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What temperature are you setting your boilers at for in floor heat? I seem to remember setting mine to the lowest setting available (115F) as per the manufacture's instructions. I wonder however, if setting it higher would result is a faster heat up time in my shop? Thought's? Any reason why...

Does anyone have experience with the creation of a driveway drain pipe, something like this I’ve been thinking about creating something like this to alleviate the freeze up that occurs in front of my garage. The freeze up occurs as the snow from the vehicle in the garage melts and makes its...

Has anyone experimented with Solar Vacuum Tubes and Radiant floor heat in their garage? I'm in Eastern Ontario and have a fairly small radiant setup, just under 600 Sq ft. I've been doing some reading online and it seems as though most of these systems require the use of a storage tank. I've...

I have a smallish garage (16*37) that I’m heating via a radiant heat system using a 6 KW electric boiler. In my area of the world we’re subject to Time of Use billing, meaning electricity rates almost double during peak times. The cheapest times to use during the week are after 7pm straight...

Good day, I'm in the process of installing an Electric On Demand Hot Water heater for my Radiant Heated floor. My plan is to install a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood to the drywall and then install the heater and all of the devices to this plywood board. Is this a danger (fire) having the heater...

I'm going to be doing a monolithic slab 37' * 16'. A lot of the videos I've seen show rebar getting pounded into the ground in an attempt to shore up the horizontal runs. Is this a good technique? Are there other ways out there? If anyone can post pictures of their rebar setups I would really...

Hey, I want to install a laundry tub in my detached garage build. What size drain should I be using and what type material? The house is approximately 30' away I will need to run a feed from the house as well, what size and material should I be using. I'm going to dig a trench from the...

Hello, I'm going to be pouring a monolithic slab for my upcoming garage build and I want to obtain information on depths of excavation. The building is being built in Ottawa, ON, Canada. How deep should I go to evade cracking in my concrete? Should I be going deeper around the footings of the...

I'm in the process of building a garage 592 sq ft. I got my permits and everything approved from my city. The city requested a grading plan and in the plan suggested a foundation with a proper footing and walls that are just under 6' tall. I've sent it out to some foundation contractors in my...