I agree, binged all his videos like it was Game of Thrones. I forgot about him due to the 7 month absence. But was happy when I saw that thumbnail with a familiar garage.
Yeah just like Chrisfix his video's that shows that videos can take time cause overhauling the entire garage costs a lot off money time and effort. This shows that not everything has to be rushed.
One of the last projects my dad and I did together was a garage "restoration" like this. It didn't take 3 months, but close. Everything went down to the studs and we started over. Thank you for sharing. Now anytime I step into the garage, I'm reminded of all those hours and beers with my pops. Take care. Happy New Year.
My favorite thing about Ronald's videos is that each is basically him going into a project thinking it will probably be easier than working on his other project, but then it ends up being an inception of problems within problems. For some of the problems, Ronald feels like he can spend the extra team fixing them perfectly, and some of them he just uses tape or something depending on his mood that day.
it's not really that hard. It's getting a copy of the (correct version of the) NEC that's a pain in the ass for a homeowner. Who's gonna spend $500 for that?
@@Cynyr The NFPA allows you to read it online for free by registering an account, if you're not a professional. Of course, you can also usually download it from the sources you'd use for movies and music (wink, wink.)
@@Cynyr I keep a pdf of it on my phone but I'm in the trade. Was happy to see Ronald, who isn't in the trade, actually care about his work and code. More hacks than not out there.
the wall being round at 10:00 is probably because someone backed a vehicled into it, would also explain why the anchor is bent and broken out of the foundation. it then held the wall in that place and the wood relaxed into that curvature over the years
@@bwofficial1776 It definitely would've been more efficient to do that. But then he wouldn't learn any new skills and wouldn't have much of a video to show us.
@@grimson He could have built a new one.. out of wood, still learning these skills but doing everything the right away from the start, but this is more entertaining.
@@bwofficial1776 In some municipalities it is a different permit process and requirements if you build an entirely new structure. Removing one wall at a time was a "renovation" project and not a "construction" project. A lot of restaurants and small businesses follow this rule and will leave one existing wall standing while they build around it so the city cannot call it new construction. This happens a lot when a structure is grandfathered into an existing permitting, code limitation, or other red-tape related issue.
Watching you flip the 100a breaker son for the first time made me smile big. It made me think of when I did the same thing in my workshop after doing all of the learning and hard work to complete my own electrical work and flipping my breakers on for the first time. Congrats on the new shop!!!
I am constantly impressed by the amount of effort that goes into your projects, not only in basically building a whole new garage on your own, but also the amount of editing in the video as well! Wiring up an electrical subpanel and creating detailed, animated graphics feel like wildly different skillsets and even those are separate from the whole vehicle restoration portion of the channel. Major props to you, sir!
I have been looking for a garage repair video for 2 years. Mainly due to mine falling apart. Over the 2 years, I have found help here and there. With your video(s), they have been the best. Thanks a million!
Excellent video...thanks for all the quality content! When I did my shop, I also wanted a bunch of outlets around the perimeter. However, I wanted to ensure I could run multiple tools simultaneously in the same physical areas of the shop so I placed my outlets 5' apart along the walls but I ran each bank on two separate circuits...alternating the outlet's circuit around the perimeter. This, in effect, made every other outlet a different circuit so I could plug two high amp tools in and run them in the same area of the shop without overloading one circuit. Anyway, thanks again for the upload and Happy New Year!
@3:30, glad you got the obligatory "that's not going anywhere" in. As an American, that is required to ensure whatever it is, that was just structurally done, it's not going anywhere.
So as a HVAC technician and someone who likes your channel I feel like I need to tell you that I’m pretty sure I saw in the video that you just rounded up all the extra refrigerant lines behind the unit. Which isn’t a issue because you do have to have a minimum line set length but the fact that you put the condenser relatively close to the wall plus you have the refrigerant lines bunched up behind the unit (we’re the condenser coil is located) it’s going to cause the air flow across those coil fins to decrease. You can fix this by just bringing the unit out an extra foot or two away from the wall while leaving the extra line set right up against the wall (It will look kinda ugly,but work). Other than that I don’t see anything you could do without just moving the condenser head until you have no extra line set creating almost no slack taking up the air space behind that the unit requires to cool properly. This would also make your life easier when it comes to cleaning the coil which I do suggest doing every 6 months seeing how your in Texas and and your going to be running that unit almost always in cooling. And seeing how you have this in a shop with all kinds of dust and grease, I heavily suggest you cleaning the filters in the condenser head at least every month if not weekly. Otherwise you will learn how to take that mini split head apart just to replace a blower motor and to clean the blade. But yeah, hope those points are helpful to you and I didn’t just waist both are times telling you stuff you already knew. Video point were I’m talking about “ 24:53 “ .
@@MrPotatochips4 There is always a hero in the comment section. A lot of "multi talented" youtubers owe have their "education" to the comment section :P
Thats the bad part of the DYI kits sold....all the extra copper. As a Pipefitter, I would have cut the excess, brazed couplings, pulled a vacuum to clean the lines and then check the charge. You would probably need to remove some, but there is no way I would have left that coiled up behind the unit.
@@dirtydogfpv1159 You braze couplings there in the US? In Italy we cut and flare the conical faces with a small tool directly on the pipes and that's it (if you have remembered to put the nut on the pipe before flaring it). We do vacuum the lines, also to avoid having any moisture in them, which could freeze in the pipes, or (as a quick fix) we open the send valve with the return pipe not tightened and close the circuit when you can smell the gas coming out.
@ I can’t speak for everyone, but here in my jurisdiction (I’m union) that’s how we have done it for years. Occasional flared connection. Press fittings are starting to catch on now as well in refrigeration. Worked on a job recently where the customer wanted it on their refrigeration lines. Times are changing, but I still prefer brazed lines run plumb, level and square to the world. That coiled up section hurts my brain.
Those Mr. Cool units are amazing! I too live in Houston and need one, desperately. But, that is another story. My neighbor installed the 18,000 BTU unit and it is amazing! He has a 6-car garage and it is always the same temp, always. I have a split 3-car garage and in summer it is directly in sunlight, all day. I know exactly what you went through working outside. I almost do all of my fun work at night or two AM, lol. Congrats on a cool (yup, pun) company recognizing your needs and coming to a solution rescue for you! Great job on the rebuild and fixing the glaring issues!
This is the first time I have seen you or your videos. This was the best first impression. Such a well thought out and good video! Seems like it took a crazy amount of time, effort, sweat and tears to film and do.
Worth the wait for the great humor (and humility) you put into your videos. The mistakes you share and the way you frame them make you such an endearing creator.
Greetings from a similar aged Texan not too far away from you, I love when a new video pops up. I’m glad I stumbled upon your channel at the start of the Fiero build, it’s made me confident in working on my own cars and even more so on home projects, my father in law built an entire 1200 square foot pier and beam house and did everything but insulation. Now just looking for a project that isn’t a daily driver for my wife or I
You're an inspiration, sir. At twice your age, I'm getting ready to build my first house with little to no experience. A lot of pre-planning, research, and a little "winging it" are serving me well. Your videos really normalize just trying, (sometimes) failing, and trying again. Thanks for showing the successes and the mistakes in your builds. All the best.
14:21 So, there's a $4,000 rebate in the Inflation Reduction Act for electrical service upgrades, the "Home Electrification and Appliances Rebate Program." Texas just got their application in last month, and the Texas Comptroller's office says they expect them to be available for consumers by summer of next year.
The shitty joke and wall falling bit, the blush on the AC unit, the hard cut to something completely off topic from proposing the question of shouldn’t you fix the opposite wall; this dude is my favorite UA-camr and it’s not even close
Well done! You have been able to accomplish things I can only dream of doing myself. Taking massive risks with little experience is an enviable trait to have. I very much look forward to your next project video.
Just built a similar, albeit smaller shop. 12x25. Nice job on your new workshop! Some thoughts: As you found out, assemble conduit, then pull wire. Use fish tape, a plastic bag, and a shop vac to suck the fish tape though, then pull the wire. Use lots of lube and bring a friend lol. Not sure if you’re going by the 2023 NEC, but you probably need expansion couplings where your pvc leaves the ground. It is designed to compensate for soil movement. For aluminum wiring, it’s very important to torque the wires to the rated torque. Get a small torque wrench or screwdriver to do this. Proper grading is really important. You want the ground to slope away from your shop. It’s probably too late for this, but I wrapped my shed in 1” of poly iso insulation. It’s an additional r-6 and eliminates thermal bridging from the studs. It’s very nice, and not too expensive. I ran fiber optic in my power feed conduit to provide internet for the shop. You could do point to point connection, or similar. Getting water away from the shop is important, gutters and a French drain was my solution. Your shop will be so comfortable once the attic insulation goes in.
Somehow those are most soothing and satisfying videos to watch. I did not even skip the ad since it was neatly weaved into the process (and pretty cool itself to know that there are ACs with DYI implementation). Please do more!
13:35, no, you are absolutely correct, speaking from an electricians standpoint, you can *never* have too many plugs sockets in a workshop/garage, whether its here in Germany, or across the pond in America. Now, im no fan of your electrical grid and how y'all do things with wire nuts and 120V, but you cant do anything about that. Still, props to you for this garage build, its given me some inspiration for my garage and well done!
