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Both doors mounted and working great. First half of the bulkhead going in.
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Both doors mounted and working great. First half of the bulkhead going in.
HSpencer
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Looking great! I like the size a lot. Will be a great garage to work in.
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Thanks!
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Other half of bulkhead in the door area complete.
Perimeter bulkhead was framed up today. Will start wiring it and drywalling it tomorrow most likely. You can see the 300cfm fan in the middle which will be used for ventilation, it will be controlled by a humidistat.
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What is that white fan looking thing in the tray in your last pic btw garage looks great
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It's a fan. We had small bathroom fans in our house to provide ventilation in the bathrooms, we got tired of the noise so we went with a centralized unit (a smaller version of the white fan) which pulls from both bathrooms at once.
This is the largest unit we could buy locally, it has 6" piping and will have 4 intake vents built into the bulkhead from which it will draw as well as pulling from in front of the door, and then it will vent straight out the back wall on which its mounted.
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Wow great idea where did u get it and is it just for exhaust in the garage or serve another purpose?
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Subscribed can't wait to see the rest of your post
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Progress looking great. It will be a very nice garage!
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I just picked it up from a local hardware store here, I would imagine most stores would have them. I can't remember the brand name off hand, but I've been very happy with the one I have in my house.
It serves two purposes, to control humidity (which you need to do with a heated pad), and also to vent exhaust fumes. I have it connected to a humidistat which will turn it on whenever the humidity reaches a certain point automatically, or else I can turn it on manually whenever I pull a vehicle into the garage and it will run for 15 minutes then shut down.
The ducting was all finished on Friday, I'll take a picture of that and other items we've finished recently and upload it tomorrow. It will likely be a lot of finishing work early this week on the inside and then moving to the exterior to take advantage of some nice weather we have coming our way.
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All the ductwork is in place.
Closer view of the ductwork and fan.
Overview of bulkhead and ductwork.
Entry door installed. Still needs to be adjusted and hardware added.
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sunsation288
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wow nice work !!!!! keep picture coming
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looks awasome
love the spot lights!
still feel massive lol
love the spot lights!
still feel massive lol
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Thanks! Progress has stopped until next week. With the nice weather my contractor has gone back to the farm to help with harvest until after Canadian Thanksgiving which is next weekend.
looks awasome
love the spot lights!
still feel massive lol
Thanks, I can't wait to get the proper bulbs put in them. There are a whole lot more pot lights that are going into the bulkhead, should look awesome when its done, and hopefully bright!
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Contractor finally came back after a 2 week hiatus, hopefully have daily updates again on progress. Its starting to get cold here now, dropping below freezing at night, so getting the heated pad functional will be a priority.
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looks great!!! that vent system is a genius idea... i would have never thought that you would have humidity problems in Canada, but it definitely makes sense to vent exhaust fumes when you have the place so tightly insulated...
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Thanks, I was pretty happy with how we were able to make use of the bulkhead like this, it was bugging me that it was just going to be single purpose initially.
The humidity problem comes from cold air coming into the garage when the doors are opened in winter, or snow and ice coming in on a cold vehicle, and hits the warm air inside the garage. I've seen a brand new garage with a heated pad get mold in the upper corners in the first winter due to lack of ventilation.
This system will change out all the air in the garage in around 30 minutes, but in reality we will only change out 50% the air at time (unless the humidistat gets triggered).
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When I left for work this morning, the trenching of the power line had already begun.
When I came home from work he had made it all the way around the house.
Tomorrow there very well could be power hooked up in the garage!
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Learn something new every day, good tip on the humidity from cold vehicle into a heated shop.
Definitely gonna look into this as I promised my future wife she could at least have one spot in our future oversized double (this keeps me makin sure her vehicle is always in top notch shape so it is always mobile, and I can get my truck in for any maintainence or repair) the other side is where I will be doin work on either of my project trucks, quads etc.)
Definitely gonna look into this as I promised my future wife she could at least have one spot in our future oversized double (this keeps me makin sure her vehicle is always in top notch shape so it is always mobile, and I can get my truck in for any maintainence or repair) the other side is where I will be doin work on either of my project trucks, quads etc.)
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Flex box installed at the bottom of the electrical conduits into the garage. A coil of the main power wire gets stored in here, then if any ground shifting occurs in the future, there is slack in the wire so it can move.
Trench completed with the main power feed, as well as Cat 6 data cable and even added a run of coaxial wire from the house just in case I want to put a satellite receiver out there. For $14 I figured might as well rather than not doing it and regretting it later.
