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Hey fellas I need a bit of help here &I know alot of guy's expecially real electricians are against guy's doing stuff like this but I think I can pull it off with a little help. So please don't jump on me too bad. So we used to have this outlet I want to say for a welder or for the car lift...

so in my home shop its run off of its own a small fuse box, I wired the shop myself including hardwiring my compressor I am hooking up my old stove to do some powder coating IN,how should I go about doing this I also have a plug should I just go and wire that up to plug the maLe end into? I...

Ok so I know tyvek can lock moisture in if used inside & cause mold etc.Well in my shop there is metal behind that felt then osb &on the inside there is the thick foam board the foam is held in place by 1xs screwed into the osb.Is it safe to hang the tyvek on the inside to those 1xs as there...

Ok so guesing maybe this is common,but I have a monoslope/ shed roof on my shop when the panels were cut they were suppose to be 38 ft to avoid anything like this but they cut 36 & they were closed the day the guys but em on so we went to opera got some panels set the short 2 ft or so panels...

Just need some advice I do paint & bodywork from home in a 24 x 36 monoslope shop.It use to have a gable roof with trusses but that's a whole Nother story so now its like this..hell I still haven't put the corner pieces on but roof is all new lumber even cedar over the rafters,osb all...

This has nothing to do with my garage but I've been doing some remodeling in my home which my grandfather built some 30 years ago. He didn't sub nothing out did the electrical,plumbing,framing,roofing etc etc with him&my old man.Well in the middle of doing this we bought a new dryer which sits...

ok so I have a 24x36 monoslope shop low ceiling starts@7ft runs to 12ft. have the 4 ft shop lights which really aren't brite...but I do buy the cheapest bulbs Lowes sells is there a brighter bulbs I should invest in?I have a box of the porch light type fixtures you know just round and hold the...

So we went&put rustleoum epoxy kits that they sell @ Lowes it appeared to come out well @ first..wasnt a lot of gloss to it but on about the 5th day..(today) I went down there&it had peeled up in about 4 HUGE. spots .I think that it had something to do with moisture as it was warm when we...

Hello all,I have a 12x20 pad that has a crack that runs the whole 12 ft length.I know most people will say tear it out but Im not gonna do that right now.I have 3 of these pads that used to have machine sheds on them&Im gonna build some new ones.About 6 years ago one had the same crack...

Hey fellas I was getting ready to sheet my walls with Paneling or t111 but my buddy has a lead on 4x6,4x8 or 4x10 1/2 in sheet rock with vinyl for only 2.50 so I can save a ton of cash&buy extras incase of damage in the future.what I'm worried about it my building has a mono slope / shed roof.So...

Here's a few pix of my shop..as you see the old one had more head space.It had 12 ft side walls&in the middle I belived ran up to 18 ft.We had a lift,gantry crane in there etc so more than enough head room.Well the roof fell in&@the time I was living out of state&couldn't let all of the...

So I have fluorescent lights in my shop& I for the most part I hate em.So I'm buying a bunch of those silver brooder clamp lights&I'm gonna use those.I have a bunch of the portable halogen work lights.I was thinking about putting one in each corner about 10 inches or so below the ceiling...

Ok so I'm thinking about hanging some paneling in my shop.Right now my set up is exposed 1&1/2 white foam board insulation.The way its hung are 1x1's where all of the foamboards meet & in the middles etc screwed to the osb.It keeps my 24x36 ft shop nice&warm.It actually dosnt look thst bad but...

Am I the only one on here with one . If you don't know what a shed roof pole barn is..its not like what your thinking.Its basically what you would see on a open face machine shed..the roof is slanted like a lean too..My shop used to have a Huge gable roof that had 12 ft side walls then the...

ok so I can get this for about 400 bucks..I've been in steel quonset huts but I know nada about these I have no idea what type of material this is.I'm trying to get more info from the current owner.Does anybody have an idea?Im wondering how long it will last also if it'll be possible to put...

So I've been working from my 24x36 ft shop&business has been picking up&I need more space,I'm about to add a addition&when I do in the new floor I want to make a concrete ramp going down to almost like a grease pit to store some motorcycles&I'll cover it with steel grating when not used...

I need help&advice..ok help part 1st I have a reddyheater model 110btu it can get my shop up in the 80s when its in the 20s outside.Well today I started it&didn't wanna run tool it apart&a mouse nest was in there cleaned it up out it back together ran good for a minute then caught fire there was...

now don't shoot me this is just something I was wondering we plan on doing a epoxy floor next summer but I have a separated room just to work on bikes&I have a bunch of bc/cc also ss I'm just wondering if I shoot the floor how long do you think it will last?In one of my grandpas motorcycle shops...

Hey fellas I posted awhile back about insulating my shop with foam board its 24x36 with a shed style/lean too type roof.Its framed &sheeted with osb than felt then tin what I'm trying to see is if I made a bad decision on the foam board.Its 1&1/2 in Styrofoam but not like the Dow sheets its like...

I need help hardwiring my air compressor its s puma 60 gallon Ill add a picture of the wiring diagram,Im not a fan of doing anything electrical so any advice before I start?The only thing Ive done before has been outlets Im about to run&pick up some wire.Should I use seperate wires or like the...