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If I were to either move or remove this door or vent forward of it (to the left in this photo), is there a reason a typical concentric vent would have to stick out beyond the soffit? If it matters, I am in Minnesota, the siding is vinyl, and the the soffit is metal, unvented (not perforated like...

Is it realistic to put down an epoxy and/or polyurea system with full flake either half the garage at a time or below 35 or 40 degrees? It is becoming clear I almost definitely cannot do my two-car garage in Minnesota before the temperatures drop too low, and it will be next to impossible for...

I've been patching some spalling and holes in my two-car garage floor, which will make it easier to roll my woodworking tools around without getting stuck. But, with cool weather fast approaching here in Minnesota, should I do any grinding or coating, or should I wait until spring? Attached is...

I am about to run three 240V circuits with 10 gauge wire and three 120V circuits with 12 gauge wire around my two-car, attached garage, and I am torn between running the wire from stud to stud and going up, over three studs, and back down. The walls are open but will be insulated and finished...

Earlier this year I was looking into fixing some pitting and 'holes' (pockmarking, I think it's called?) in my 1980s garage floor because it's difficult to roll woodworking tools around beneath where cars have parked over the years, but the summer got away from me. With cool weather fast...

Almost there! Before I run to my local electrical supplier to purchase a subpanel and a feeder wire for my two-car garage woodworking shop: Should I get a main breaker panel instead of a main lug panel? Is 4-3 NM okay (I was originally going to go with 6-3), or should I get #2 aluminum? I do...

I don't mean to create multiple threads, but I feel they are the best way to get to the point with straightforward questions. So here we go... I am finishing my attached, two-car garage with a subpanel and branch circuits for woodworking. I do not weld...yet. I have no intention to in the near...

I almost have the receptacle layout set for my attached two-car garage, and now I'm looking at wire and boxes. For wire, should I use 10/2 for the 240V receptacles and 12/2 for the 120V receptacles? What box type and material should I get? I will be drywalling, if that makes a difference. Here...

The walls in my attached, two-car garage are open right now, but I will be insulating and drywalling as soon as I get all wiring and receptacles installed and inspected. I am fundamentally going to run two 120V branch circuits and two 240V branch circuits around my three walls (the fourth 22'...

Is there any reason I should consider using a Square D QO panel instead of a CH panel? My main is CH, so I was going to go with a CH subpanel. But I could alternatively go with a Square D QO panel if there is a good reason to do so because the main will probably be upgraded either this fall or...

I was planning on using 6-3 Romex for the 25' interior feeder run from my basement main panel to the attached garage, where my subpanel will go. But when I called local electrical supply houses to get info on availability of feeder wire and CH main lug panels, one gentleman with whom I spoke...

Does the presence of an access door in the same back corner I hope to install a natural gas unit heater (I don't know where else it could go) make it difficult or even impossible to vent horizontally / out the side wall? It's an 80" door in a space with a 9' ceiling. If it matters, the roof...

By this fall I will almost definitely be installing a natural gas unit heater in my two-car, insulated garage. I can get the Hot Dawg 45,000 BTU unit from Home Depot anytime now for only $568 after a 15% off coupon I recently received in the mail, or I can pay $80 more and get the Sterling CG45...

I have more or less decided to hire an electrician to install a garage subpanel rather than doing it myself. It is about a 16' wire run in a basement ceiling that is being redone anyway, then up into garage wall. Am I making the right choice, or no? How many folks here who are not electricians...

For heating and cooling my two-car garage in Minnesota, where winters are typically 0 - 20 degrees F and summers typically 80-90 degrees, should I avoid a mini split with heat pump? It sounds like a heat pump won’t be able to pull enough heat out of the cold winter air, especially when it’s ten...

Does this water leak need to be repaired before prepping and coating my floor? I started cleaning out my garage today, and I noticed this under a built-in workbench. I’ve only been in the house a few months. I am assuming I will have to remove siding from the exterior, repair damage, add...

My 1980s, two-car garage floor (460 sq ft) has a lot of pitting in it, presumably from the salt brought in on vehicles in the winter, as well as three, thin cracks emanating from roughly the middle of the floor. There is no heaving. I need to fix these issues because it is difficult to roll...

I am getting ready to run a 6/3 feeder wire from my basement main panel, 20' across the ceiling, up through the subfloor and the sill plate sitting on top of the joists, and up into the garage wall, but I hit a snag. As it turns out, there is another board product behind the drywall along the...

I will be installing an attic ladder tomorrow with the help of a couple of friends, and I was wondering what the best placement is for my garage. Attached is a diagram of my garage as it relates to the install of an attic ladder. The garage is about 21 x 21 feet. The problem is there is this...

My garage has only two outlets in it: one back-wall outlet on a 20-amp circuit that is shared with the two bathroom and laundry room outlets and three incandescent bulbs on the other side of the wall, and one ceiling outlet on a 15-amp circuit that is shared with the garage door opener, four...