12x4 Plywood garage build thread

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A little progress today again. Both hoods are latched on, I wired up my atmor tankless heater and rough plumbed everything in (no cement yet). I still need to cut my front panels but that is all the exterior sheeting that I need to do.

For the plumbing design I'm hoping this works all right for water delivery to the heater, I'm actually thinking of laying the the Y couplings flat instead of vertical because I don't think it will push that much water directly up when it has that big span to just keep going straight. Any thoughts?





Here I have the centrifugal exhaust fan to hopefully control some of the humidity/moisture issues in the garage.

 
Forgot to add I am going to get a second ball valve to put in between the two Y connectors to help control where the water is going to.
 
Front exterior panels are now cut and put in place and all seams and corners have had wood filler applied so I will sand it all smooth in the morning and paint the exterior. With the wood filler I'm hoping for a pretty sleek finish on the main area instead of small gaps and overlap from the cheap plywood.



 
Exterior paint is complete with 2 coats, actually 4 coats in areas if you count the initial white I tried but just didn't like, then a coat of black but didnt like that either. Ended up going back to lowes for a bit of grey and now my tank/pond is definitely looking like fishdogs.



I got my last round of items into include the loudest airpump I have ever used but it produces quite a bit of airflow at 45 lpm, I'll have it hooked up to two hydrofarm 4 inch air stones due to how heavy they are.



Tonight I will lay the pond armor to the inside of the hood lids and I will be 100% complete with painting. I also plan on cementing in the plumbing if time allows. This will leave just putting in the front glass (due in wednesday), figuring out what lights to use, and creating the chambers for the K1 sump....Getting close.
 
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Just in case anyone is curious about pentair epoxy versus pond armor here is a quick comparison.

Even with the 99% alcohol for thinner that it calls for it is thick to use compared to pentair, the working time is 20 to 30 minutes which is also significantly less and it does not stick very well to vertical walls and while curing slowly drip/slide down leaving very thin layers at the top. Not a fan of the stuff....just glad that I only used it on the inside of the goods and the pentair everywhere else. The pentair has an excellent working time and is much easier to apply to vertical walls for a smoother look, only downside is that the curetime is a week versus 24 hours with pond armor.

If I ever use again I will go with pentair
 
Looking good man!Next time I go up to Lexington I'd love to stop and check it out! You've done really good work on this
 
I got the plumbing complete and added on the little extras to help close out the exterior. Still waiting on the glass to be delivered from the wholesaler so my local glass shop can cut it. I've ran my air lines in the tank as well and have added silicon to the interior seams of the holes for the plumbing and fan vent.


 
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Danh said:
Do you have the product information on that heater?
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I'll have to pull up the info later but it is a 3kw instant water heater that only turns on while water flows through it designed for sinks, rvs or things like that.

Since I will have water flowing constantly through it I will have it connected to a heater controller so it only gets power when the probe dips to low
 
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