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Long story as short as possible, I have 2 commercial ceiling fans that were wired on a 3 speed 110V wall switch (rotary knob) and it worked great for 8 years and gave up. So I just bought a Lutron switch that looks like a regular on/off switch but has a little slide next to it that adjusts the...

Hey guys, I've been searching & reading for weeks or more about trying to decide between Racedeck "free-flow" tiles or Rustoleum type epoxy on my smooth 5 year old concrete in my 24x30 shop. I use this garage as a shop, it has in floor heat and A/C in the summer. I weld, grind, paint etc on...

Hey everyone, I bought a Sears 80gal 2 stg air compressor in 2008 and its worked great up until this last couple of months. Long story short a "reed plate" broke in the smaller high pressure head and the pieces junked out the check valve. I ordered all the right parts from Sears and installed...

i've done tons of searching and knew that this is the place for this question, i know some of you guys have used a tankless setup on a PEX heating setup in slab for garages and just wanted to see what you guys thought? This would be going into a 36x64' garage w/ 10' ceilings and 2 18x8' garage...

Ok, I've got a 24 x 30' garage and i'm using the CPI RHP-1 in my garage for my PEX, i've got 800' of line in my floor with a 50 gallon Electric Hot water heater and it works great. i have 4 input & 4 output lines and my valves are almost off, maybe open 1/8 or 1/4 turn and my pump is on low. My...

Hello again, well i've got 9 T12 8' flouresent lights and they are great, only problem is the other day 1 light didn't come on when i flipped the switch on. They are all wired in series and 2 other lights after the 1 that doesn't work, they work fine. So i attempted to check power to the...

I filled my PEX floor heat in my garage for the 1st time this weekend and i've come up with some questions, I put 20 gallons of RV antifreeze and 20 gallons of garden hose water aka 50/50 mix and turned the pump on after several hours of bleeding air out of the system i have 1 leak that i can't...

I'm about ready to fill my PEX in floor heat tubes and I'm using a 40 gallon electric hot water heater. I've got 20 gallons of RV Antifreeze and i was going to add 20 gallons of water aka 50/50 mix. But then i thought of using the "green" automotive type antifreeze cuz its cheaper, will it be...

Hey i just bought an 80 gallon vertical 2-stage Craftsman air compressor and i haven't picked it up yet but they can load it using a fork lift but any suggestions how to get it unloaded out of a 1/2 ton pick-up? Only 1 other guy will be around to help unload it so man power is slim.

i'm getting ready to seal my concrete slab and i'm planning on using "Sealbest 100% acrylic water based sealer". - Is this stuff good? My floor is super smooth and i'm wondering on the best way to apply this, it mentions rollers or spraying. i like the spraying idea but how will you know when...

ok, i'll try to make this short.... I'm building my garage in the backyard and i'm needing electricity to it soon, my house has 60amp service and i need to upgrade it to 200amp with breakers instead of fuses only problem is i didn't put that into the budget to do this year. i figured i'd run a...

Hey sometime soon i'll post all my pics of my garage going up this summer but i've got the trusses up now and they have a 24" overhang but how do i add matching overhang to the gable ends? I heard you sheet the end trusses then attach a 24" mini stud wall (i think this guy called it a barge)...

Ok, i've got my 8x8x16" cinder blocks and i'm needing some tips/tricks or advice when laying my 1 block high wall around the perimeter of my 24x30' slab. 1) How thick do i make the mortor between the floor & bottom of block & between blocks. 2) When i reach a point that a different length...

Hey i've got my slab done and i'm about to drill into it for slipping in the 1/2" re-rod for attaching my 1 row or course of concrete block. What size and or brand would be good for this? thanks :)

Starting the retaining wall last fall

Hey everyone, its getting warmer here and the snow is melting, i'm gettin excited to start on my garage but first i've to get a sound base. I've got my railroad tie retaining wall done last fall & i've let it settle throughout the winter freeze. I'm getting ready to backfill it so even when the...

I think this may be a dumb question & i already know the answer but i'm going to put the PEX heating in my garage floor and i was wondering can you put the Racedeck type tile on the floor and have it still heat? or would the tile block all the heat? :lol_hitti

I was doing some dirt work this weekend cont. to build a retaining wall for my garage and a neighbor told me he thought the city would make me put footings in instead of a floating slab? has anyone heard this? i am calling the city engineer today & keeping my fingers crossed this isnt true :(...

I started another thread about building my future 24x36' garage on fly ash but i figured this is a different topic. once i get that problem figured out, this will be a concrete slab w/ PEX heating in it and my question is do i add the 2" pink insulation under my concrete slab or can that even be...

Hey everyone, I'm located in Iowa and heading into winter, next spring/summer i'm going to be building a 24x36' garage in my backyard, no biggie but my backyard has some slope to it and already brought in 26 tons of bottom or fly ash to use as fill to bring it up level. but now i've got this...