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Hiya Folks, Starting to price out my insulation (mineral wool) for my detached garage. This is located near ABQ NM which falls into the 4B climate zone. The IRC requires R49 in ceilings of homes it appears. Interesting considering just a few years ago, it was R38 but I digress...

Hiya Folks, I should have my permit finalized this afternoon for bit of work I've already done on my garage (ahem, yes, I have already roughed in everything...shhhh). Anyway, just looking for any tips or advice on what to expect on a rough in. I realize all inspectors are different so it's...

Hiya Folks, I'm far from an audiophile and haven't looked at equipment in years so am starting out from ground zero here. I'm looking forward to getting my drywall up and had the thought to go ahead and run some class 2 speaker cables for future use. I have two spaces that are ~600SF each...

Hiya Folks, I've hung two indoor units of my mini split system. This is a Gree Multi21 condenser and I'm using a 9k and 18k indoor units (Terra model). So far so good. The lines are all punched through to outside where they are heading horizontally in lineset cover to clear windows/doors...

Hiya Folks, Ordering up a mini-split system for the garage today. Now that I've figured out what I want, I'm turning my attention to the install and such. I was always under the impression I'd just pour a concrete pad until I started seeing the pre-fab units (some are plastic, some are...

Hiya Folks, My buildout of the garage involves me reusing some of the wiring already installed. Shouldn't be an issue. However, I have a switch box that is currently installed and I will need to make up new circuits in it. The existing switches in the box control the lighting that is...

Hiya folks, In the middle of roughing out my detached garage and figured I'd ask the experts to take a quick look at my subpanel to see if I made any mistakes. The detached garage is fed from the house main panel where a 100A breaker is installed feeding an existing subpanel in the detached...

Hiya, Still working away, slowly, on my garage wiring. One question that popped up over the weekend is this: Can I pass an NM-B cable through a receptacle box without terminating it/removing the sheath? I have a place where I have a receptacle directly below another box and the wire is...

Hiya Folks, I had a load calc of my detached garage done a few years ago. Then got sent overseas for work and have now returned. My thoughts have turned back to getting this garage done so am dusting off the work I had done before. Anyway, ecomfort did a load calc on the space. I'll...

Hiya, In the process of installing a subpanel and am using an Eaton BR1224L125 load center with an Al bus. I picked up a bit of NoAlox as I'm using an aluminum SER feed. Never worked with aluminum before but had heard to apply the anti-oxidant to the feeders at a minimum. What I wasn't...

Common sense tells me one thing but I know the codes don't always match my common sense :). I'm installing a subpanel fed from another subpanel. The existing subpanel has a main breaker and is connected to grounding rods with bare copper. I plan to use SER 2-2-2-4 (if I can find it cut to...

Hiya, I've not a lot of experience in working on hydraulic systems so this was a bit new for me. My Crown PTH50 pallet jack was working one minute and the next it stopped raising. Did all the troubleshooting to remove airlock, etc...and nothing worked. So bit the bullet and purchased a...

Another thread got me thinking that I really should install a power off alarm on a refrigerator at our family's cabin in the woods. A search of google was disappointing to say the least as I was looking for something that was wifi capable to allow for notification when I'm not there. There...

Hiya Folks, When we built the shop, the electrician installed an Eaton BR1224N125 panel as a subpanel being fed from the house. Now that I'm back from overseas I'm looking to get the shop finally built out. I've determined that I'm going to need a bigger panel than what was installed, not...

Hiya folks, I'm adding a partition wall to my garage to separate the woodworking and metal/car side. The wall will be 2x4 construction and lands right on a joist above that runs parallel. This will only give me 1.5" to nail the top plate into the 2x4 bottom chord of the joist. I was...

Hiya Folks, I just recently relocated back from Ireland after being there 3 years. Before I left, I added stabilizer to all my vehicles and whatever cans of petrol I had on hand. The vehicles have run just fine (started right up in fact....was a bit surprised). With regards to the cans of...

Hiya, I'm due to return from my overseas assignment this summer. I can finally get back to work on my standalone. I built it before leaving with the intention of parking cars/working on cars/jeep/welding/etc...as well as woodworking. I would prefer to run a segregation wall such that I...

Hiya. I'm overseas and won't be returning to my house for about 6 months. I have someone looking after the place but they aren't able to make it by all that often. On their most recent visit, it appears we have mice in the attached garage. I'm trying to figure out if there are any passive...

Hiya, The thread on weather stations got me thinking that installing temperature sensors in some key places might be helpful. I have a vacation home and would love to be able to read the temp in the crawl space or even the water line coming into the house, from long distance. As well, other...

Hiya Folks, Am still working to get my head around mini-splits for my garage. One question I have is this....if a compressor is rated to 5F is this saying that in temps below this, there will be damage to the unit or is this just simply saying that the unit cannot keep up with heating the...