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Hello, I've finally had it with the current lighting in my 29 (wide) x 31 (deep) 3 car garage. I'm embarrassed to say I've been living with 4 CFL bulbs in this garage for far too long, and am looking for opinions on how to improve this with LED lighting. It's a daily use garage, but is my...

Main panel has 90 amp breaker fed through 2224 aluminum in conduit panel to panel. 90 feet away is the subpanel shown below. Subpanel is grounded by two 5/8" dia rods 6 feet apart. How do they look? 90 amp breaker is left bottom in the main panel.

I'm about to purchase what I need to run power to my detached garage which is 70 feet from the house. I'm looking for any issues/comments with my plan and answers to a couple questions. House: Existing 200 Amp service, will add 90 Amp breaker for sub panel. I plan on using 2-2-2-4 Mobile Home...

I'm trying to determine what style truss to use for the front of my future garage. I am planning on a 32x40 with a 16' door and a 9' door. The 16' door will protrude 2' from the 9' door (so the left side of the garage will be 42', the right side will be 40', the front would look similar to this...

I'm currently building a 32x40 into the side of a hill and am looking for some advice on sealing the block stem wall. See pic. I have already dug out to the bottom of the slab, and am planning on filling with 2-3" of washed stone,slotted socked corrugated pipe exiting on both sides, then fill to...

I am planning on building a 24x36 storage garage soon, and I will be building it in my backyard which has a slight slope, about 24" in grade change over 36'. The back is higher than the front. Since this is a gradual hill, I do not want to have to worry about water coming into my building. I'm...

With a new natural gas line being run in front of my house, I have the opportunity to ditch propane. Anyone here go through this? What can I expect to need done to switch over? Currently I have a BTU load of 360k. This includes the furnace, boiler, water heater, range, and fireplace. It's fed...

This summer, I had planned to build a 32x40 storage shed...then I started researching here whether to build a pole shed or stick built. Now my mind is running with ideas of in floor heat, 12' ceilings, lift, loft etc! I already have a 30x30 three car attached garage, in floor heat, fully...