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Thank-you! Just wondering how high of a psi should be used? When I hit it with 3500 psi, the sealer goes from clear/invisible to looking dirty/stained, but have been un-successful at removing it.

I have some outdoor concrete slabs and also a garage floor, all poured about 1-1/2 years ago it was finished using Dayton Superior J-20 cure & seal. The outdoor concrete has a lot of discoloration caused from being exposed to a solvent which was used to clean the new brick on the house. This...

I hav been using a Zboost unit for well over 5 years. It really works great and never had a problem with it. Sent from my moto g power using The Garage Journal mobile app

My contractor friends are telling me that they have been getting PT lumber for way less than the non-PT so have been saving a lot of money by buying PT lumber for framing jobs that don't require PT.

i just had 3 plastic risers/lids installed. I had concrete lids on my tank about 1 foot below grade. I had no problems or issues and was happy to have them below grade for the last 50 years. But I'm selling my house and the buyer's home inspector wrote up that the septic tank does not meet...

Sealed combustion is much safer. Get a sealed combustion Sterling unit here https://www.acfgreenhouses.com/sterling-gas-heaters.aspx They also sell a horizontal vent kit and everything else you should need. Sent from my XT1635-02 using The Garage Journal mobile app

Heating well-insulated 720 sqft, 10 ft ceilings, with a 45K Sterling on propane in mid Ohio. The 30K unit would have been more than enough.

Morton installs the insulation blankets after building is up. They use horizontal 2x4's to hold the blankets and vapor barrier in place. They also place vertical air dams between the horizontal runs to minimize air movement in the 1.5 inch space between the vapor barrier and wall board. See the...

I have a 40 year old Morton building, 48X30 and it is still standing and in good shape too. I just had a 24X30 Morton built for a shop close to the house last year. Their energy saver package uses 7-8 ft wide, 6 inch thick(R19) insulating batts in the walls so no need for stud walls. They have a...

Attach 3/4 inch ply wood to the purlins and mount the panel on the plywood. If you plan to insulate in the future, maybe you should use 2x4 or 2x6 spacers so you can fill the space with insulation and mount the 3/4" plywood over that.

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How does the HD6600 compare to the HDO15CLR standard epoxy sealer? I am thinking about staining 650 sqft of floor with HD-410 and sealing over it. My garage concrete was poured in November,power troweled and cure&seal applied. It still has large patches which are dark and some are light. It...

Better check that again. 3/4 inch foam should not be even close to R30. If there is some new stuff like that, please confirm and let us know.

A kerosene heater should work for your situation as should the Mr. Heater in your link. As already mentioned, you have to consider the air quality in the space and have adequate ventilation. For a few hours at a time and with no insulation or vapor barrier, you are probably good. But there may...

Thanks for the replies. Both of those units look like they would work good for me.

Hi All. Looking for a thermostat to control a ceiling mounted, gas unit heater in the garage. Would appreciate any suggestions for a good unit to control temperature at around 40 degrees when unoccupied and turning up to 65-75 when occupied.

Using this formula for my soon to be built 24x30 with 9.5 ft ceilings comes to 27,360 btu. Wow, I have been trying to decide between a 45K and 60K btu Modine unit. I will have R19 in walls and R38 in ceiling here in SW Ohio. Maybe I only need a 30K btu unit. Wait a minute, 30k is the input btu...

I'm thinking about doing the same thing only using the densifier concrete stain. I just wish I cold see an example of a floor done that way.

I will be having my concrete floor poured in November here in Southwestern Ohio. Will be putting down stain with a poly topcoat or may decide to go with epoxy. Should I tell my concrete man to finish the concrete a certain way? I would like it to be floated to as smooth as possible. Is this ok...

Hello, I've been a member and lurking for over a month now and thought I should get on it with a first post. I am starting a new garage/shop/hangout in the near future so surely I'll be back on here again with some questions. Dave