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Mini Split Fan overheating I have an off brand Mini Split heat pump. 18,000 btu its a BonAir. I installed it myself. I have had it 9 years. Other than having to have Freon added once due to a fitting working loose., its been running fine, although very loud inside fan. Yesterday I was running...

Just over 2 years ago I bought a new 80gal 5hp duel stage IR compressor. This one. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/ingersoll-randreg%3B-5hp-air-compressor-80-gal A couple months ago I noticed rust spots on the outside of the tank. Its in the garage. I had a 60 gal for 25+ years and have NO...

Not really a question about a garage but I think you guys are the best to get the answer from. I'm building a storm shelter on my bedroom floor (cement slab) which used to be a garage. I would like to use cement blocks and fill them with concrete and re-bar. It will be 3ft x 4ft and 5.5ft high...

I need to know how to frame out a 18ft 9ft high door opening. My wall hight is 10.5ft which is where the trusses will set. This is basically a pole barn 2x4 frame with trusses and metal siding. Do I really need a 2x12 LVL header over the door? Do I frame the header so it sits 9ft above the...

I'm in the process or straighting out a garage that a bad contractor started. The foundation is 4x4's on the parking slab. However about 1/2 of the slab is asphalt driveway. The concrete side is anchored to the 4" slab. I want to tie down the asphalt side with hurricane or mobile home anchors. I...

I have had a BonAir mini split 18000 btu heat pump system since 2007. I installed it myself in my office, separate building. This past summer it started freezing up on the condenser, inside. It would cool ok for a couple hours but slowly freeze up. I put an indoor/outdoor thermostat on its...

I paid the 3 stooges to build a tin garage building just to park the cars out of the weather. It was just to be a building 16" on center 2x4 with a 9x18ft door. Outside covered with bubble wrap insulation and 26ga tin. The top, engineered trusses 2x4 and covered with the wrap and tin. I'm in...