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I'm in the concrete highway business. There is a product from a company called Sika that makes a thin lift overlay that will likely fix your problem. We use it on bridge decks with 80,000 pound trucks pounding on it for years with no delamination. And it goes down as thin as 1/4 inch. I...

So I finished installing a 29 gauge liner in my pole barn. My intention was to install the ceiling panels on the bottom on the trusses (spaced at 4-feet), then blow in insulation from the attic space above. However, I was getting ready to rent the attic cat machine and begin blowing in the...

So I purchased 3 Canarm LTD 56" White Industrial Commercial Ceiling Fans (Model Number: CP561118111R) along with 3 Canarm MC3 2.5Amp variable-speed controllers. Installed 1 and it hums loudly on every setting except full speed. Likely a low voltage problem due to the reostate controller...

Unfortunately, 2 of the 4 runs of strip lighting are not accessible from the attic.

I'm planing to install strip lighting into my pole building shortly. The ceiling is metal liner and the feed for the lights will drop through the ceiling into the first fixture. The remaining fixtures are spaced roughly 2 feet apart and will be fed from one to another. Does the exposed wire...

Two dealers recommended the same set up. Mr. Cool and Alpine. The Alpine tech asked me many questions and did the load calculation. He said 1 36K unit will work but will run nearly constantly for my set up even will 3 ceiling fans. He argued that two 24K units would distribute the heat more...

My building is the same footprint as yours, with 12' ceilings and R-13 batt insulation in walls and R-50 blown in ceiling. Two 10x10 insulated doors. I live in New Jersey and mini-split will be used primarily for heating. FWIW, I'm about to install a mini-split system and have spoken to...

I have 4' fixtures, but cant mount them between the roof trusses ( 4' OC) without installing nailers in between them. An 8' fixture can bridge the space.

I've decided for a couple of reasons to install 8-foot long, 4 bulb fixtures in my pole building/ man cave. Can someone recommend a good source for decent budget minded fixtures?

I have 24 older 4-foot T8 fixtures. But I'm looking into buying 12 8-foot fixtures.

I was thinking of maybe both directions for good light coverage. What's a Unistrut??

I'm installing surface mount T8 fixtures on a 4' x 6' grid in my pole barn. In between fixtures, I would like to install a few ceiling fans here and there. The fans I'm looking at are hung 15" below the ceiling, and have a 56" diameter so a portion of the fan blade (about 4 inches) will pass...

Do you have a picture of how you rewired the fixture to bypass the ballast?

How are you guys installing your fixtures? I have 24 standard box-type T8 fixtures that surface mount to flat ceilings. However, my metal ceiling liner has corrugation ribs making the surface irregular. Any suggestions on how to mount them? Do they make some sort of spacer or adapter for this...

Thanks for everyone's input. I'm thinking about just buying all new bypass tubes and calling it a day. How much brighter are they? I was thinking about installing 24 2-bulb light fixtures in my 36 x 40 pole building. Is that too much light?

So I started my pole barn/ Man Cave project about 10 years ago. A divorce and job change set me back, but I'm starting to see the light (pun intended) to the end of this long project. I picked up 24 2-Bulb used T8 fixtures in excellent condition complete with new fluorescent bulbs about 8...

YIKES! I just check prices for LVL beams. Stronger, yes but not cost effective. More than double the price of conventional.

Not free standing. Ledger board along back wall bolted to 2x6 studs. headroom premium above loft. 50psf is high, no? Deck designs around here are 40psf and that includes dead and live load. This space will be used for storage mostly. Unless someone else chimes in, I'm going to go with...

I'm putting a loft in my pole barn, but can't find any tables on the web that would fit my situation. Decking tables include snow loads, and general framing tables include load bearing walls, neither of which I have. Can someone point me to a table or give me their thoughts? Here is my...