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Getting ready to spring for a 2 post. 12' ceilings. Have narrowed down to Rotary SPOA-10-RA or Challenger CL10V3. I'm not sure how important symmetric vs asymmetric is. This is for home use and not for trucks or even pickups. I want quality and safety. I've read all the 2 vs 4 post...

My 32 x 28 with 12' ceilings and walk up attic will have new drywall in about a week. My first thought, without too much thought was just to roll it. I have 18" roller. But would spraying latex be easier? I'd rent or buy. Anyone with experience spraying? I read that some say you need to...

finally getting the place drywalled. I have the epoxy already and wanted to get the drywall done before I do the floor. So...should I buy the 2 post lift and have it installed before I do the epoxy to avoid possibly ruining the epoxy? Tom

I've got a fully insulated (R19 and R38) attic room above my garage. It's 12x32 with 7' ceilings. It's cooled and heated with its own mini split - a high efficiency mitsubishi 9kbtu unit. Darn thing couldn't keep up with the hot summer temp, when I had it set at 78. It would run all day. At...

I have a walk up attic with the permanent stairs right next to the outside wall. I'm trying to figure out how to put a door at the top. The only solution seems to be one of those cheap accordian type folding doors. Nice pre-hung interior doors need a stud or two on both sides and that would...

Came home yesterday to s strange situation. There were some strong storms and maybe lightning affected things. At first, I thought power was out, but the generator was not running. Then it seemed that some circuits were on. I went to the panels and saw that about 5-10 breakers were tripped...

Garage specs: 32x28 with 12' ceiling. Have open stairway to attic - 14x32 with 7' ceiling. Have R19 in all walls and R38 in ceiling. Have two 10'x8' R11 garage doors and 5 dual pane windows (3 in garage and 2 in attic). The garage ceiling is also insulated so the two areas are thermally...

I have all wiring done for 8 eight foot fluorescent light fixtures.. just have the wires hanging down. The plan is to have them hardwired. Ceiling is fully insulated and now I'm wondering how drywall installers will deal with this. Do I need to put boxes at each location? Thanks, Tom

I see a lot about the need to bond or ground CSST. I have some that extends my black pipe to the garage. It's all exposed. And it's connected directly to the black pipe system that is grounded. So why would I need to add another ground to the CSST? Comments? Tom

I have a reznor udas. Just installed. It kept cycling on/off on the way up, slowly, to temp. They spec type III piping - seamless stainless steel, so I used z-flex. I thought it would be wise to use an appliance adapter with backflow flap preventer to connect to the exhaust. This was the...

Well I did it - bought 2 Mitsubishi mini splits from ecomfort. And I have a couple of questions for the experienced ones here: 1) I have 2x6 construction and would like to run the linesets in the walls. Any thoughts on this? I know it would be more of a challenge making tubing bends. 2) Any...

About ready to take the plunge and buy 2 Mitsubishi mini split heat pumps. I'm seeing ecomfort as a good place to buy and they say you should have a drain pan heater for long term operation below freezing. I don't think my carrier heat pumps have this. Comments on the need? Not cheap...

I have a reznor UDAS and they specify type 3 exhaust pipe. I bought Z-flex and am having a challenge at a few spots. The first is the connection to the heater. The photo on the left shows the exhaust connection. and the photo at the right is the z-flex connector that's supposed to work. It...

I have a Reznor UDAS that's almost done. Tstat is Honeywell Vision pro 8320U (saved from prior hvac system). I have a 24 v transformer. Reiznor is single stage and Reznor takes G, W and R wires. G - fan, w - gas valve?, R - ? Now, how to wire the tstat? Per the tsat manual for a heat only...

I have a circuit which powers the outside receptacles and lights in one room. Previously, the room with the lights had a GFCI receptacle to which the outside receptacles were connected. Every time an O/S current drain was too large, or a ground fault was detected, that receptacle would trip...

Finally getting ready to install my 60k btu Reznor UDAS. I'm planning on venting horizontally through the wall and bought the termination kit from Reznor. The instructions call for Category III appliance or single wall 26 gauge or heavier galvanized vent pipe. Is this special pipe? Where did...

I've got a 32x28 with 28x12 attic. I'm seeing some good prices on minisplits and think it might be the time to buy. I'm planning separate 9k unit for the attic and 18k for the garage. Looking for heat pumps. What have you purchased that you would get again, with no qualms? I know mitsubishi...

I have a 60K BTU reznor I'm going to connect up this year. How did you connect the electrical to it? The place will be insulated and drywalled and I have the power supply wire run to the location. Could I just put in a receptacle and make a pigtail with plug and plug into the receptacle? The...

I'm taking forever to complete the garage? Passed final inspection almost 3 years ago and I'm still wiring, etc. I want to complete that and insulate before winter....but (here come the questions!) 1) I don't want to put up the liftmaster 3800s until after drywall...is there a better way? 2)...

I've got a 32x28x12 with 32x12 storage attic. Used 2x6 construction and will be fully well insulated. I"m planning a 24k btu mini-split for the garage and a 9kbtu for the attic. I'm running the power to the outside disconnect boxes and planning 10 gauge 3+g for the 24k and 12 awg 3+g for the...