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Hey guys, recently moved to a new home. Called the town hall and i was told i can build up to a 2000sq ft building.. In your opinions what would be the ideal size/shape..? Square. Rectangle..? Not sure if i want 10 or 12ft ceilings ithor.. Maybe just a section of 12 ft incase i want a lift in...

Ok so i want to get a vented heater out in my garage by next winter because well.. its COLD.. all walls have R15, no windows insulated garage doors. unknown R value in attic ide say maybe a R20. garage is 25x30, 8ft walls. I plan to get a 45000 Btu ceiling mounted heater. i have natural gas at...

Ok so long story short. i got a 3ph air compressor, swapped from 10hp 3ph to 7.5hp 1ph.. wanted to know if i can re use the magnetic starter that came with it.. (siemens 16cf35a) thats the part number inside the box.. right now its still wired for 3ph. it looks like i can switch out the heater...

short story.. bought a 3ph 10hp air compressor.. replaced motor and sheave with a 7.5hp 1ph.. Now to get this wired up. says 34 amp.. so what size breaker should i use? i was thinking maybe a 50Amp, so when it kicks in it wont trip the breaker every time.. so that would mean i need to get some...

Did a quick Paint drawing of my garage. little bottom squares are the garage door tracks.. the door over on upper right it the door over to my 3rd stall.. no need for that drawing to go their since theirs a wall.. square in middle is garage door light and then big rectangle is attic pull down...

i was TRYING to talk with Ingersoll rand help.. anyways if anyone everytryed that dont waste your time apparently lol. I got this compressor it has the 10hp 3ph motor on it. clearly that has to go.. looked around and called and i found a 7.5hp AO Smith (k311m2) motor at a local engine shop, i...

basically like title says ill be looking for a 80Ga air compressor soon. budget is around 800$.. i have a home depot, menards, lowes, tractor supply.. fleet farm all local so allot of places to chose from. i just wanted to know what would be a good compressor (brand) for my money.. Ohh would...

ok this may confuse some.. i don't know. I have a liftmaster 8500.. so it has a wireless garage door light for my ceiling. i'm going to be putting up drywall this summer and putting in my lights. i don't want this big ugly box just hanging down their.. i was thinking of recessing the light up...

looking to do a natural gas PE hose install this summer. i got about 125' total, i don't know exactly what heater ill be using yet.. so i'm going to try and get 80,000 BTU available, just in case i find a good deal. So my Q is.. i found one chart that said 3/4" hose = 95,000.. 1" hose =...

hey guys. i'm thinking of using these in my 2 car side of the garage. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-6-in-Warm-White-Recessed-LED-Can-Disk-Light-CE-JB6-650L-27K-E26/203596700.. i was originally gona put T5 on that side also, but decided that i wont be needing that. and i'm going...

hey guys, i want to put pot lights in my garage. and for about 10x24 foot section i have a floor above in the attic area. 2x4 trusses. its right where i need to put some of the lights. do you guys think i could cut the pots down far enough like in the video to get those ones to at least fit...

hey guys this isn't exactly a garage Q but thought ide ask.. in my home basement the foundation is built using stones.. typical of this age home 1920's.. anyways i want to basically fill in all the randomness and smooth the wall out. i also have a cinder block wall that ide like to do so its all...

ok i got this huge compressor a while ago for 50$.. lol yes that is that i paid for it so ya i couldn't pass that up... knowing it was a 3 ph motor when i got it is the only reason i paid what i did.. anyways i want to get it up and running now that i have my 100a subpannel out to the garage all...

ok im going to use 2-2-2-4 MHF wire pulled inside 2" conduit about 100ft give or take a few... Now my actual Q is this. i got a new box that is a main, 100a.. gona make it into my subpannel in the garage. so i bought a matching 100a breaker to put in my main.. i have been reading so many things...

hey i was just wondering what wire i need to get to do this. it will be tapped into the main fuse box in the basement and go roughly 50-75 feet till it exits the home then underground till it reaches the garage then up and in to a new sub panel. i was reading i need some mobile home feeder wire...

hey i recently bought my home and in the garage it has a wall between the 2 and 1 car side.. looks to me like it was just done after the garage was built as the bottom board are also not pressure treated so they are getting kinda water damaged.. not shure 100% if i want to remove it yet but ide...

hey guys first time poster but I've been lurking hear for quite a while i just never had anything to post.. so anyways. Just bought a Home in nov.. so still finding all the small things wrong with it, and their are plenty haha.. Garage is a 25x30 3 car. between the 2 car and 1 car doors they...