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My wife & I have looking to get a mini split for 600 sq foot garage/shop & have been looking at the Mr. Cool brand. They have the 5th gen 18K btu unit, the LETO series, the easy pro series & the advantage series. I cannot figure out the differences between them. Any help appreciated. I will use...

I am looking at two mid-rise lifts, one is a 7000TL 110V Quick Jack by BendPak, the second one is a TMGALS61 6000Lb by TMG Industrial from British Columbia, Canada. Anyone have any insight or concerns for either one? Probably going to pull the trigger & get one next year, probably Spring time...

I am trying to decide on which lift to purchase. I am going to use it for primarily tire rotations, brake jobs & oil changes for my wife's 21 Bronco Sport, for my 05 F150 & an occasional friends SUV's. I am looking at the Katool KT-4H850 4 post lift or the Vevor portable 7,000 lb lift...

We had a metal garage built 3 1/2 years ago, had a new driveway done about 2 years ago. Now it seems the driveway in front of the garage is a little higher than the garage floor & during a long steady hard rain I am getting water in the garage that puddles in several spots. I am thinking of...

My wife & I purchased a Westinghouse WGEN9500 tri-fuel portable generator December 2023 for power outages. I pan it once to make sure it works & all was well. A little over one month ago our power was out & the generator would not start, only the co sensor light would come on. I called...

I have to make 2 vents to the outside for the bathroom vents for the newly renovated bathrooms. The vents are mounted in the ceiling of both bathrooms. I have contemplated running 2 separate vent lines from each vent to the vents in the soffits or running them to a "Y" & then one line to a roof...

Hi everyone, I am getting close to pulling the trigger on a 4-post lift. Due to me having a bad back I want to replace the steel approach ramps with something lighter. I am looking at either aluminum ramps or the Race Ramps. How strong are the race ramps? When I read the description of the...

We had our 24'x25' garage/shop built 1 1/2 years ago & I am looking to possibly have gutters installed on it. Right now I just have rocks on the ground to disperse the water that comes off the roof in the rain so it doesn't erode the ground around the foundation. The inside of the building is...

I did a search but did not find an answer to my question so here goes. I have a 24'x25' metal garage that is insulated with 2" of spray foam & the 2 roll up garage doors face south. One side of the garage is mostly shaded by the house/carport & the other side is shaded by large pine trees. In...

It was recommended to me after the concrete cures to pressure wash the floor then to apply a concrete sealer to it. What does everyone think, & do you have any recommendations?

We just had the slab poured for our 24x25 metal garage which will have 10 foot high walls & I am researching heaters. It seems from what I have been reading the Mr Heater Big Max propane heaters have been having problems. I was looking at Heatstar22,000 garage/workshop radiant propane heater...

I have not post here for quit a long time so I want to update. My wife & I moved from upstate NY to southern NJ where we lived for 10 years on a small property that had no room for our hobbies. After 10 years since we are nearing retirement we were looking to move out of southern NJ to another...

Hi, I want to make an extension cord for my welder. It is a Lincoln Weld Pak - 155 240V, & I want to make a 10 ft extension cord so I could move it outside the garage to work on my 69 Mustang Coupe since I only have a 1 car garage most of my work must be done out in the driveway. I was going to...

As far as heating my shop, my last one had a propane heater that mounted up by the ceiling & worked great, but it wasnt a direct vent & I needed to have an outside vent source for fresh air & I want something different in this shop. I was thinking a gas fired, or electric boiler & fan forced...

When we have our new garage/woodworking shop built in the section that will be used to house our Mustangs I want to install a 4 post lift drive on lift how thick should the floor be poured for the lift? Thanks.:headscrat

My wife & I are selling our B&B in western NY stste & moving to NE Pa & we are planning the garage for the new house. We are thinking of between a contractor to stick build one, or one of the builders who build the pole barns, or one of the DIY kits that I see advertised in the woodworking...

Hello to everyone here from western NY state.:bounce: