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I am planning on adding a lean to onto my shop but i'd like to tie the lean to roof into the existing roof and not the wall or ledger board under the trusses. I'd like to go about 4 ft up the existing roof I want to maintain some height with my lean so thats the reason. Any thoughts or ideas on...

I never had time to post in progress pics so I thought I'd show some shots of how my shop is now 32x40 with 11 ft walls and scissor trusses just have to mud,tape and paint this winter and I'm done Jeff

put both up today heres my thoughts on them I like the clean look and not having to hang the long bar an opener out in the middle of nowhere They will NOT work with the cable tension sensor jumped (I tryed) Disconnnect the temporary rope you use to close the doors before you use the opener ,it...

My shop has 20 plug receptacles divided in to 3 seperate circuits fed by 14-3 romex The electrician hasn't come back yet to install breakers for the circuits but i was just looking at it while putting up insulation Am i right to assume that they'll be 20 amp circuits with that size wire? And how...

Starting to insulate my shop and i was looking at the wiring to the overhead box for my hoist the specs for the hoist motor are 208v-230v 2HP, Single Phase, 60Hz The wiring is a 12/2 yellow colored wire Is this the correct size for that type of motor?? The 220 boxes in the wall all have the...

I've done a search and really came up with nothing for my problem I've got a detached garage 240 feet from my meter on my house I'm installing a 75K radiant heater going by gas pipe charts I can use 1 inch PE for the supply line so I'm going to order a prebuilt one with fused stainless risors...

my 32 x40 shop is up and I'm doing the wiring and getting ready to insulate It has scissor trusses spanning 32 ft and i've noticed that the end walls are bowed out at the top header on both ends I know the framer mentioned this last year but that was the end of it I ran a cable from the top of...

I've got my shop about 200 ft from my house on a acreage out of town we're on our own well and septic but I'd like to have water in the shop Not real wild about tieing into the house just so I can wash my hands thinking about a 45 gallon plastic drum with a RV on demand pump with a small sink...

Sorry i haven't got any pics but I'll try to get some up this weekend I built my 40x32 this fall and am wondering what to do with the floor After it was poured the concrete guy had to leave so he asked me to seal it for him The floor was pretty smooth but after I put the sealer on it's downright...

Hi all I'm just wondering how to go about this I want to be able to switch my compressor on/off from the other side of the shop It will be a 220 circuit but I'm not sure about the switch rating or type? I am in the process of wiring the shop and thought it would be a nice feature Thanks for the...

I am installing a 9 ft high door into my garage that has scissor trusses I have high lift rails and a Liftmaster jackshaft opener I want the rails to follow the ceiling rather than come out 90 degrees from the wall. I can pull the rails to within 6 inches of the ceiling rather than 2 feet but...

I am changing the siding on my house to match our new 32x40 shop I've got a ton of white vinyl siding off the house that is useless to me I've got 12 foot walls in the shop with scissor trusses and I'm thinking about strapping the ceiling every 2 feet with 1x4's and trying the siding up there...

I've got a attached 28x30 that has a 75K BTU radiant heater in it I'm building a 32x40 detached about a 100 ft away that will use the same style heater I'm wondering if I can tee off of the feed pipe for the existing heater and run a underground pipe to the detached building? Otherwise I'd have...

Does anyone know of a roll up door that is insulated? I'd like to use one for hoist clearance but it needs to have some kind of R rating Thanks Jeff