@@AaronJohnsonSTL Truly depends on what you go for. Some plug sockets we sell are a little pricey, especially when there is a lot of them, now thats company work obviously. DIY is a different story, but you have to be careful what you buy, buying cheap often means buying twice. When i helped renovate our small workshop my stepdad bless his old heart bought the cheapest he could get, and i *HATED* putting them in, absolute nightmare. There's a reason i go more pricey and follow what my company buys, because i know its genuine quality, although i admit the quality of the plug sockets had dropped a while back, but they picked up again. Of course, our electrical codes, outlets and basically everything differ. Wow what a rant, my bad. Point is, you gotta be smart about what you buy and where you get the knowledge from. Also, running wires in conduit and piecing them together one after the other, after pulling in said wire, is a violation? What kind of bs standards you got over there? Makes literally no difference, we do it all the time, the spanish do it with flexible single core throughout every building (Their wiring drove me mad as a german electrician). Not to mention, Germany is the land of Standards and Norms, its a nightmare, but even we know when something is ridiculous like *that*. Unless of course there is a legitimate reason why, then i understand.
@@thrahxvaug6430 Oh yeah, you're right, my mistake. Two hots one neutral. Unlike us with a 400V grid with 3 "hots" and 1 neutral. 3-phase power baby! We've got 3680W per 230V, 16A circuit and 11000W for our 400V, 16A circuits. Only scales from there, 32A, 63A, 125A after that its generally not pluggable, at least not from what i've seen.
To be fair, there's alternatives to wire nuts now. I tend to use "WAGO" connectors. Which are a lever nut style connector. That, plus some tape to keep them shut when packing the gang box make for a much more secure method of joining wires.
Its not often that someone so grate in comedy, storytelling, video editing, enginering and overall projects comes along. Ronald Finger is one of those people, along with Michael Reeves, and I like to made stuff, and all those guys do some projects so big they take months to post, but I love it so much, you can truly feel the magnitude of the projects and care in the videos. Love you Ronald, thank you for your work, much aprecciated!❤
from that fiero restoration to your shop, crazy to see all that you're capable of. Youre a hard worker! and great at making entertaining videos. thank you!
Stud pack reference was perfect I watch their videos all the time….I love when they make mistakes because they always show such detailed solutions to their mistakes
Earlier today I was literally thinking that it was a while since Mr. Finger dropped a video. Always a treat when it happens, even if it's 7 months between them :)
Great video! Did a similar project in Houston in August about 15 years ago on 3 structures for my brother in law. Also ran a new subpanel into a garage, very similar to you. I remember so many of those challenges you covered!
Quality vs Quantity on the videos. I enjoy everything you do. The "blow air through your nose" comedy. The cinematography, and the inclusion of all of your errors. It's fun to follow along with you and your adventures. Thank you for what you do.
I am only learning how to frame and do small stuff, that is a huge job you did there mate. I am planing on roofing an open area here in the back, some of the stuff you did is going to help a lot.
It might makes me sound like a bot, but it has to be said. Your editing + sense of humor = A great video regardless of what you're working on. I initially came for the car content, around the beginning of your Fiero project. But i stayed for what i mentioned earlier.
Long time, no video. Glad to see a new one. Nice progress in the garage. I’m sure a thousand people are gonna say this, but once you add insulation to the roof, it’s actually gonna make the biggest difference. 80% of all your heat gain is from the roof. But another entertaining and interesting video. Some day it will be a nice workshop
Ronald, I was hoping you would fix my dogs parent's marriage for Hanukkah this year, but this will work too. Congrats on making it to 2 uploads this 2024, can't wait to see how you plan to fix the gas tank (again) on the GPZ lol
Ronnie's the ONLY guy on UA-cam that can consistently and successfully upload only once or twice in a year and still be universally loved by everyone!!!!
Thank you for having common sense with the outlet close to the mini split. It's super hard to work on them when you need to plug in stuff from the other side of the building
One of the most well produced video by you! I am so glad I found your channel all those years ago! 7 months between uploads makes me sad but I keep frequently checking if you posted’
Thanks for the tips! My garage needs the same treatment. Great video as usual! And also thanks for the suggestion of Hunter Direction! I really enjoy his work as well.
5:25 In Norway, we generally put the OSB on the inside, that way you can hang shelving and stuff from it rather than having to find where the planks are.
@@LunatheMoonDragon You put the insulation in first. In this video ua-cam.com/video/f_fkGzsHYwk/v-deo.html a Swedish carpenter goes over some of the differences he's noticed between what he's doing and how it's done in America.
