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So I had a garage door company come today to do measurements and order the garage door. After asking for a deposit I handed him my credit card and they said they don't like to take credit cards because it's "too easy for the homeowner to dispute". Is that a red flag or what? I've never had...

I failed my sheathing inspection today because the inspector wanted extra nails around the perimter of the garage door opening. He said because I don't have 4 feet of framed walls on 1 side of the building that I need to extra up on the nails. I have a bunch of extra nail coils. Can I just cut...

So I'm trying to understand voltage drop and I think I understand it but then I don't. :willy_nil When I am calculating my vdrop for a 240 sub panel I have to calculate the 120 loads separate right? There are 2 legs of 120 and if I have something connected that will use 50 amps on one leg then...

I've heated up 1 inch and 1 1/2 inch conduit with a heat gun before but this 2 1/2 sch 40 is like a rod of steel. I've seen this thing called a pvcbendit for sale for $400 but that's a little steep. A sunbelt rental place an hour away from me has some PVC oven type thing that looks like it...

Local electrical house said price doubled the last 3 weeks. Anyone else getting quoted these crazy prices for conduit?

Hey all - I have a concrete truck coming tomorrow to pour a a new edge to one of my garage slab. I'm building the forms today for it and I'm having an issue determining how I should have this thing poured. Obviously I should make it level but the issue is that this slab originally was poured...

Hi all, I finally finished demoing the last wall of the previous garage that was here. Going to cutting the edges along the back & front wall next. Then pouring a new 6 inch edge. Not really sure how they did what they did but the walls were recessed into the concrete. I thought they may have...

I've read a bunch of posts on here over the last year or so but finally got around to posting as my garage build is on its way. I've learned a lot so far and look forward to the build ahead.

So I had a 24'x26' garage here at one point that was completely rotted out so I demoed it and am waiting for permits back to put up a 1sty garage in it's place. I'm having a little issue with figuring out how to deal with the concrete edges though. The slab has no footings and is 7 inches thick...

So I just submitted my permit application today and I'm not entirely sure my design is ok... I am looking to install a new sub panel in a new detached garage I'm putting up. At the same time I'm looking to install a whole house 22kw generator behind the garage. The run to the garage from my...