The heat is on

The heater installation was finished on Wednesday.  Gerth Heating (Muskego, WI) did a fantastic job for me.

The unit is a Hot Dawg 60,000 BTU gas powered unit with sealed combustion.  That means the air supply for combustion comes from the outside instead of from inside the shop.  It is a major safety feature when it is in a dusty area (and I intend for there to be plenty of dust made in there).

We've had some water in the shop with the last couple of rains.  I can see that water is coming in the garage door and the bottom of the service door.  That's easy to fix.  There is also some water getting onto the floor on the west side (it's opposite the work on the heater so I know it's not related).  The wierd part is that there is no sign of it coming from the roof or rafters.  We were in there today within an hour of the rain stopping and nothing was wet except the floor.  We considered the possibility that it all came under the garage door but the way the floor is sloped it would have to run uphill almost two inches.  I'm waiting for the next rain storm to get in there while it is raining to see where it is coming from.

The insulation continues to go in and drywall continues to go up.  The weather should be nice enough this week that I can get on the roof to install the attic ventilation.  There currently is none at all.  While I'm up there I will be looking for anything that might be letting the water in.