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Had a plan for wiring up my 2 post, but a friend just pointed out I might consider a change. My original plan was 10 gauge NM-b for the motor and 12 gauge NM-b for a 20 amp circuit mounted on the post. I finally looked at the motor plate and saw it’s a 3hp motor. A friend suggested instead...

Need to route power from my attic down to my 2 post lift. Looking for suggestions on penetrating my drywall ceiling with conduit in such a way as to allow the conduit to move a little if the post should move without damaging the surrounding drywall. Lift is really close to the ceiling, so I...

I feel silly asking how to paint something, yet here I am. I'm nearing the end of a ~2,000 square foot garage build (expansion of existing attached), and am ready for paint. I primed the ceiling two days ago and the walls yesterday, spraying using a Graco x7 with Kilz PVA primer. My plan was...

As my title states, I'll be building the wall and rough framing for an 18' x 8' garage door (actually two of them) tomorrow and reading the IRC (TABLE R603.7(1) TOTAL NUMBER OF JACK AND KING STUDS REQUIRED AT EACH END OF AN OPENING) it looks like I need 4 jack studs and 4 king studs on each end...

Getting close to my slab pour and discussing with my concrete contractor what rigid foam to use for underneath the slab I reminded him to make sure and order enough for the inside of the foundation wall up to the top of the slab (cut at 45* angle at the top so it's covered by concrete). He...

This project has been dragging out for so long this summer, but finally seeing some movement in the last two weeks - foundation and beam! Just had to share some photos of the beam installed with people who will appreciate it, because wow, it really opens the space up and has me excited again...

After months of my project sitting with no progress, a lot has happened in the last 2 weeks and I need to get my pex layout finalized for radiant heat. I initially had used LoopCAD to design it for me, but I really didn't like the layouts it was giving me, so I decided to design my own. My...

I'm laying out my pex floorplan and struggling with how I should zone my garage. It is 68' x ~28' with 12' ceilings. The red circle is a planned 6" PVC pip coming up from underneath that my PEX pipes will be routed through as my manifolds/heater/etc. will be in my basement on the other side of...

Hey all. I've been a lurker here for a long time, but finally registered as I'm working through the design steps for an attached 28' x 48' garage addition. The addition will be added on to the side of a 3-car side-entrance garage, converting it to a 4-car front-entrance garage. This will...

Working on final footing detail for permit process for a 28 x 48 garage addition attached to my existing garage. Will be doing radiant in-floor heating and insulating the slab, but want the stem wall to extend 12" above slab level. I am struggling with how to accomplish having the wall extend...