Picking up a load of sand. The wires getting trenched in get buried in a layer of sand first, then the dirt goes on top. This is to prevent anything sharp in the soil like a rock from pressing against the wires.
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No picture updates today, not much to see, but the garage finally has its own power.
Completed trenching in the power, data, and coaxial cables from the house, as well as another line that will be connected to a switch in the house so we can control the soffit lighting on the garage from the house.
Completed trenching in the power, data, and coaxial cables from the house, as well as another line that will be connected to a switch in the house so we can control the soffit lighting on the garage from the house.
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We've had to switch gears a little bit and focus on getting the exterior of the house and attached garage done before it gets too cold or we get too much snow.
New garden doors installed in place of the single man door. This will allow us to get large items out of the attached garage without having to move my wife's car. It also adds a lot more light. You can see the new 2" insulation going on as well.
Dug out and built new window well boxes so that these windows are legal for bedroom egress. We are also adding the 2" rigid foam insulation down the basement wall about 2' down.
New garden doors installed in place of the single man door. This will allow us to get large items out of the attached garage without having to move my wife's car. It also adds a lot more light. You can see the new 2" insulation going on as well.
Dug out and built new window well boxes so that these windows are legal for bedroom egress. We are also adding the 2" rigid foam insulation down the basement wall about 2' down.
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That is interesting with the boards. Here we have to cover all power with an orange plastic sheet with the wording something like electrical power lines below also used for gas and phone etc.
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Nice built sir , can't wait to see more picture , and what i have add to my trenched line is a Fluorescent Marking Tape 1 feet over the board , it will be easier to the next guy digging 
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The boards were just something extra the contractor did, it wasn't required or anything. We have the cables much deeper in the earth than we need to have them anyways, nothing is likely to ever disturb these cables.
Nice built sir , can't wait to see more picture , and what i have add to my trenched line is a Fluorescent Marking Tape 1 feet over the board , it will be easier to the next guy digging
Thanks! I will keep posting progress pics as we go. Positive feedback helps keep me going.
Its the hot air that travels up to the roof from the floor since its heated, and it carries with it the moisture. Think of a bathroom with poor ventilation, you will often see the mold up near the ceiling first.
With a heated pad it generates a lot of humidity b/c its not drying the air like a forced air system would.
Having the air intakes at floor level is not a good idea with a heated pad, you are drawing the warm air that's rising off the floor before it has a chance to travel up and heat the airspace above it.
I wish I had more information on the fan, it came in a generic box with only a model number on the outside, and that's since been thrown away. They are very common though, I've purchased 4 of them so far. If I find more info I'll send it your way.
The humidistat I've been using in all my renovation work is the Dewstop, there are two versions, one with a light switch built in and a regular one. They work great, and we've installed 5 of them now without any problems.
Dewstop Website
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Man that babie is one tall unit
Ah, I missed the part about the heated pad. That makes sense, thanks.
I'll probably do something similar in my shop, but for spring & summer ventilation. I don't have a heated pad, so I'll likely pull humidity from the floor level.
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I dug around and found the packaging the fan came in, I thought it had been thrown out. Here is the info on it for anyone who was wondering.
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Back of the house is fully covered in the 2" closed cell foam except for the gable ends. Boxed area around the window is where a new larger window will be going in. Shockingly there was no insulation around any of the old windows we've looked at so far. I am really excited to see how much this is going to change our energy consumption for heating and cooling.
Existing attached garage didn't have a floor drain so today we added one. Amazing what this drill will go through.
Sunset over the garage. Pretty excited to make some more progress in there but we have to get the house exterior finished first before it gets too cold. Burning scrap lumber in the burning barrel to keep warm.
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The lower 1ft of sheeting is being replaced with treated lumber, then the foam on top, Tyvek and finally vinyl siding. There will also be an 18" perimeter of gravel around the entire house except for the front.
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He's the hardest working guy I know. He's 60 and I don't know many people who could keep up with him.
I do help too, it just looks like he does everything b/c I've always got the camera, haha.
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Great build keep pics comming so does that fan move a lot of air and is it noisy?
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It moves 260cfm, its not very noisy at all, keep in mind this is meant to install in a house so they are quiet enough for that application.
This is a larger unit than what I used in the house so its a bit noisier, it also hasn't been closed in yet which will make a big difference with noise.
Once its all closed up in the bulkhead I doubt we will even hear it. The one in the house you have to really concentrate to be able to hear.
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I think it might take longer then that to warm up. What made you decide to go with a HWT?