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70's build, panel was updated to modern wiring probably 15 years ago. 100A is pretty common in my area unless it's new construction, and rarely otherwise even in gut renovations. Gas serves my furnace, hot water, drier, and stove/oven. Forgot that the fridge is on its own 20A circuit. Microwave...

I've recently installed a new 60A subpanel into my detached garage and I am starting to look at closing the walls up to finish the project off. But as most things go for me, I start looking at "what else can I do while I have the walls open" and I had the thought of adding an electrical drop...

I'll doublecheck but I think the gaps are pretty tight, at least in that I don't see daylight through them. Can't hurt to check them though. I was hoping something to "fill" the seam when the door is down would work but having difficulty finding anything that does that job. I know I need to...

Wasn't exactly sure how to title this thread so bear with me as I try to explain this. Looking for input and suggestions on how I can add some kind of weatherstripping to the joints between the garage door panels to prevent water from collecting between the panels. My garage door is a standard...

Weather held off enough to get the job done. In fact it didn't start to rain until they were finishing up. Ground, leveled, sealed, and coated. Now the worst part - waiting for it to cure. Giving the floor as much time as it needs. Thankfully I'll be pretty busy the next 2 days and won't be...

Been anxiously awaiting today. This has been the first week in a month or two where we've had great weather, but of course today is the only day this week it will rain! Luckily the weather should hopefully hold off enough to get this finished. Time will tell...

Thanks for the replies. I definitely will be adding a gable vent to one end of the garage, and it sounds like adding a power vent at the other to push the hot air out is going to be my best bet. Not sure which kind of fan I'll go with though. A bathroom vent would work and by my math would...

I've got a 450sqft garage I am in the middle of renovating and one of the items I've been thinking about trying to tackle is air handling, specifically ventilation. The garage doesn't have any windows, ridge vents (that I can see), or gable vents. There's very little air movement or exchanging...

Small update. Or kind of a big update.... Passed inspection today. Glad to have this behind me. Now on to getting the garage cleaned out for next week's flooring install. Finally some progress!

Small update. Or kind of a big update.... Passed inspection today. Appreciate all the help along the way. Glad to have this behind me

My viewpoint on loans is that they're not always the bad guys people sometimes paint them out to be as long as you're borrowing smart. That means borrowing within your means and with interest rates you're able to manage. You have to be 100% comfortable with that payment to have the garage...

Hadn't considered that part. It would make a lot of sense and I've honestly never looked to see how close it gets. I'll start doing more digging into openers. Luckily the one I have isn't dead, at least not yet, but I'd like to move to something newer.

It's single tracked on the horizontal, but they do "tilt" down a small bit, I would guess an inch or two over the entire horizontal. Don't really understand why but this is all existing stuff to when I bought the house a year ago. As far as what happens when closing the door, it doesn't really...

I expected to need pusher springs, but wasn't sure if the 8500 would still be able to do the job with them. Really want to get away from an overhead opener if at all possible, though. Open to whatever options exist to achieve that.

I am in the middle of renovating my garage and one of the items I'd like to address is replacing the old, noisy, chain-driven overhead opener with a jackshaft opener. Not only is this to replace an old opener, but I would like to gain the ceiling space since I only have 7.5' of clearance floor...

**mods delete, I meant to post this in the garage discussion forum**

Electrical, at least for now, is done. I may end up reconfiguring the lighting down the road. It works, but in some ways I'm not 100% happy with the layout. The joists being so close to the garage door make things challenging. Plenty happy with the fixtures though. The outdoor light is also...

Imgur.com is a great alternative, but I prefer Flickr for its control over the image size that I hotlink.

I read somewhere, probably in the NEC code, that to maximize the effectiveness of the two electrodes they need to be spaced 2x their length. Something about the possibility of them interfering with each other. Either way I had the space and the wire to do it so I figured why not. The long term...

Quick question for the sparky's here - Are there any requirements or specifications that dictate how the GEC can be run that connects both electrodes? I've got the GEC run from the subpanel to the first electrode, then from the first electrode to the second, but wasn't sure if there was...