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Hey guys i need a little help from some of the engineers or guys more experienced in this particular area. I'm building a gantry lift in my new shop that will be fixed on one end with a pivot and have a base with wheels on the other to swing across approximately two thirds of my shop floor. Most...

Any one who has in slab radiant particularly anyone using a propane or ng tankless water heater experimented with different slab inlet temps vs fuel consumption. I have a 2400 sqft building using a nortiz tankless and it's doing great I've just been playing with things to find where it's...

I'm in the process of setting up the propane tanks for my radiant heat and I'm having a little trouble finding this information. I have two 420lb tanks. What is the standard practice for connecting them. I can't seem to locate a first stage regulator with a dual inlet. I'm also having trouble...

I'm installing a 5 ton split system in my 40x60. The air handler is above the stairs going up to the mezzanine. The lineset will be run straight through the wall and down the exterior witch has vynyl siding. What is the preferred method to go through the wall. I was thinking of using conduit. I...

so I'm going to be adding a small retaining wall to my back yard and bringing in some fill to take some grade out to give the kids a more usable yard. The wall will be about 70 feet long and range from about 8"to 24". My question is. Should i bring the fill in first spread and compact it. Then...

I'm looking to seal the pad in front of my garage its about 1300sqft. I would prefer something with oil protection but it's not paramount. The pads main use is parking but i do wash my dirt latemodel on it. I know people speak very highly of ghostshield 8510 but im not sure if I'm ready to...

so this doesent specifically pertain to my garage but it's effecting it. About two years ago i had my entire septic system replaced. The new system is aerobic. All plumbing in the house was unchanged. The system performs as designed with no issues. The problem i have is during hot days...

anybody have any thoughts or suggestions on wall color. Some people have suggested that white gets to dirty looking to fast. Within reason i don't care about looks I'm painting for protection and primarily to help with lighting thanks for any thoughts

calling on experienced garage ac installers. I have a 40×60×15 stick built no windows with a 15×40 mezzanine and several small 8' rooms under the mezzanine. I live in Maryland right in the middle. It gets pretty hot and humid here. The walls have r19 batts and i plan to do blown in up top. Their...

Anyone have any specific regimens they have found that works well for removing paint marks on fresh untreated concrete. The marks are from dragging or dropping osb plywood around on the floor and the paint that is applied to the edges of the wood to seal it

so getting ready to finish up the ac in my 40x60 the unit is mounted on top of a 15' mezzanine at the back wall leaving roughly 45' from the unit to the other end of the garage the plan is to run one main trunk line down the back wall that drops in size periodically to maintain airspeed. And...

hello garage journal. I'm entertaining the idea of attaching a boom to the side of my 8000lb two post lift cable over top auto lift. This is just an idea I'm clearly not an engineer or i would not be on a forum asking about this idea. This boom would be a frame design and around 10-12ft in...

In the home stretch on my 40x60 build and looking at water heater options. It has a full bathroom with shower in it and a slop sink. The reality is the shower will probably rarely or never get used. It was mainly installed because the layout left enough room that it didn't make sense to leave...

So when we installed my doors i left the protective plastic on them thinking that it might be a good idea since the pad in front of the garage had not been poured yet. Well my concrete guy jerked me around and one thing led to another and i forgot about the plastic not realizing how fast the uv...

I know this has been covered many times but I'm having trouble using the search menu with my phone after a update. So I'm just gonna ask im planing to put either a 75 or 100 amp sub panel in the far corner of my garage. It's about 115-120ft run breaker to breaker. I know that i need three...

Getting ready to coat my shop floor and i am interested in ghost shield 325/645 epoxy urethane combo. Does anyone have any first hand experience with this product. I know their penetrating sealers get great reviews but i can't find alot on this product thanks

I'm getting ready to break ground on a 40 x 60 stick built garage. I would like to put a mezzanine along the 40 foot span. Along this wall will be several rooms roughly eight foot deep and I plan to use this as a load-bearing wall for the mezzanine. I would like to come out an additional 8 ft...