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    I hate nice floors! rant

    Does any one else hate nice garage floors. Dont get me wrong I think they look incredible!! I am just upset because I did an epoxy job in my new garage. I went with rustoleum because I knew I would beat it up. I prepped my *** off put it down. I didn't even put in flake because I thought that...
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    moving equipment up high?

    I have a moving in question. I am moving my shop and need to get a 10" lathe, jet mill, and 60 gallon compressor into my loft area. I can get it all on my truck in my shop using my lift. The problem is getting it off when I get to the new place. The other problem is getting it in the loft...
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    Stereos, recievers, what is it?

    :headscratHello. I am so confused about all the searching I have been doing on stereos. I am in the finishing stages of my garage build and need a stereo system. I have a 24x26 garage with a loft on one side. I have speaker wires in all the cornes. On the loft side they are up and down. It is...
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    Epoxy coat prep and pulling pots?

    Hello every one. I am getting near the finishing stages of my garage build and have epoxy questions. My floor is about 30 days old now and was thinking of putting down epoxy coat. My concern is the prep. I have 15 anchor / pulling pots in the floor. I also have radiant heat in the slab. Will...
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    Pex exiting concrete?

    How is everyone exiting the pex from the concrete? I see that they sell 90 deg. bends for this. I think they are called scuff bends . Are people using these or just putting it in pvc or nothing at all. I am getting ready to do my tubing and don't want any problems. Thanks
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    Manifold questions? & more

    Hello I am getting closer to getting my radiant in, but have a few questions on the manifold and other parts. I have 624 square feet of floor. I figure it will be 3 loops of 1/2 pex each a little over 200 ft. I am planning on using (based on this board) a takigi tanklees water heater. I know I...
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    Failed electric Trench? Not sure why

    Ok I failed my inspection for my conduit in my trench. I am running 100 amp sub panel from my house to my garage. The run is about 75'. The trench is almost 2' deep. There is 1 elbow at the house and 1 elbow at the garage (underground) and 1 elbow for a turn in the pipe. There is an lb going...
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    radiant heat boiler size?

    Hello all. I am getting closer to finishing my detached garage and have some heat questions. The building is a 24'x26' garage the cieling is 16'. I am trying to find out what size boiler I need to heat the slab for radiant heat. I am not sure ,but I think a 50,000 btu might be too big. Plus that...
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    What size boiler? Radiant heat

    moved to heat & ac
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    Failed footing inspection. Help!

    O.K. I posted questions a while ago about my garage I am about to build (24x26). There is a 3' difference in grade between the front and back of the building. I dug the footings ,but when I did the back I hit some water seepage because my yard collects water in the area about 10' from the...
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    footing questions

    Ok I am in the planning process of my garage. It is going to be a 24'x24'. I will be building it myself with the help of a few friends. I have limited experience with concrete work though. I have recieved prices of a little over $10,000 for the footings, walls to come up 1' above grade and a 6"...
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    New guy in NJ

    Been lurking a while and searching . I thought it was time to introduce myself. Found this place through the H.A.M.B. Tons of good info here especially since I will soon start on my garage build. I am finally going to get it going . That is of course if I sell my chevelle. If not I will have to...
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