I just wanted to say thank you to the group for all the suggestions. This is the wall against the back of the garage with a light duty bench, shelves, electrical panel, and some hvac in it.
I tapped into the ductwork of the house for heating and cooling.
The fan is for when I go into the shop and it is really hot or cold in there. I can turn it on and speed up the process. Otherwise it just works like a big register.
The return is filtered by a furnace filter. I also have a board that goes over it to seal it off when I am finishing or making a stink.
I didn’t want to spend the money on a separate heater/ air conditioner so this was my solution.
Here is a link to the bench question.
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-knots&msg=21649.1
Edited 4/15/2005 2:47 pm ET by david
Edited 4/15/2005 10:24 pm ET by david
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Please don't start a new thread to respond to an ongoing discussion. It just confuses the people who don't know which earlier thread you're referring to.
At the risk of offending you by pointing out the obvious, the Reply button at the bottom of every message is the preferred way to respond to a discussion.
If you knew about the Reply button but posted this as a new thread because you didn't see how to address a reply to ALL, you may not have your preferences set to use the Advanced View. Look at the bottom of the message reading frame and see if there is a link that says something like "Switch to Advanced View".
The slow way to switch to Advanced View is through your personal preferences configuration. To reach that window, click on your name in the To: line to get your profile popup, and click on My Prefs. Or you can click on the My Forums button in the third row of buttons above and click on My Preferences. Once you're in the preferences window, select Advanced View, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Submit.
Once you're in Advanced View, the To: line in the message composition window has a pulldown menu and ALL is usually the second menu item.
Edited 4/14/2005 6:29 pm ET by Uncle Dunc
I don't understand Uncle Dunc. I did it the way I always do it. It is addressed to all. What exactly is the problem.
I wanted to say thank you and show the forum what I was thanking them for with the pictures. Isn't that what is on your screen? That's what is on mine.
>> I wanted to say thank you and show the forum what I was thanking them for with the pictures.And we do appreciate the the thanks, and the pictures. Too many people post questions and then never say thanks for the answers or post any results. Feedback helps keep us motivated to answer people's questions.>> What exactly is the problem.The problem is that, because you started a new thread instead of appending your thanks and pictures to the thread where you originally posted the questions, the readers of this thread (or at least one of the readers of this thread) don't have any idea what questions you posted or what advice you got.
Edited 4/15/2005 4:06 pm ET by Uncle Dunc
Thanks for clearing that up. I haven't been going back and picking up the original threads.
One thing is that I had multiple threads about this project because I had such different issues to address.
For instance, I had a few questions about putting in a subpanel. I also had a question about soundproofing the wall, workbench design, and heating/cooling.
I don't think that going back and linking them all together would help.
But I can do better about going back and keeping some continuity with my posts.
I tried to find some of the old posts but wasn't sure how to get them. Where are they? I will try again. I get impatient.
Edited 4/15/2005 8:35 am ET by david
Edited 4/15/2005 8:45 am ET by david
<<"But I can do better about going back and keeping some continuity with my posts.">>Please ----- don't worry about it. We're just happy to have you here. Dunc is just being a curmudgeon about this continuity business."I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
Ditto to what Nikkiwood said. As to your question about finding old posts: Any thread you post in, including ones you originate, will show up in the "Discussions of.....High Interest" list. Top of the left-hand column where it says Show Discussions..." selection "of High Interest" from the drop-down list. Scan the list and you'll find your thread.
Sometimes, if I'm looking for something old enough to be hard to find in that list, I'll do an Advanced Search using "From me" and a keyword or two that wouldn't be common to other threads. forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Thanks forestgirl, I went to high interest and got one. I edited my post to put it in. Did do good? I,m not sure if this is a proper link.
The rest of them are somewhere but I can't find them. I tried your method with any words and found one that was off topic.
I can get better at stringing them together but the system is pretty hard to navigate in my opinion. I should be able to pull up all my posts that I originated which I haven't figured out.
These posts go way back. This project has taken me a bit of time.
I think the software behind the search function here is generally miserable. Finding anything is pretty hit or miss. I think of Knots as a kind of ongoing converstion. When I want to raise a topic, I just do so, and don't worry if that issue has been discussed at some point in the past. Usually if there is some relevant past thread, someone will provide the link to it, which is great -- and saves me the time (sometimes considerable) of searching through past threads. Also, there is a constant stream of new people through Knots, and not all of the regular contributors see a thread the first time around. So, that's another justification for raising a topic today, even though it may have been covered a month ago, or a week ago. Personally, I think Knots is the best of all the wwing forums, and I believe one of the keys to its continued success is to make every new participant feel comfortable and welcomed.That you got some helpful advice is good; and it was considerate on your part that you were moved to offer thanks. So don't worry whether or not you violated some unspoken protocols about getting your "thanks" into the "right" thread."I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
Hi David. Looks like we're entering the realm of "how to make the search engine work for you" and stuff like that, LOL.
