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After installing 20 of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TIGX0WW/?tag=atomicindus08-20 I figured out they buzz my FM radio badly. It is radio frequency interference, and happens even with a battery operated radio. It is really pretty bad. Otherwise the lamps were great. Feit has come...

Sold and Gone. 20 BRIGHT recessed LED Lamps, really cheap! Sold and gone. Pick up ONLY. NO SHIPPING! Twenty (20) Feit LEDR56HO/850 120W Equivalent 5 & 6-Inch Daylight lamps! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TIGX0WW/?tag=atomicindus08-20 1300 lumens each, wide beam, daylight color! E26 bulb socket...

We just finished building our garage. Probably the most interesting feature is the attic stairway. Most people with attics have used those weak and narrow pull down folding or telescoping stairways. They are narrow and steep and not very strong. I wanted to be able to easily use the attic...

LED can lights More on this later. Wanted to delete this post because it isn't relevant anymore.

I'm always seeing great finds other people discover here on the GJ. And as my new garage reaches completion, I need some cabinets and on a lark I searched craigslist... and I found something! Just picked these up from the seller this morning. Apparently his father had them in his business...

I want to install a powered ceiling vent/fan to exhaust excess heat from a car parked in the garage or fumes, etc. But... I also don't want an open hole through the ceiling where I will lose all the heat or cooling when the fan isn't running. I figured someone else must have solved this well...

Just installing my gate motor this weekend. It will be hard wired to the same circuit that my overhead garage door opener plugs into. The gate motor is outside (in the elements), and is wired through conduit buried in the concrete from the garage. I could put a GFCI breaker in the panel to...

Just poured the new driveway today. And we sprayed the top with Topcast Surface Retarder, which etches the surface a little to get the look we want. We pressure wash the Topcast off tomorrow am We did the front driveway this way and it came out fine. However, I'm wondering if there would be...

My house has a 200A panel. I have two separate garages that are both separate buildings from the main house. One of these buildings is new and the electrician just put in the panel, hence the questions: The main panel at the house has a 100A 240V (2 pole) breakers for each garage. There is...

I'm looking for wall cabinets that are at least 18" deep, I'd actually like 24". Anyone know a source for these? More information: I like to mount the cabinets high on the wall so there is room to park motorcycles under then and room to swing open car doors, etc. And a lot of my stuff is bulky...

Looks like great stuff to make a smooth level concrete floor. Anyone use this stuff? http://www.ardexamericas.com/en-us/Products/engconrep/Pages/K301.aspx

OK, so the electrical is in. 20 can lights in the ceiling. My trusses have 6" bottom cord/joist with an attic space above. The roof has radiant barrier OSB. Then the attic space below that. There will be a 3/4" plywood floor in the attic, and below that the 6" gab for the bottom truss...

So my new 25' x 21' concrete foundation is in. Overall, it is fairly level, as I requested. However, there are areas that are not very flat. I know this is a manually done floor, so it won't be perfect, but how flat should I expect? I put a 6' straight edge down and there are some areas that...

So apparently if you build your garage within 5' of the property line, in the California building code section there is a table in section R302 that says you need a firewall as follows: "1 hour-tested in accordance with ASTM E 119 or UL 263 with exposure from both sides" I had hoped to make...

Here in San Diego my dirt has a lot of clay, almost a solid layer under the topsoil. I hear this is called "expansive soil". The inspector advised wetting the ground so it was moist before the concrete pour. Obviously there is a plastic membrane under the slab so wetting that would be useless...

My lot isn't level so we are using a slab with footings and a 10" curb around the perimeter. On the South side (where the car door is) and on the East side the slab floor is above ground level. But on the North Side and the West side the ground rises and so slab floor is below the outside ground...

I am putting in attic trusses and was thinking about what to use for the attic floor. The contractor has recommended 3/4" OSB. I was thinking maybe I should change that to plywood, or perhaps even actual boards. I do want to be able to put "heavier" stuff up there. Maybe not an engine, but...

I first saw one of these about 6 months ago, one of my contractors brought it to a job at my house. The contractor's guys were really sloppy and scattered nails everywhere. They used this thing to pick up. I found it for sale at the local roofing supply company. The "Nail Hound" is a giant...

Well, I thought I could make it flatter than this... but it looks like concrete leading to the garage might be inclined at 2" in 12" (9.5 degrees), and then the garage floor is level. Does that sound too steep? Am I going to have trouble with low cars? C

I live in an old home in San Diego. We called dig alert before starting the garage project and I met the guy who came today. To my surprise, the gas company runs one line onto my property and then it splits to serve both my and my neighbor's meters. Even more interesting I think he said it is a...