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Built this timber frame sugar shack 14 years ago, but when I installed the metal roof I really made a big mistake in not adding some kind of a wood underlayment under the metal. Whenever we boil we get condensation that drips back down into the shack. It's not really a big deal. The season is...

Last summer I bought a $100 HF electric hoist, some rope, and pulleys and rigged up a hoist in my garage that allows me to remove the top to my K5 quickly and easily without needing to call a bunch of buddies. Got a few questions though about it. As is, all of the weight of the top (about...

Had a gently used 2 post Rotary 9,000# lift installed last summer. As I raise the arms, loaded or unloaded, I get the double "clack-clack" all the way up until I get to the next to last lock. I then only get one "clack"..the other post does not engage. They then both engage on the last lock...

Posted a thread a few days ago about my used Rotary SP09 lift install. My lift didn't come with pads so I bought them direct from Rotary. The problem now arises that these pads, which are supposed to be correct for this lift, do not work with the lift arms. I've been on the phone with Rotary...

Found a decent used Rotary SP09 back in April and thought it would be an easy install on my 3 year old cement pad. Had the proper thickness and 3,000 PSI reinforced concrete, but I had some small cracks in the floor and a 1" void underneath the pad in some places. I had a Rotary installation...

I'm in year 3 of my 25x35 barn/garage build and am about 98% done with the interior. I am looking for some advice/input about hanging some kind of a hoist system inside one of the bays for the top to my K5. The bottom chord of the attic trusses I used are designed to carry a 40 psf live...

Got my heater installed, vented, wired, thermostat wired, propane tanks set...last step to getting heat in my garage will be to run the black pipe. I've never done it before. My total run from the tanks to the unit is 6 or 7 feet. I am using two 100 pound cylinders. I live at 2,000...

I hung my Mr. Heater Big Maxx using Unistrut last week and got it wired and vented yesterday. Just got a few questions. 1) I've got quite a lot of play in the 4" Class vent pipe where it goes through the thimble. Probably got 1/4" of play. Anybody have a suggestion on how to clean this up a...

Hey guys. New to the forum. I am finishing up a 25x35 barn/garage and am going to mount an 80,000 BTU Mr. Heater Big Maxx this weekend. The owner's manual suggests using an isolation relay if using a thermostat that has a microprocessor. Can anybody help me understand 1) why this is being...

Hey everybody. Long time lurker here. Seems like I have been using this forum for info for the past 20 years or so? Decided to join today and see if I can be more active and give back a little. Bought my house in the Berkshires Hills of Western. Mass in 2001 and have dreamed of building a...

Hey everybody. Seems like every time I have done an internet search for something house or yard or garage related in the past 20 years or so I invariably end up on this forum. Decided today to finally join and become more involved. I am in year 3 of a 25x35 barn/garage build. I'll do a...