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I installed this heater last night in my 960sf garage. My walls are insulated with R-19 and ceiling with R-30. I performed a test this morning to see how quickly the temperature would rise with the heater on high. With the outside temperature of 20F in central ny, I am seeing the garage...

I just ordered one from Lowes yesterday from the 1-800 number. The lady spent about an hour calling different stores and found a store with a display unit that I was able to score with a 10% discount off the $182 price. They even let me use my Lowes credit card to get another 5% off. We will see...

I estimate that I will spend approx. $1500 for materials for insulation and drywall for my 24x40 garage. This includes R19 in walls, R30 in ceiling, and 5/8" firecode drywall throughout.

Re: what did you do in your garage today? I finished hanging drywall on all the walls. Next insulation in the ceiling and then drywall overhead.

I just saw an episode of Ron Hazelton where he install a surface mount fluorescent fixture on the ceiling and just used a rubber grommet in the fixture knockout hole, no strain relief. Is this allowed?

I am getting ready to install fluorescent light fixtures on the ceiling of my garage. I was just wondering what other people do as far as running the wire into the fixture. Do you install an electrical box in the ceiling above the light fixture or just attach a romex clamp to the fixture and run...

What brand do you use at home? Anyone recommend Craftsman?

I am thinking about picking this toolbox up. Anyone have it?

Where does one buy MG-KRETE from? I found one source online but they seem very expensive.

I thought of another somewhat funny story that I thought I would share. The exterior portion of my garage was completed by the Amish last October. I decided to do all of the interior work myself, which in turn has resulted in some interesting mishaps. I had (key word ‘had’) a Craftsman table saw...

Where do you buy any of these?

For a number of years, I owned an older lawn tractor that was a bear to keep running. It was a beater but I needed something to mow 1 ½ acres and the push mower was out of the question. The tractor had a weak battery and if the thing stalled in the middle of a job (which it did often), I would...

Are we looking for garage related funny stories specifically?

How does the self-leveling topper compare to an epoxy conctrete patch for durability?

I had a garage built in the fall of 2011 and the concrete guy that did the slab didn't do the best job at creating a flat slab. On one side of the garage, there is a concave area that collects substantial water. He was supposed to create a 1" slope down toward the doors, which didn’t happen. It...

Near Utica

Had the Amish build my 24x40 garage in central NY. They did an excellent job, got the building up in approx. 4 days and charged ~$3500, labor only. I supplied all materials. Money well spent. If I had built it like I intended to, I would still be out there.

I am in zone 5 in NY and as mentioned previously, the code inspector told me to not install vapor barrier. By the way, the ceiling that I am doing is for a new addition (or connector) between the house and the attached garage. The connector will be part of the living space and will therefore be...

Mostly I was thinking the plastic would work as an air barrier. We are installing a pine ceiling and if the joints are not perfect, I can forsee that there is the potential for air infiltration. Maybe a solution would be to caulk all of the joints.

I am working on insulating the ceiling of the covered connector between my house and the new garage and was wondering what the standard practice is for using vapor barrier in ceilings. The local codes enforcer tells me that I should not have a vapor barrier in the ceiling but this seems contrary...