This is basically what he did. OSB, studs and insulation, OSB. You can tell because the inside wall had a grid of lines on it and because you would totally talk about sheetrock if you do it, as it's a pain to do
Another way to do it is to put windproof fabric to the studs on the outside, then horizontal slats to which you fasten wood paneling or whatever material you want as facade.
Wonderful with a new video. And even though I'm a car nerd, I really also enjoy your home renovation videos. Happy new year, Ronald, and thanks for all the awesome videos. You are appreciated.
Glad you're back, Finger! What I love most about your vids is the fact you always make mistakes....and then overcome them. Just like the rest of us. Stay real bro, love your channel and can't wait for more.
Ronnie! I'm so glad you're back! I'm excited to watch your next car project! 🙂 In the meantime.... I'll just go watch the Fiero project again. Best car project series I've ever seen by anyone. You're the best, dude!
This series truly does go to show why people just knock things like this down and re-build em'. There's absolutely something to be said for fixing it, instead of replacing it; just as with a car. Mad respect.
It may take a lot more time, but it does save on materials, such as not pouring new footers, reusing the existing rafters, etc. Also, there was never a time where there was no roof on the shop.
So nice to watch a new video from You Ronald. Thank you 🙏🏻 I always enjoyed watching your videos. They’re honest, technical and entertaining simultaneously. Especially the honest part about the efforts you make in order to make it all happen for us, is a very strong point in my opinion. It makes watching your videos something to look forward to. Realizing that I got it easy as a viewer, i’m grateful for all the content you posted over the years. I hope you get a lot of gratitude coming your way because you deserve it! I’ll stay tuned for more of your content and don’t worry about how long that might take. Hope you have a nice holiday season and a good 2025 with good prosperities 🙏🏻 See you Ronald, God bless you 👋🏻
I'll be honest, when I saw your first garage video, my thought was "You should just knock it down" I still feel like that was the easy answer, but you made it work so congrats! Also doesn't look like you'll be needing the heating function of the MrCool, since we've barely had any cold weather here this year. Keep the vids coming, and we look forward to whatever your next project is!
Nice installation and garage build ! Pro tip: read the instructions. Like the instructions in the Mr. Cool installation manual that say to not leave the extra lineset coiled in a vertical position but rather to lay it flat so oil lock doesn't kill the compressor. Have an hvac bro help you and modify/change that lineset. Happy New Year !
@@apollogenerator9837 I used to be, got to second year apprentice then switched to IT. I kind of regret it now as being a journey man with linux expertise would be tight. Still I know my way around
@@apollogenerator9837 I liked computers and thought they were cool but I hated how early construction started and the hourly wage in eastern Canada topped out pretty quick. It is a wonderful skill to have however. It has helped my tech career immensely not to mention all the situations being handy has been useful.
You're one of my favorite creators. I always enjoy watching your videos. Especially enjoyed the Fireo series. I think you could do great posting more frequently. Sad to see you leaving.
It continues to amaze me how you can make such entertaining videos... It's impossible to stop watching... keep it up Ronnie... Greetings from Argentina!
Hope you enjoyed the video! Unfortunately, I will be taking a break from UA-cam until next year
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Again?
Yeah that's fine
I wish you all the best in 2025 :) Thanks for the video!
good one dad
Even if your videos are 7 months apart, it's still one of the most enjoyable channels to watch. Looking forward to seeing the VF on a bench one day...
VF mean french version right ?
I agree, binged all his videos like it was Game of Thrones. I forgot about him due to the 7 month absence. But was happy when I saw that thumbnail with a familiar garage.
Yeah just like Chrisfix his video's that shows that videos can take time cause overhauling the entire garage costs a lot off money time and effort. This shows that not everything has to be rushed.
He dragged that car project so long that he doesn't have to worry about vehicle inspections in Texas anymore. The problem solved itself.
100% This. ^^
I love the fact you still included the parts where you break the electrical code and void warranties, absolutely amazing
amazed Ronnie doesn't have a shirt (and merch) that says exactly that: "I void warranties and NEC" 🤣
@@mofoq probably will now! good idea!
One of the last projects my dad and I did together was a garage "restoration" like this. It didn't take 3 months, but close. Everything went down to the studs and we started over. Thank you for sharing. Now anytime I step into the garage, I'm reminded of all those hours and beers with my pops. Take care. Happy New Year.
My favorite thing about Ronald's videos is that each is basically him going into a project thinking it will probably be easier than working on his other project, but then it ends up being an inception of problems within problems. For some of the problems, Ronald feels like he can spend the extra team fixing them perfectly, and some of them he just uses tape or something depending on his mood that day.
