move but once I get this garage done, I'll get back to it. It's a Factory 5. I've driven it but there's still quite a bit of work to do. Awesome plane in your avatar, BTW...

To enclose the water heaters, it's necessary to provide combustion air. The code calls for an inlet at the bottom and an outlet at the top (I assume to allow for both combustion air and gas leaks). I needed a horizontal duct on the bottom and chose to use a vertical duct on the top. The...

Thanks! This is the only one I already have - I'll take another from the front.

First up: Water heaters "Why do people call it a hot water heater? Hot water doesn't need heating!" - George Carlin. First up in the garage rennovation project: cover these water heaters. Why? First, they're gas so they present a fire/explosion hazard. Gasoline, paint fumes, who knows...

My wife and I moved to the Sacramento, CA area from Illinois last December. When we were searching for a house, one of the (well okay, not so much "the" as "my" :)) criteria was a 3 or 4 car garage. We didn’t want to live in the boonies so a house with a separate shop building was pretty much...

Thanks for the replies guys. Jack, 1Bigdog, Wills.WindowsAndWheels - nice looking floors! A couple things I didn’t mention about my garage: There is an expansion joint around the entire outside of the slab. That will be tough (impossible?) to tile over so I'll have to figure out something...

I was just looking at the Laticrete web site - some good info there. They mention laying tile directly on concrete. There are also a few technical books on their site that I found http://www.laticrete.com/homeowners/technical_design_manuals.aspx but haven't read yet. I noticed that their...

Bob - that's the exact tile I'm looking at except in Ivory Bone and Steel Gray (I plan to do a checkerboard pattern). I am figuring on doing the tile myself. Ditra has me wondering... it'll really add to the cost and I'm not sure if it's necessary. I'm thinking maybe I could put in 1 or 2...

super50, I still haven't decided! :) I did order some porcelain tile samples today though. I think the porcelain floor would be the best for what I want. I guess it really comes down to whether or not I feel like I can get the tile to work on my floor without spending a ton on some sort...

I’ve been trying to decide what to on my garage floor. I used Rustoleum Professional (solvent based) epoxy w/clear coat on my last floor and it was fine. However, it was easy to scratch if anything was dragged on it. I’ve ruled out Race Deck or similar plastic tile so I’m down to epoxy...

That's good to hear. I thought I read that a 50A circuit could only have one device on it but I could be mistaken.

Yeah, sorry - some of those are breaker sizes since I don't know the actual loads yet. The lights I still have to calcualate (haven't decided how many fixtures but I'll be well above the NEC standard for a garage). Also the lift is probably a 2-3 HP motor so it's probably 12-17 amps. Still...

I've read the 2010 California Title 24 electrical sections (based on NEC), as well as relevant parts of the NEC and haven't been able to answer this question for myself. Do multiple 50A welder receptacles have to be all added to the load calculation or can I only add the largest (one 50A in my...

There's all sorts of it out there, most of it 3D these days. If you search the web, you’ll find things from free to $10k. A well known and liked free program is Google Sketchup. (there's a "pro" version that you do have to pay for but the base Sketchup is free). It's a great piece of...

Good info SUPERFORD! I've been looking at exactly the same fixtures. I was trying to figure out what the "quasi HO" was about, too. One thing I did notice that may pertain to you, klkruser - they "HO" fixtures start at -20 (this is on the package). I assume that means the lower cost...