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Thanks everyone for your responses and thank you @sparky 1971 for the detailed explanations. Dang... when my house was built it was a higher end custom home. The GC and his framing crew were really good but I wasn't as happy with many of his subs and particularly not with the plumber and...

Over the last few months I have had a number of toggle light switches fail. The failures were indicated by complete failure to turn on, humming, and less than positive responses to the switch being flipped. I had the house built in 1996 so I know the entire story of the building process through...

Umm.... are you saying there is shared air between the house and garage? If so, it is likely not legit and could represent both a fire and health issue. If you want to add hvac to the workshop then it might be a good time to isolate the house from the garage and put in enough hvac to address...

If you aren't familiar with looking for damage definetly have a contractor there. Additionally, having the contractor act as the middle man keeps you out of any potential issues of you dealing with the adjuster. I called for a claim in 1998 and the adjuster barely stepped out of his car before...

I'm surprised that @gygeneral was the first to ask how you want to use the space as usage would likely factor in greatly to your decision. For example, parking only vs. hobby space vs. doing mechanical stuff with lifts etc... All would have an impact on what you would need which might...

Check out this thread for ideas on 4-posts. There are also more pictures of that type of lighting including the one I did with references to where I got the parts. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/4-post-lift-what-would-you-change.317082/

That looks to me to be a lot like stringing wire across the top of a joist which is what I did when wiring my shop and the inspector was happy with it; of course this was 6 years ago following the requirements my municipality required. I'd send a quick question to your inspector as they will...

I also have an Advantage lift and find the rolling jack tray to be very useful. At the very least it is an additional drip try but it is very useful as a place to set tools when underneath as well as when using it to jack or lift something up that is under the car. BTW: It can be convenient to...

I second @like2wheel comments. For aesthetic reasons I like the look of the 2 9x9 doors. Whether it be for climate control or limiting snoopy passersby I also like the ability to limit how much of the shop I expose to the world when the door(s) are open. I have 8x9 doors on the drive in garage...

I woke up this morning thinking about this thread and my old 1926 house that had a switch that didn't seem to power anything. Then I remembered this morning that the original gas fireplace was decommissioned before I bought the house and I started to wonder if perhaps the switch to nothing may...

8' and 13' steel topped stationary benches next to two walls 4'x6' rolling work bench with steel and wood top 2'x3' rolling work surface with steel top Motorcycle lift that is mostly used as an adjustable bench 10' miter saw bench that I recently trimmed to make sure it stays a miter bench and...

I second @rayra suggestion of steel roof panels. It is much cheaper and can go up pretty quickly, especially if you can order them cut to size like you can at Menards. I put steel roofing on the underside of my deck last year by first ripping 2x material into a long wedge and then attaching it...

I wired the **** out of my house when it was built in 1996. Coax, cat5, phone, sound, ... Everything wired as a star network back to punch downs and distribution blocks. Of that, the sound is currently the most useful. I do use the cat5 and with some tricks am able to get it to do 1Gb even...

ARGH!!!!! I HAVE TO RANT!!!! For whomever needs to buy equipment I suggest NEVER buying from www.toolots.com (see link in post #31 of this thread) and if you do be sure to read ALL of the fine print about their shipping and warranty policies. No... scratch that, they don't abide by their...

I submitted a request to Andersen windows for a quote and got a callback that showed caller id of "Renewal Andersen". Given my previous experience with Renewal I went off on the caller who quickly tried to address the confusion between Renewal by Andersen and Andersen Windows. The caller was...

If you contact HF they will give you a list of parts you can order to rebuild your pump. Unfortunately many of the parts are special order and could take months to get. I didn't pursue that far enough to learn costs but I'm suspecting it may not be worth the wait. This morning I got a...

@BukitCase thanks again for all the help. I like the directional version as I believe it should give me as much speed as possible going up while giving me control coming down. Valve is now on order.

Update: This effort remains an education in fittings, threads, and planning. I acquired a M24x1.5 Male to 3/4" NPTF Female only to discover that when I put it on the jack the 3/4" fitting was so large that it made it impossible to screw in something to block off the release. I then ordered a...

Renewal by Anderson windows are not Anderson windows and in my opinion are of much lesser quality. My personal experience with Renewal by Anderson is that I for some reason thought they were selling windows of the Anderson window fame quality. I had the sales pitch and assurances that the...

@BukitCase thanks for all the info; I think I might be close to getting it. Also, for clarification, I'm not trying to create a hose, just trying to connect the hose from the new pump to the existing jack. For reference, here is a photo of the pump and hose I'm working with. The hose has a...