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I'm located in the PNW and it's in the mid 30's these days. My shop has a 4 foot concrete pony wall, after doing some google searching it's a R-2. We went to Home Depot and they have R-13.1 Foam Insulation Board for $40 each, we would need about 20 sheets but that would get us to an R-15 more...

How do I install the interior shear wall correctly? I have 3 areas that I need to add an interior shear wall, the ceiling is over 8 feet. Do I hang the CDX vertical then add the 1-2 feet above? Do I need to add blocking or anything special? Thanks, Jeff

I am exhausted looking for vents. I have been looking at exhaust vents for the bathroom fans that mount to the outside of the house. Most are plastic or sheet metal and work on flat houses. We have used corrugated siding on the back of the house, what should I do to fill the gaps in the...

We are building a 3 story 2500 sq foot in the Seattle area and are doing a radiant floor system for heat. Any ideas on what equipment to use to bring in fresh air? Most units want to tie into a forced air system. Also we don't want to dump cold air into the house so a air exchange would be...

We are almost done with building the shop/garage and cant get the tankless to work. We are running on 1000 gl propane tank about 250 feet away from the regulator then 8 feet into the tankless. We know that we had air in the line so we connected a burner to the line and ran it until we had good...

I plan on install aluminum soffit, should I do something to protect the raw wood behind it? Thanks, Jeff

Does anyone have a house Water Filter System? I'm looking at Pelican 4-6 bathroom system http://www.pelicanwater.com/whole-house-water-filter.php Thanks.

I'm getting ready to pour my attached garage attached. This slab will not have radiant heating, also it will not be a work garage. Should we install the 2 inch f250 pink insulation under the slab? The garage will not be heated and only be used for parking the cars. Out side of Seattle...

I got my Bend Pak installed over the weekend.

I got a new toy today any guesses?

I have been lacking on posting pictures here is the link to my future dream shop in progress. I'm not in any of the pictures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30157784@N06/shares/Qi5ckA

I know that this has been done to death, But I need to 4 roll up garage doors for my home shop, what is everyone buying? I'm located out side of Seattle, cold but no snow. --Jeff

Hello All, I'm building a work shop and one leg of it is 30x60 feet and has a second floor. We are doing rigid insulation under the slab with radiant floor heating. Because of the 30 foot span we are required to put in a few 4"x4" support post for the second floor. Where the supports land we...

We are build a work shop in the Seattle area, the bottom floor is 2700 sq feet and upstairs is 1800 sq feet. What would you all use to heat it? It would be some sort if electric system. Thanks, Jeff