Modding My Garage

[SANDOVAL]

I have been working on a few Garage Mods.

First is something I have been waiting for 4 months to do. Moen has postponed the launch of the first hot cold freeze resistant faucet month after month. They finally shipped my unit 2 weeks ago. I now have Hot and cold SOFT WATER on the side of the house going up the driveway. I can't wait to try out the soft water on the car. It was installed right where I love to wash the car which is usually covered with shade.

My plumber was very impressed with the design. The shut off is actually located about 12 inches from the faucet head. So it dumps the water out from the inside of the house out where there is a bleeder valve. This prevents a busted pipe during a freeze.

I added the cast iron detail it goes with our 20's Tudor House.
http://www.moen.com/browsecatalog/productcatalog/outdoorsillfaucet.cfm

Next is the addition of two Costco industrial work site fans. The fans are pretty powerful! I mounted them at the highest point in the garage. This is where the heat collects. When the 30 Halogen lights are on it is a pressure cooker. So I hardwired both fans and ran new electrical to a wall switch. The difference is night and day. I can crack the garage door or open the french doors and the heat escapes. This was a COOL project lol! I will be adding the rest of the models around the other fan this week I will post some updated pics later.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11122519&whse=&topnav=&browse=&s=1

 

[D-Cal]

Love the faucet. I want the same thing for outside my house. Currently I have to run a hose from the bathroom if I want to wash the cars. Ugh!

 

[REFLEXX]

Sandoval!

I cannot believe what a small world this is! That GT3 wing "upright" that's mounted on your wall might be one of mine!

Let me explain. One of my customers makes wings for Porsches. One of the wings he makes is for the racing GT3 cars. He only does the fiberglass and carbon fiber. I do his machining of the aluminium bits, these happen to be 7075-T6, good stuff.

If that "upright" does NOT have the words "Made In Germany", then odds are that I machined it!

the "proof" here:

 

[Pekingman]

I love the fan idea. Being here in AZ I may have to do that in my new house, not only from a cooling point of view, but also just having air moving when dealing with various chemical fumes. Now I am also wondering if you had those running at a low speed all the time if that would create some positive pressure in the garage when the doors are shut and prevent any dust/dirt from seeping in through small cracks/openings.

 

[Pekingman]

Oh, question, did you have to buy mounting hardware for those or were they included with the fans?

 

[SANDOVAL]

Reflexx- That paticular wing support came from Europe it was on a cup car that wrecked during a Le Mans race at Brands Hatch. I will look at it and see if there are any markings. Very cool though!

Pekingman I used 1" electrical conduit brackets from Home Depot to mount. Th idea of positive pressure is very interseting and in theory could work. I will have to experiment. Since I hardwired the fans to a swich I have them set on full power. There are three settings. It would be a PITA to switch the setting often.

 

[Der Bugmeister]

I doubt you'd be able to achieve positive pressure just by moving existing quantities of air through the space - you'd need to draw additional air from outside in order to do that, especially with the assumed leakage through the assorted cracks and whatnot.

 

[TorqueWrench]

I doubt you'd be able to achieve positive pressure just by moving existing quantities of air through the space - you'd need to draw additional air from outside in order to do that, especially with the assumed leakage through the assorted cracks and whatnot.

Ditto to what Der posted...you will not be adding air with the fans, just moving it around.
Positive pressure would come from your air handling unit for the room through your supply and your return vents...if adjustable you could "build" positive pressure to the adjacent rooms...if trying to "build" pressure to outside, that would all depend on your barometric pressure at the time...I think.