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Parts are a problem with lifts. The lift you are looking at has a chance of being American made with that thick baseplate and wide columns. I bought a new lift even though I planned on getting used because prices on anything were impossible to predict. It seems pretty hard to get parts or...

Have them make a sump pit. I used to work with one of those before my binlaw sold his station. The original install of his used a custom made pit from a shower manufacturer. They said it would be 900 dollars, but gave it to him for free. I had them make a sump pit even though it never leaked...

Oh you want it. I love the fact they have a smaller battery.

The NEC provides an allowance for GFCI to be used on two wire outlets. The NEC also says that you can run a ground wire on the outside of the house and extend it into each outlet. The only time I have changed a whole house to GFCI was my own. It was just temporary until I did a re-wire for...

I've installed quite a few Square D panels. Hom is out there. They are cheaper and you can use several brands in them. QO is more expensive, but built quite a bit better. Now I cringe when I see electric heat on them. This is where they go bad. I have had to do sub-panel because customers...

Isn't that a ground rod next to the pipe in the picture? We really don't use water lines or gas lines anymore. Too often plastic is used somewhere and the ground gets lost. I live on solid rock and I drilled mine for four panels six feet down with a concrete drill and packed them with...

I always put them next the man door too. Quite often you will just reach in and hit the opener when you are outside and need to grab a shove.

I see nine ladders in your small shop. what do you do for a living?

Auxiliary electric heat is grouped in banks of 5 kw. The conductor size is 6 awg. The circuit ampacity/breaker size is 60 amps. If you have 15 kw, you either have an extra "single point service kit" added, or two 6 guage/ 60 amp circuits. One would have two 5 kw elements and the other would...

You could also just tin the wires that have a ferrule if the terminal doesn't need the ferrule for size. Ferrules are sometimes used to keep the strands together while it is being handled. They may use anything as a ferrule. The spade connectors are easy to get. If you can only find them...

On the four poster, the wheel bucket attaching to the side of the rail would not hold but a fraction of the weight it is designed for. If you have a cross-bar to stabilize them by rigidly coupling each axle pair, then it might work. The EV battery would drop down fore and aft of the axles, but...

Yes, vapor barriers restrict the moisture from getting to the surface that is colder than the moist air's dew point. In the winter, even on a day with 100% humidity, there isn't much water in the air. The moisture travels through the exterior and the insulation with ease. It then condenses if...

You should still use vapor barrier under sheetmetal. In the corners, where the j-channel is the plastic should overlap and be taped to form a complete barrier. It is impossible to seal the metal in the corners as well as if there is a plastic barrier. Down South, the condensation sometimes is...

And I'm certainly not faulting you for saying you wouldn't.

People around here do strong panel on houses regularly. They screw the flats on plywood covered with hip and valley roll with the really sticky stuff. The screws have to have "captive" washers and they will seal on the ice dam or valley roll. I have seen one that acquired a small ceiling...

I am doing my garage ceiling now and I think I'm going with sheetmetal. I will put up a vapor barrier so that I don't need to caulk the seams. Paneling is too hard to do and not cheap. The rest of the shop is textured drywall, but I don't do drywall and the guy I use is building his son a...

I have used 1/4" osb twice and never again. My father's customer wanted it and he eventually paid to have it replaced. 7/16 seems not much thicker, but osb was designed with that dimension in mind. They just don't make a good quarter inch product.

The building was built to a certain standard whatever that may be. The sheathing layers are always assumed in a truss schedule. The weight is standardized as the same as fire-code 5/8" sheetrock. The 7/16" OSB will be just fine. If you want to go lightweight, you could do exterior sheet...

They also have a condensate line that is plumbed directly out the wall. The power goes to the outdoor unit and the inside unit is usually wired to get power from the outdoor unit.

Wherever you put it, make sure you have really good access. And make sure anything you have below it can get wet.