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    Duct size for 15' x 40' room

    I have a 15' x 40' fully insulated room attached to my barn that I'm looking to heat. The room has a sloped ceiling of 11' on the one side down to 8' on the other side. It used to be a lean to that I closed in and framed all the walls and insulated with R19 in the walls and R64 in the ceiling...
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    Metal ceiling screwup

    Steel ceiling panel screwup I'm finishing the pole barn on my property (30x40 -12' ceiling HT) and I decided to finish the ceiling with metal paneling from Menards. They were special order, so I had to specify a length. My trusses are 24" on center so I ordered 8' panels thinking like I'm...
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    4 post lift: can you pull an engine?

    I've read quite a few threads on the 2 post or 4 post lift pros and cons. What I haven't really read and would be most important to me is can you pull an engine from the top when using a 4 post lift. I know the front crossmember is in the way for a cherry picker, but it seems like you could...
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    Too much heater for my 20x20 garage?

    My work is disposing of a couple working 160,000 & 200,000 Btu hanging heaters in lieu of some new 350,000 units. I would like to put the 160,000 heater in my un-insulated 20x20 garage with no closed in ceiling, but wondering if there is such a thing as too much heater for a garage. I can get...
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    Question about garage ceiling

    I have a 2 car garage attached to a 1950's Ranch, I want to make some more room in ceiling area for lights and just to clean up the overall look. Can I remove the 2x4's shown in the photo below, if I do, will I need to put something else in to support the structure more. I was also thinking of...
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    Adding a run for lights and outlets for attached garage

    I've got a 1950's house with a 2 car attached garage. It currently has only one outlet in the whole garage, and that outlet is tied to a bunch of outlets and lights in the kitchen. Everytime I turn the compressor on in the garage, the breaker usually blows, unless I shut off all the lights in...
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