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Hey guys I’ve done some homework I came up with styrorail 2” SRP200 is EPS and has a compression rating of 16psi and water absorption of 4% per volume. I’m building a slab on grade ! I’m doing 2 layers of 6mil poly of the compacted grad a gravel then 2” of the EPS then the concrete ! I see...

Hey guys I've searched and all post were 2-4 years old and based on 1980 use age I have to paint my 24x24 garage and I have 8 light pockets and painting with a roller and brush will be a pain in the ***. Wanted to know if any of you guys have had good results with the Wagner wideshot extreme...

Hey guys i want to get a Bosch or triangle condensate boiler but don't have $2600 right now so I need a temp solution. I had someone on here do a quick heat loss calculation and they said 36,000 btu loss. I have a friend who has a 40gal propane hot water tank and I checked it has a 36,000btu...

Its been two years and finaly this winter im going to start up my in floor heating system. I have 24x24 garage slap insulated with 700 feet of pex 4 zones and my heating source is propane or hydro but hydro is expensive. I need some options here. The options i have were to use a HE 60 gal hot...

Im thinking of putting two 10" solar tubes in my garage in the center of the garage and the center of the two bays. Now im wondering on the winter time is there alot of heat loss ? I was thinking of either wrapping the tube or spray foam insulation on the outside of the tube. Im concered...

I'm going with propane now atthe house due to the rising hydro cost. I have 4 loops of 1/2" pex 700feet in total length. What size boiler should I go with for the in floor heating ?

Hey guys I have a question. My garage is a 24x24 with 2x4 walls with R12 and a R40 ceiling insulated doors. I have 650ft 4 loops of 1/2" pex in the slab I have a 60 gal hot water heater in the house and i rarely use water. My friend designed me a system to use the 60 gal house hold water...

Ok gys been working on my garage now for 4 months it was poured about 2 months ago. Its vapour barriered then 2" foam sealed with infloor heating I want to epoxy it but honestly im scred to do it as all the stories i read about the floor peeling with hot tires and people driving on it and...

Hey guys my house has a 60ft antenna mast and the controler here is not working. I wanna take the mast down but dunno how i would do that. I have some ideas but would like to hear how these things were installed in the first place. Anyone shed some light?? Josh

I build a 24x24 garage and im planning the lights . The lower of the pics are the garage door openings in the pics. I was thinking 9 48" dual bulb T8 fluorescent lights. Here is my idea.

Quick question guys. When doing the exterior of the slab how far down do you do your insulation ?? I was going to 2" foam 1" down against the footing wall like this in the pic? Or should i got 2 feet down the wall. Here is a pic. Oh the top is going to be cut at a 45 deg btw

Hey guys After reading all the garage builds on here and gathering all the information i can aquire. The plan is to put in radiant infloor heating and a small 5" deep pit for a Scissor lift. Well i bought a house and the garage floor was shifting pretty bad. 1/2" gaps every where and the...

Hey guys i have a 24x24 garage attached to my house. I am taking the floor out as we speak as it was cracked due to not being packed down and not having any rebar or mesh. Now the fill under it is sand. What should i do. Im doing in floor heating and will be doing this ontop of the recommened...

So I'm taking out my floor and the local dump wants $1000.00 yes a grand to get rid of 6cu yards of concrete. The concrete is broken up to pieces no bigger then 3x3". Question is if I dig floor under garage 12" can I used the crushed concrete as a base and pack it down with a compactor then...

Footing wall return questions. Need advice from experienced persons on repairs Hey guys taring the garage floor out to redo it with radiant floor heating . My problem is the one side footing wall the motor joints are cracked and some are pushed out. Either it was not done properly or im unsure...

Hey guys Im doing up a new concrete pad with radiant heat installed and ive been researching this for over 2 months and i cant make my mind up. The garage is my hobby garage and i do alot of work init. We have winters with salts here also. I want something that will not cost me a arm and a...

Hey guys bought a house and im tearing out the garage floor its cracked and chipped and what not. This is a attached garage on a house and has a brick footing. Now my question is im going to do infloor heating and im going to lay down vapor barrier and 2" foam insulation and i was told that...

Hey guys im getting alot of mixed info on what i should do. Im located in Ontario canada and we get some -40deg nights. I purchased a house that has a 24x24 garage. The floor is cracked so im going to take out all the concrete and dig down 12-14" of gravel. Going to do 2-3" or crushed gravel...

Ok guys have a quick question. Ive seen guys on here do it. They modify there thrusses to make more room for there hoist. What do i need to do for this? Go see a engineer or just go to a thruss company for some new plans and i do the labour myself?

Ok guys have to can the plans of the 32x30 garage. I just bought a house with a 25x25 garage floor. The floor has alot of cracks in it. Im going to be putting in a scissor lift so i need to cut out a section of the floor but its got alot of cracks so hell why not do the whole thing. Now if i...