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I have plans to order a materials package for a pole barn being built in 1-2 years. I have the space to store it inside a dry and insulated heated shop. Would the painted panels be at risk of developing stains if stacked flat on the floor? Again the shop is very clean and dry and the panels will...

Is it a part of yearly maintenance on these to have to purge air out of the system after it's been sitting and off all summer? I'm running a single zone radiant heat closed loop with a hot water heater and there is air the system because I can hear noise in the grundfos circulator pump when...

This weekend I had the task of doing some basement electric work in my house and installing a few lights. While making some connections more than once I did it carefully with the circuits hot. In my barn, I have a sub panel fed with a 90 amp breaker off my main. About half of my GFCIs were lit...

I'm running a closed loop system with a basic hot water tank. I read you can fill/purge with the air eliminator opened OR closed. With my air eliminator closed, I am able to purge all the air out but once I open it up for normal operation I get lots of air entering the system. Here is a picture...

I need to install a flue vent in my new hot water tank that I'm using for my radiant heat system. I'm running just a basic AO Smith gas HWT with no power vent. I'm trying to find out what I need to buy so I can right it right out of the side wall (90 degree bend at the top of the tank). Can I do...

This past weekend was a good time to finally apply my epoxy coating from Legacy Industrial. It's medium grey color with fine grit and came out great, with the perfect amount of slip resistance yet still easy to sweep. I spent a day grinding and cleaning with the floor polisher and diamabrush...

I'm grinding my floor this weekend using an Edco 11" with vacuum. Since I have walls, ceiling and lights installed already I was going to put up plastic sheeting but because of time constraints and being short handed for help I'm wondering if the vacuum will be enough to keep the mess down and a...

Wondering what the opinions are for freeze protection in a radiant heated shop which rarely loses power in winter. Instead of messing around with glycol why not just keep a generator ready just in case of a power failure? With a very well insulated shop, it might take a while for the water to...

I installed pex in my floor before it was poured for radiant heating but forgot to install a pipe to put my slab sensor in. I already purchased the Tekmar 519 thermostat that includes the sensor. Is there any good way I can install this sensor or will I be OK to just use room temperature control...

Last spring I bought the service wire for my new building which I specified I needed 2-2-2-4 MHF. Well they sold me URD cable instead which as 3 black and 1 black with white stripe. This is rated for direct bury but not to go inside the structures. Is my only option to mount junction boxes on...

Does NEC require all 240v circuits to have a neutral wire in new construction? I know that the neutral is required for some appliances such as washers and dryers that would utilize 120v thus requiring the neutral but what about our garage tools like tablesaws and welders? Is it OK to use 3 wires...

Before I blow in insulation for the attic on a new pole barn I need to put in a barrier so it doesn't fill up the soffits and block my ventilation. The roof steel has corrugated ribs and every 9" or so has a 1" hole between it and the roof purlin - will this provide enough air flow? I would...

For my new slab I put in 6" of 1" crusher run stone and tamped well in 2" lifts. The stone was hard to get perfectly level after tamping so I brought in some crusher dust to make up about 1" left before I put my foam board down. So I've got roughly 1-2" of crusher dust and I'm not sure if I...

It's been a very wet and rainy spring here in WNY so there is a ton of water in the ground. Last week we made the mistake of boring our post holes and now have a mess of mud and water (that keeps seeping in) filling up the holes. I've been pumping it out daily and am making progress drying them...

I don't have my pole barn finished yet, but the ground is very soft right now and I'd like to install my grounding rods. I would like to put them inside in the wall, underneath my panel box so my interior finish plywood will cover them, but stick out an inch above my concrete to attach the...

I'm going to be installing a closed loop radiant heat system in my new shop using a hot water tank. I'm running a water line from the house out to the shop so I can have water available at a utility sink. Is this as simple putting a tee in the line off my water heater before the circulator pump...

My wife and I purchased a new house here in Western NY and I made a deal with her that I could build a pole barn out back because the house only has a 1 car garage. So, last summer I went through the permitting process, size variance was required and granted, and my permit was issued. Last week...

My new shop is going to have a 6' lean-to porch, 6' x 10' apron in front of the garage door, and a 10' x 16' shed floor behind the building. This may be the concrete guys preference, but wondering if I should pour everything the same day, or the inside floor one day and the other 3 additional...

In a month or two I'll be starting my 24 x 36 pole barn and have a question on the first few steps of the build. My plan is to layout the building, dig and set posts and pretty much get the building frame done and roof installed. This will all be done on my grass without scalping off the sod or...

I'm planning on insulating the walls of my new pole barn using the flash and batt method. Location is upstate NY with cold winters. I'll be using 1" reclaimed polyiso foam on the exterior between the girts and 6" fiberglass over that, followed by plastic vapor barrier and my OSB walls. No matter...