The list never stops @Hardwrkr13 never ever. My wife finds new stuff to do weekly. I’m too busy stupid for the PENG right now, then it’ll be the PMP.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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I’m putting up lights in the summer...and never taking them down. Few more months and you’ll be closer to Christmas than spring...
I'm leaving the ones in the stupid spruce. They are unplugged until next year but hanging lights on a 40' tree sucks and I am going to try to do it as infrequently as possible. We'll see if my plan just wastes a bunch of money in lights or if it saves some hassle.
Cover the plug and you should be rocking for years.
call them Easter lights
Apparently other people have had issues with squirrels chewing on the wires. I think UV will kill them (I just assume they didn't put enough stabilizer in). Control boxes are put away, there are just bare two-pin plugs near the tree trunk now. Time will tell.
If I go that route I need to buy programmable ones and change the colours, Pink for Valentines, Green for St. Patricks, Purple for Easter . . .
Might be more work than putting them up and taking them down.
Friend came into my shop with a set of incandescent Christmas lights and asked how much power they drew. They drew 1.5 amps and his next comment was "I have 70 sets I want to run and I have a 100 Amp panel."
He ended up making a temporary sub panel run from his stove receptacle to a bunch of 120 volt receptacles fed through dimmers to reduce the draw. Brought in a bucket truck to instal them.
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What is it with rodents and wiring?
The other day my cousin had to pay the dealership ~$500 to rewire the coil pack as some rodent chewed up the wiring (she had the Mazda 3 parked indoors).
Some say they like the little kick they get from residual current, others state it is something to do with soy bean extract used in the shields..?
My buddy did that, I would go by every now and again in the summer and plug them in for him. Specially if I knew he was going out and coming back at night....
Took me 3 hours to get rid of it in a closet once. Next time I did when helping a friend, spray water, have beer, strip wall paper.
Worked like a charm!
Three walls are plaster with oil paint and that seems to be going OK. The fourth wall is latex over drywall and may be a bit more of a challenge. I'm not rushing it. When I get finished there'll just be something else.
Looking at redoing the garage.
What do I need in my garage? Currently there's only one light switch, besides the garage door openers, and one plug at the back. Water lines are roughed in. Garage doors might need to be replaced. The wood between them has rotted and swollen at the bottom, so definitely needs to be replaced. Shelving units? Do I set it up so that only one car can be put in and the rest is a shop, leave it for two cars, or do something convertible or semi-permanent? I definitely want to be able to work in it in winter, which means insulating, and some type of heating. What are the good to haves, and what do you regret in yours?
What do I need in my garage? Currently there's only one light switch, besides the garage door openers, and one plug at the back. Water lines are roughed in. Garage doors might need to be replaced. The wood between them has rotted and swollen at the bottom, so definitely needs to be replaced. Shelving units? Do I set it up so that only one car can be put in and the rest is a shop, leave it for two cars, or do something convertible or semi-permanent? I definitely want to be able to work in it in winter, which means insulating, and some type of heating. What are the good to haves, and what do you regret in yours?
What height do you have? Do you need the power openers? If you can ditch the chain openers (either no power opener or jackshaft unit), that frees up some more room over the garage doors. Platform across that space is a ton of storage for rarely used things. I did a post between the doors, 4' out to add strength while minimally affecting garage utility.Looking at redoing the garage.
What do I need in my garage? Currently there's only one light switch, besides the garage door openers, and one plug at the back. Water lines are roughed in. Garage doors might need to be replaced. The wood between them has rotted and swollen at the bottom, so definitely needs to be replaced. Shelving units? Do I set it up so that only one car can be put in and the rest is a shop, leave it for two cars, or do something convertible or semi-permanent? I definitely want to be able to work in it in winter, which means insulating, and some type of heating. What are the good to haves, and what do you regret in yours?
How long are you planning on keeping your house? One car garage will hurt resale (even if it could be converted back). From an insulation perspective, a wall is much better than a door, you could frame over one door to allow vapour barrier/insulation and just use the other one for access and tear down that wall prior to sale.
I used electric heat. Most of my neighbours used gas. It depends on your usage which way makes sense. Gas requires venting and costs a lot more up front but heats up faster and costs less to run. I only heat while I am working so electric forced air works for me.
For lights, I know some GTAM members have had issues, but I have a cable switched string of Barrinas over the garage doors to light the front of the garage (when the doors are closed) and ~350 watts of led's on the switch to light the rest of the garage. Task areas get local switched Barrinas.
You have one outlet, where is the panel? If pulling power to the garage, I would bring enough for a subpanel/EV charging.
I took down my 2 car garage down to the studs and redid the entire thing last summer. It was a major pain in the ass, but I'm 100% happy with the way it turned out.
1. Spray foam ceiling
2. New BATT insulation on all walls/ceiling
3. 2 outlets on each wall
4. Panel was in the garage already so it made life easy
5. After reviews here I ended up using the Barrina lights for the work bench, but HD LED lights for the ceiling...I love them
6. New 5/8" fire retardant drywall
7. Build in shelving / work bench
8. Cut in a door to the house (love it)
9. Relocated gym to the garage (meh...)
Took a while, and a lot of planning, but overall we are very happy with the way it turned out. We haven't actually parked a car in there yet. But with the shelving on one side, and work bench on the other, zero chance of 2 cars fitting in. However, if we were to move, I'd take out the shelving and 2 cars fit in perfectly.
I didn't put in heat to the garage, but it's never gone down below 5C and I'm comfortable working, and working out, in that temperature. I can cut an opening in the duct, and lose heat to the bedroom, but heat the garage fairly quick. We also put a fridge in there for additional space...it currently hold beer...
Let me know if you have any questions.
1. Spray foam ceiling
2. New BATT insulation on all walls/ceiling
3. 2 outlets on each wall
4. Panel was in the garage already so it made life easy
5. After reviews here I ended up using the Barrina lights for the work bench, but HD LED lights for the ceiling...I love them
6. New 5/8" fire retardant drywall
7. Build in shelving / work bench
8. Cut in a door to the house (love it)
9. Relocated gym to the garage (meh...)
Took a while, and a lot of planning, but overall we are very happy with the way it turned out. We haven't actually parked a car in there yet. But with the shelving on one side, and work bench on the other, zero chance of 2 cars fitting in. However, if we were to move, I'd take out the shelving and 2 cars fit in perfectly.
I didn't put in heat to the garage, but it's never gone down below 5C and I'm comfortable working, and working out, in that temperature. I can cut an opening in the duct, and lose heat to the bedroom, but heat the garage fairly quick. We also put a fridge in there for additional space...it currently hold beer...
Let me know if you have any questions.
I’ve got a few extra if you need. So far only used 2 out of the whole box.
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