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We did a job for an oil change place and they had us come back and move a couple lights. They said the lights over the hoist were making it hard to see when working under the cars. They were high bay UFO lights, small and very bright. Wasn’t sure if this is a legitimate problem or just a unique...

Hoping someone that has a hoist can chime in. Is there any benefit to being able to turn off the lights directly over a vehicle hoist? To prevent getting blinded when looking up from underneath? Is this worth adding the extra wiring while I can? Or is this a waste of time?

I use Mysa for my baseboard heat. The ability to monitor usage and make simple changes is useful. It paid for itself within a few months. My energy usage dropped 60 percent in those heaters. It sounds like your pretty diligent about controlling things manually so you may not see the savings I did.

This is coming from Canada but our code should be similar. We run “spares” all the time. Sometimes with no intentions to ever use unless something comes up. Just make sure they are capped and in boxes (panel) at either end. We typically use a gutter box above the panel and leave the spares in...

I’m curious about the lumen output of led vs fluorescent tubes. I’m using an older layout drawing from this thread, the layout specs fluorescent tubes rated at 2800 lumens. The led tubes I’m looking at are rated at 2200 lumens each. As I understand the fluorescent tubes don’t direct all of their...

What brand did you go with? Does it list a btu output? The one I'm looking at is calcana.

Wondering about overhead radiant tube heaters. I will need to heat a garage roughly 900 sq feet with 11' ceilings. I'm looking at a 10' ng radiant tube, the input btu is 40k and the output is 31540. Does that sound like pretty poor efficiency? I can't find output numbers from any other...

Sound channel won't work, I need to mount cabinets on the wall and that will bypass the effectiveness of the channel. The garage is being built off the house so there is the exterior wall of the house which is the plywood wall. I'm thinking I will build a 2x4" next to it with an air space and...

Maybe also compressor and impact. Music and the occasional swearing when things go wrong. Three out of four bedrooms share that exterior wall

Any suggestions for the sound proofing of my attached garage? The exterior wall of the house is 4" thick with drywall on one side and plywood on the other, basement is roxul main floor is fibreglass. One thought is to build a 2x4" wall in the garage with roxul insulation and a sound dampening...

Any way the measure the house trusses? I would just go into the attic and measure but I'm not sure I would be able to get an accurate measurement To be honest I think it is going to cost more to do attached, the only thing il be saving is space.

I didn't price out the difference. Detached would most likely be much cheaper. With the size and shape of my lot, and size of my current driveway I think attached is the best use of space. Due set backs if I wanted detached and reasonable distance between the garage and house I would lose most...

The scissor trusses are a for sure thing I just need to gain a little more height. I did some math and with the 2/12 ceiling pitch I want a minimum 13' in the center. Means I need 10'6" walls He never mentioned having to go deeper with the footings. The grade slopes another foot into the...

Made some changes to the drawings. Original drawings use parallel chord trusses giving the appearance of 11'6 walls and brought the garage roof plane over the house roof. New drawings use scissor trusses with 10'6 walls giving me a touch over 13' at the peak of the ceiling. I have the option of...

A little bit of progress last weekend. Cut down two walnut trees and one pine

Retlaw. Tenant access would be at the back of the house with a path running around the back of the garage. Suite above the garage would be too much money and I have to watch the height so I'm not blocking views. I'm trying to avoid changing to much on the existing house

I get what you mean flipping the door to the other wall, I'm not sure what that would change as far as the roof being more uniform can you explain? That little cut out at the rear is only to accommodate the basement stairs, I didn't want to change them so I left room for them there and figured...

Thanks, I appreciate constructive criticism. I had no problem considering all the advice until I got the don't bother building it comment. I have come up with a few items I'm going to bring up with the designer when I meet with him next week. 1) try to extend the roof line across the front...

I know I didn't have the dimensions listed on the drawing but the second bedroom upstairs is quite small and I can't afford to lose any more space. I would also prefer to have no opening up there to avoid the noise coming from the garage waking up people in the house. I'm building the garage...

Here are some floor plan drawings of the house. The way I see it is the only room I can bring a door into is the basement mud room. If your going to walk through the mud room you might as well take the extra few steps out the back door. I can't imagine it would be cheap to cut an opening in the...