First, to the Of High Interest method: You can go back in time on these. Let's say you chose "of high interest" and the threads that show up didn't go back far enough. Go to the bottom of that frame (left-hand frame) and find "Next 50" -- click on that. It'll take you further back. A pain, I know -- I just finished spending 20 minutes finding something myself.
The search engine: part of your success will depend on whether you can remember catchy phrases or less-common words in a thread. For instance, in the thread you linked to above, there are 3 search items that stand out to me:
"countless times" (in your first post; this is the kind of thing I might remember from writing the post)
"hollow core" (BG's suggestion and repeated by you)
"solid core" (mentioned in a few posts)
As to your link not turning into a link: UDunc is right about putting it on a separate line, that's the safest way. My guess is, you went back to edit it into a separate line. I've found that to get the thing to work, I have to completely delete it and then paste it back in again. Just deleting the stuff around it (that's interfering) doesn't seem to work. I think I know why, but it'd be overkill to try and explain it.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Thanks Forestgirl. I agree with you and thank you. But, This is ridiculous. I went back to November and didn't find anything except the doors for the bench.
As far as me remembering a catch phrase that I used last year, it just ain't gonna happen.
Like I said before, I will try to link them together. Here's the "but" again. But, if I have to bend over backwards too far on someone's persnickety, curmudgeon attitude I will break. Maybe that's what I'm saying right now.
I'm going to " try." But this should be the last post on this discussion, don't you think?
I'm not an accountant. I'm not a writer. I'm trying to do carpentry. This forum is here to support making stuff out of wood. Not vice versa.
Edited 4/16/2005 6:33 pm ET by david
Edited 4/16/2005 6:35 pm ET by david
Last year? Oh my.
"I will try to link them together." Personally, I don't think you should expend much energy on that. I think my response to Uncle Dunc made it pretty clear I thought his was an unreasonable chastising of you.
I had no idea things went back that far. You were very gracious to return and thank those who helped out, and I doubt you'll get any guff from the rest of us! Sorry this turned into a grumbling mess!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
No problem. It might have sounded like I was upset, but I'm not. Just talking about it, that's all. I've always found almost all the posts to be informative and helpful. You can almost always glean good things from most situations.
Oh for pity's sake, Dunc. He's announcing a Thank You. If he didn't preface it with enough background info, too bad. There's no problem with his starting a new thread. Others have done it, no doubt dozens of times over the last year or two. All you had to do was ask him to post a link to the original discussion.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Edited 4/15/2005 4:08 am ET by forestgirl
>> There's _no problem_ with his starting a new thread.Well, I'm glad you didn't have a problem with it. I guess you're more flexible than I am, or more adaptable, or maybe just more charitable. I had a problem with it.>> Others have done it, no doubt dozens of times over the last year or two.Yep. And it confuses me every time it happens, and I'm tired of it, and I'm going to start calling them on it every time I see it.>> All you had to do was ask him to post a link to the original discussion.That's a good idea. I'll add it to my rant.
Edited 4/15/2005 6:53 am ET by Uncle Dunc
I'm not sure where this was going(if it was) in a prior thread, but I need to comment on one thing.
That is that when you "tapped into the house heating/cooling, this is sort of a "no-no" because the house system is supposed to be a balance system. Where as the exhausted (heatied/cooled) air is to be returned into the sytem via the return air vent. It can create an unbalanced system and cause things not to run properly such as condensor lines freezing up.
Now, I'm not a HVAC guy, but this is what I've been told. If I'm incorrect, somebody please correct me(and I know you will).
Hi migraine, If you look at the picture, "wall 001" you will see a furnace filter. That furnace filter is for the return air.
The post says, " The return is filtered by a furnace filter".
Return means that the air pumped into the room through the supply or register is returned to the system.
So I have it balanced so to speak. There is some leakage around the garage doors but if the system needs air it can just get it through the return I provided.
I'm no expert but it doesn't seem that complicated.
Technicaly a garage shouldn't be hooked up to the house. But it is my house and shop and I'm willing to take full responsibity for my work.
When we sell the house I will show the new owner what I have done and seal it off with some drywall. If they want to take the drywall off it's their bussines. With the drywall on it will be up to code.
In the first photo it looks like you blocked access to an electrical panel?
Hmm. Not sure why the forum software didn't make it into a live link. You might try putting on a line all by itself, with nothing before or after it. Some people have reported problems with URL's not being turned into links if there is other text on the same line.
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-knots&msg=21649.1
Edited 4/15/2005 4:04 pm ET by Uncle Dunc
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