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My eyes are getting old and I have a really hard time reading the small size markings on sockets, especially if they are chrome. I really like the laser engraved sockets with the large, easy to read letting. The problem is I can't seem to find any that are made in the United States. It looks...

I have a 60k btu propane Hot Dawg heater in my garage. The heater is at least 10 years old and has never really given me any problems. I have noticed that it is using more propane lately, but nothing has changed with the garage and it hasn't been excessively cold outside. I know that I don't...

After many years of having the tubing in my floor not doing anything, this year I would really like to get the floor heat up and running in my attached garage. What I think I want to do is put a separate zone off of the oil boiler in the basement of my house and run that to a indirect water...

I have a MBW GP3550 plate compactor with a Honda GX160 5.5 horsepower engine in excellent used condition. I purchased this new to use while building my garage addition, it has very low hours and was never used commercially. I have all the original manuals. These cost $2500 plus tax new. Must be...

One of the capacitors in my old Airco Dip-Pak 200 welder is bad and I am not having any luck finding a replacement. The capacitor is made by Mallory, its 2" od, 4 3/8" total height, and 7/8" spacing for the screw terminals. Its 10000mfd, 50v DC, and the numbers on it are 1373-2230 and 235-8408H...

Hooking up radiant garage floor heat to existing house boiler It's time to get the radiant heat in my garage floor up and running before the cold weather hits. There are 5 250’ loops of ½” PEX in the floor which are hooked up to Uponor manifolds. This has been holding air pressure for the 5...

I want to purchase a weather station that has the capability of reading at least 5 sensors, and can also be remotely checked from anywhere with a internet connection. This would be exactly what I am looking for except it can't be remotely monitored...

I want to install a minisplit in my garage, but I would like to do it so the outside unit isn't really noticeable. The way my town is, if they saw the outside unit they would raise my already high property taxes, and maybe even try to designate the garage as living space. I would rather keep it...

When I built my garage I ran a shielded cat6a cable to the area behind each of my outside wall lights. In the future I would like to mount a camera below each light (I have 3 of them). I am ready to sheetrock the inside walls, so I need to finalize the cat6 wiring to the outside. Right now I am...

SALE PENDING Hi guys, I have a brand new Milwaukee M18 FUEL 10" dual bevel, sliding compound miter saw part number 2734-20. This is the tool only, no battery or charger. These sell new for $499, I would like to get somewhere close to $400 for it. I really don't want to ship it, so it must be...

Hi guys. My oil boiler started rapidly cycling on and off tonight, and I believe the problem is the control relay. The relay that is on there now is a Honeywell r8184g1138, but that exact part number is no longer available. I need to run out first thing tomorrow morning to get a replacement, but...

I have 18 gauge security wire run and coiled up near my garage doors. I would like to order some magnetic sensors and get the doors wired up. They are standard 9'x9' doors. What is the best sensor to get, and where is the best place on the door to install them? Thanks in advance for the advise!

I am almost to the point where I will be ready to blow insulation into my garage attic. The garage is 24x60 with attic trusses. The center area of the attic which has a plywood floor is 10’ wide, and I already insulated under that 10’ floor area with faced fiberglass batts that have a R42 value...

I want to install some LED lighting in the attic of my garage. The attic is only 4' tall, so I want something that isn't going to hang down past the small horizontal 2x4 at the top of the truss (see attached pictures). There is a small area above the 2x4, but it's not big enough to fit a...

I'm sheetrocking the ceiling of my 24x60 garage with 4x12 sheets of 5/8 sheetrock. I would rather not put an expansion joint in unless its 100% necessary. Am I asking for trouble if I don't? The ceiling will be taped and painted when finished. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I am looking for a new way to hold my sockets that I carry in a portable tool bag. I have tried the socket holder rails, and also the plastic formed socket holders that have a magnet to hold the socket in. The problem is that the sockets don't always stay attached to the holders, and I have to...

I am building a set of pull down attic stairs for my garage. I would like to use some type of fire rated material in place of where plywood normally would be used. Since springs will have to hold it closed, I want to keep the weight as low as possible. Are there any options that would have a...

I have several locations in my garage which will have the following cables going to each location. 1 COAX wire, 1 HDMI cable, and 2 CAT 6 network cables. I know that usually applications like this use outlet boxes that don't have a back so the cable can more gradually bend, but I really don't...

I need to run a couple of HDMI cables that are 75' long. I want to make sure I buy the right cable for this long of a run so the signal quality is good, and I don't have to upgrade for new technology in a couple years. I checked on Monoprice and Amazon, and there are quite a few options. They...

I want to run some wiring for security cameras before I close up the walls in my garage, and I would like advise as to what type of wire to run. I don't have any cameras or any other equipment yet, so I'm not already married to a certain type of system. I have a motion light outside each entry...