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Remember, no one ever wishes they had built a smaller garage. 40' will let you go two vehicles deep or accommodate a good-sized 5th wheel or motor home.

You could do a lot of nice stuff to that truck for the cost of the epoxy!

Wow, Drives. I just read over your last couple of weeks. Like the others, my heart goes out to you and the misses. Hang in there my friend.

I'm happy with the lights. Pretty even lighting throughout. I have plenty of them though with 5 rows of 4 in the 24 x 40 area.

Subscribed. It is fascinating watching those guys work. One thing I've learned during this process is to be flexible and patient. Next up girts!

On the front side of the mezzanine in the mancave area, I wanted something other than the osb. These are fir 5/8 fence boards with a little stain on them. - about the cheapest thing I could find and actually less than the osb!

My brother-in-laws Chevy truck. Back side of the mezzanine.

Right now there is just a thin batt insulation with vinyl facing ib the ceiling. It's mostly there to prevent condensation from forming on the ceiling. I have been trying to decide if I'm going to add more. I figure I could reduce energy losses by about 20%. But it would cost me about $2K...

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I'm really interested in this discussion. I have in-slab radiant but have a mancave in a loft. I have considered adding a modine in the loft area to make it a little warmer on occasion. What is not clear to me is how much heat I can really get from the modine with the same temp water (100...

Specifically, see post #15 of this thread. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/light-fixture-layout-collections.289441/ You essentially want to do half of the layouts shown.

Often what you read is not specific to your situation. @wyliesdiesels made this easy for us. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/electrical-faqs.356460/

Thanks, folks. It's a hard-wired, indoor, lights-only circuit in my detached garage. I had the extra AFCI so went ahead and used it. They are square D homeline type. Overall, I haven't had any issues with the breakers, but swapping this one for a simple 15amp breaker would be pretty easy...

I'm using AFci/GFci breakers for the lights and outlets in my shop. (So far, I have had no problems) A couple of weeks ago, I flipped the switch on for my loft lights and the breaker tripped. I reset the breaker, hit the switch again, and it tripped again. Then I left the switch on (got tired...

The side posts are 8" deep. I framed the space in between the posts with 2x6, so the posts stand 2" proud of the wall face. The corner posts are only 6x6, so you can see that they are not exposed. The coloring is actually from the industrial treatment process. There is nothing "natural" left...

I still have a lot more t do, but I promised the wife a garage for xmas, so spent most of the weekend moving stuff into the garage.

Finished framing out the windows. Not fancy, but functional.

Looks great! Good to see you're making some progress.

I would just evenly space them ( on your 40' dimension lights at 5', 15', 25' and 35') I think you'll have plenty of light and minimal shadow. But, you can always add some task lighting.

I have some time off between Christmas and New Year. Made some progress on the OSB. I know wall covering is a hot button on the forum :rolleyes: But this is reclaimed OSB. Can't beat the price.