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Thanks. I used street pressure to purge the system and now it's running great. The pump runs quiet and I can't hear any air bubbles.

Correct, that's a little giant submersible pump and I when I had it originally purged with the air eliminator closed I could verify no more bubbles were coming out. With it open, air is introduced into the system.

I'm running a closed loop system with a basic hot water tank. I read you can fill/purge with the air eliminator opened OR closed. With my air eliminator closed, I am able to purge all the air out but once I open it up for normal operation I get lots of air entering the system. Here is a picture...

I build my shop at 24' wide x 36' deep and put my storage loft along the back wall. Underneath is a workbench spanning the length with localized work lights mounted underneath the loft. Looks nice, and saves space. Since your building is a little wider than it is deep, you might want to run your...

OK understood. Just didn't know if it was acceptable or not. Would rather not put a hole in the roof but we are going to. Just need to find a good vent now. Any suggestions?

I need to install a flue vent in my new hot water tank that I'm using for my radiant heat system. I'm running just a basic AO Smith gas HWT with no power vent. I'm trying to find out what I need to buy so I can right it right out of the side wall (90 degree bend at the top of the tank). Can I do...

New shop about finished

I didn't think of this when I was building my metal sided shop. Now I have bad cell reception and hardly good radio. I do find it better if I place the radio near a window with an antenna over it. I'm going to dig a shallow trench for ethernet line soon which I should have put in while I was...

I would not pour a slab without at least wire mesh in it. When the concrete cracks, the reinforcement being either mesh or rebar will hold it together.

HD Garage in medium grey.

This past weekend was a good time to finally apply my epoxy coating from Legacy Industrial. It's medium grey color with fine grit and came out great, with the perfect amount of slip resistance yet still easy to sweep. I spent a day grinding and cleaning with the floor polisher and diamabrush...

I agree the old machine tools are commanding serious premium these days and many are being bought up at auctions real quick by the buy and sell guys. I buy and sell tools once in a while and the old mills and lathes sell real quick. I regret selling my SB Heavy 10, but made a few thousand after...

Changed my mind, I'm going with the HD polisher with Diamabrush. I'm also going to buy a Dust Deputy and use it with my shop vac for dust extraction & clean up.

It's the vacuum that is sold as an option with the Edco grinder. Don't know much about it.

I'm grinding my floor this weekend using an Edco 11" with vacuum. Since I have walls, ceiling and lights installed already I was going to put up plastic sheeting but because of time constraints and being short handed for help I'm wondering if the vacuum will be enough to keep the mess down and a...

I have a couple of the red Lucas grease guns. Might get another. I have 3 or 4 different types of grease for different things around the house.

Lots of pig talk. I painted my OSB walls after they were up with two coats of Kiltz original oil base primer and was done with it. Came out fine I wasn't looking for a kitchen quality paint job, it's a shop. But I did use some Durabond & cheap caulk to fill screw holes and small gaps. Plus my...

The only craftsman I will buy are those kids tool sets. That's about all the brand is now anyways, plastic and cheap not made to last.

I have at least 3 HD stores around me, one town over had this set for $79 and the next town had them for $59. I bought the one for $59, going to take an inventory of my sockets later on today.

I have about the same length run and installed a 100 amp subpanel with 2-2-2-4 aluminum wire. I have my breaker in the house at 90 amps since that's the max you can pull with 2 gauge wire. In my 24 x 36 shop I put quad 120v boxes and a 240v box at every post, each on its own circuit. It's...