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I recently installed a 40k BTU radiant tube heater with a Honeywell smart valve in my garage. It's been fairly cold around these parts (-35) and I noticed the heater is not keeping up. After doing some investigating, I noticed that the heater is only running at 24k BTU. I had a friend with a gas...

I came across some fluorescent lights that were pulled out of a building for renovations. They are 2 bulb 4' T12 light fixtures. I am told I can take however many I need. My garage is 22' x 30'. Currently there are 2 4' T8 lights and 2 26w CFL lights. You can see them in the diagram below. The...

I have a 22x30 detached garage. It was unheated until now. The problem I'm facing is there is no floor drain, so all the snow that melts off the vehicles just sits of the floor that is not sloped very good. All the water is pooling up against the wall. My question is, how do I go about...

I just picked up a used radiant tube heater. He gave me the venting that he had it installed with. My question is, it uses a balanced flue, so basically the heat exhaust is in the middle of the vent. With this setup, do I still need to use a special wall thimble when venting through the wall, or...

I am going to be digging a trench for the gasline to my garage. I want to dig it closest to where I will be mounting my heater. I plan on buying an infrared radiant tube heater. Where would you suggest I mount it? I was thinking in the middle of the south wall. Thoughts?

I bought a house last summer. It has a double detached garage, and I am thinking I'd like to get a welder and do some welding. The house has a 100 Amp service, and a 40 amp sub panel in the garage running off the house. If I put a 30 amp 240 breaker in, will this be enough for a small mig...

I will start off by saying it's a question about my house, so I apoligize for that. I just bought my first house, and I was up in the attic today. I was looking at the rafters, and they don't look like anything I have seen before. The bottom part of the attic is made up of "joists" that are...

I have a 22 x 30 garage. The ceiling is insulated(not sure what R value) and the walls will be insulated with R-12. I live in canada, and the winters can get pretty cold(-40 at times). I plan on having the garage at around +5 or +10 Celsius, and turn it up to 15 or 20 when I want to work in it...