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Hi All, I'm looking for some anchor installation advice. I've installed one set of PD-58 anchors already and they seem to work fine, but I am putting a second set in so I can have the option to install the lift in either bay of my garage. The last set of anchors I put in were a bear to get...

Sorry, not really a heating question, but more of a "how do I get best use of my heating dollar?" question. I installed a 50K btu Big max unit heater in the garage. The gas company guy is coming out next week to run the LP piping and once that is done, I want to insulate the ceiling. The...

Hi, I picked up some steel unistrut for hanging my garage heater and it comes in 10' lengths. In need to make two cuts to chop it down to size. It's a lot sturdier than I was expecting and need to figure out what to use to cut it. What is a good do-it-yourselfer tool for a clean cut? I...

Hi, I just ordered a 50K BTU Big Maxx and reading the manual see that Category III vent is required for residential installation (versus the Category I single wall vent that used to be required on the 75K BTU one I installed several years ago). "Due to changes to Z83-8 2009 CSA2.6-2009, the...

Hi All, I'm getting help on sizing my garage heater in another thread (thank you), but I have another question. While "googling" (is that a word) around for heater information I stumbled across information for an overhead garage heater made by Modine that is hydronic. It is called the Hot...

Hi everyone. I was wondering if I could get some advice on sizing a garage heater. I would like to do a Big Maxx suspended heater, as I had one in my last garage and it worked great for my purposes. And they are pretty reasonably priced at Northern Tool. I've never heated a garage all the...

Hi, You have a great site here - some impressive garages! I've been reading for months, and slowly getting my garage together. It is very modest compared to a lot of the stuff you have going on here. The garage is a 28x28 attached, with 10'-6" ceilings, 2x6 16" OC construction. It has two...