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    Florida garage workspace cooling experiments...

    There's a reason nobody uses swamp coolers in places like Houston or NOLA, and why they work well in western NM and Arizona. Also, my experience with portable AC units is that the are half *** at best. You can either cut a hole in a wall and mount a conventional AC unit through it, ro save up...
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    What to cover the ceiling with?

    Just staple kraft backed batts between the ceiling joists until you can cover it with something like drywall or OSB.
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    What's the latest thing in attic flooring?

    7/16 OSB. Lay in full sheet or cover no less than two joists. About 1 3/4 lbs sq/ft
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    OSB Ceiling - Installation Question

    I got it fairly tight and caulked the seas with a nearly-matching color caulk. No paint.
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    Keeping your garage clean

    Ortho Home Defense and/or fogging under things with Yard Guard. Then once in a while I hookup the longer spray tip and use compressed air to blow the floor debris out the door. That zamboni is the way to go, very nice.
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    Can anyone predict building materials prices?

    The guys I was buying my OSB from in 2011 said that the price on OSB was pretty much determined by what they got billed when the truck showed up. It was as bad as crude pricing, bouncing all over. I paid $7 off a contract for enough to finish the shop, at the end of 6 months it was double.
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    Fan for 8ft ceiling

    I bought a cheap 36" ceiling mount from HD, just screwed it to the ceiling, wired it in and threw the fancy motor cover in the trash. Does a decent job of circulating air from the AC unit.
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    Tool chest for a beginner.

    Same - consider stretching your budget some https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/u-s-general-tool-storage/top-chests.html More space allows better organization. Tools, smaller spare parts, etc in one place. Says the guy with 8 various tool chests. :lol:
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    Deep Cycle Golf Cart Battery Charging

    You've never owned a battery cart then. They eat them for breakfast. And for most cart chargers, if you lose one battery after 2 or so years, it's recommended to replace all at the same time. Ours was a 36V - six 6V batteries, $600 or so a set for the cheap Sams units.
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    Solar Swimming Pool Heat DIY with Hubitat / Webcore Automation

    I'm LOLing because at 80F we'd not even get in the thing. That's "freezing" in Texas.
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    Getting experience

    And buy their book on it, good read.
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    Setting 4x4 fence posts , gravel or concrete ?

    Same fittings here. The bonus also is that if a section needs repair or replace, off it comes. Or if you need to get something pretty good size in the yard. If your fence is over 24" tall, you best be setting things in concrete. As for the power pole references, I'll post a pic of how the...
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    Digging post holes ? What did I hit ?

    If you were on Oak Island...
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    Adding on to 20x30 garage.

    20' deep? For a lift, I'd go 28~30 because it'll be tight work.
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    Dumb question, how to cut baseboard to go around a half pole?

    Looks like the same base mold we use in this house. Kudos, I would have just feathered the ends into the pole and gone on down the wall.
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    Strange electrical problem

    >although why it chose now to fail, after 8 years, I don't know. It was waiting for just the right time to piss you off. "Inanimate objects" my ***. :lol_hitti
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    2 post lift in 24x30

    40', the area where the cars sit is 28' wide. Left post is 25" off the wall (back of post to wall). Door is 16x7.
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    Setting 4x4 fence posts , gravel or concrete ?

    I'd ditch the 4x4s and go with heavy galvanized chain link end posts set in concrete. They will outlast several fences and owners.
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    2 post lift in 24x30

    "Deep" or "Wide"? 24' deep
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    12'x16' Deck build

    I just spent 5 minutes with the Lowes thing - fail. I'll be looking at this one later: https://www.timbertech.com/design/deck-designer/
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