Gotta insulate that ceiling homie
Yeah, not sure how 3/4 of walls is going to cut it in any real way.
And the gable ends up to the roof.
Came here to see if anyone was going to tell him to finish the job.
@@Bum-e2khe literally said "this part" of the garage renovation was done and that there was tons more to do. Seems likely he's aware
There is foam foil boards already on the roof. But the space between the top of his wall and the foil foam board, aka the gable, has none.
Nice to see a youtuber who's not an electrician not completely botch electrical work. 10/10; would hire.
it's not really that hard. It's getting a copy of the (correct version of the) NEC that's a pain in the ass for a homeowner. Who's gonna spend $500 for that?
@@Cynyr is it available on the high seas of the internet?
@@Cynyr The NFPA allows you to read it online for free by registering an account, if you're not a professional. Of course, you can also usually download it from the sources you'd use for movies and music (wink, wink.)
@@first_last01 I've only needed it at work, so expensed a copy. So i haven't needed to find "alternative" arrangements.
@@Cynyr I keep a pdf of it on my phone but I'm in the trade. Was happy to see Ronald, who isn't in the trade, actually care about his work and code. More hacks than not out there.
“Shop of Theseus”. Bravo.
a garage has at least the same place to keep
the wall being round at 10:00 is probably because someone backed a vehicled into it, would also explain why the anchor is bent and broken out of the foundation. it then held the wall in that place and the wood relaxed into that curvature over the years
Hey Ron, I'm a journeyman carpenter and I got to say that sill plate is a work of art. Good job.
was he right to not use headers on his windows?
I have been DYING to see more of this project. Bless you Mr. Finger, bless you
Yes, you’ve been DYING and our friend, Ronnie, has been DIYING 🤭😒👎🏽
I’ll see myself out.
I love that the whole garage was basically on the verge of death, but you were like; “nah” and just Frankensteined everything to make it work
Given how much work he's put into this, I wonder if it would have been more efficient to just tear it down and get a steel or prefab garage.
@@bwofficial1776 It definitely would've been more efficient to do that. But then he wouldn't learn any new skills and wouldn't have much of a video to show us.
@@grimson He could have built a new one.. out of wood, still learning these skills but doing everything the right away from the start, but this is more entertaining.
@@bwofficial1776 In some municipalities it is a different permit process and requirements if you build an entirely new structure. Removing one wall at a time was a "renovation" project and not a "construction" project. A lot of restaurants and small businesses follow this rule and will leave one existing wall standing while they build around it so the city cannot call it new construction. This happens a lot when a structure is grandfathered into an existing permitting, code limitation, or other red-tape related issue.
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Watching you flip the 100a breaker son for the first time made me smile big. It made me think of when I did the same thing in my workshop after doing all of the learning and hard work to complete my own electrical work and flipping my breakers on for the first time. Congrats on the new shop!!!
From the suttle jokes to the top notch editing, I never miss one of your videos. I hope to be on your level someday.
I am constantly impressed by the amount of effort that goes into your projects, not only in basically building a whole new garage on your own, but also the amount of editing in the video as well! Wiring up an electrical subpanel and creating detailed, animated graphics feel like wildly different skillsets and even those are separate from the whole vehicle restoration portion of the channel. Major props to you, sir!
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Ronnie makes such great content, it's worth waiting months for a new episode.
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I have been looking for a garage repair video for 2 years. Mainly due to mine falling apart. Over the 2 years, I have found help here and there. With your video(s), they have been the best. Thanks a million!
Excellent video...thanks for all the quality content! When I did my shop, I also wanted a bunch of outlets around the perimeter. However, I wanted to ensure I could run multiple tools simultaneously in the same physical areas of the shop so I placed my outlets 5' apart along the walls but I ran each bank on two separate circuits...alternating the outlet's circuit around the perimeter. This, in effect, made every other outlet a different circuit so I could plug two high amp tools in and run them in the same area of the shop without overloading one circuit. Anyway, thanks again for the upload and Happy New Year!
@3:30, glad you got the obligatory "that's not going anywhere" in. As an American, that is required to ensure whatever it is, that was just structurally done, it's not going anywhere.
Isn't that universal? We say it in the UK
@@jack_2000 it is universal
@Anthonywinters_ here in germany as well ... otherwise the TÜV will tow your car and close your house
Can confirm we have that same saying in the Netherlands as well.
dont forget that your hand or foot has to tap it twice, minimum
So as a HVAC technician and someone who likes your channel I feel like I need to tell you that I’m pretty sure I saw in the video that you just rounded up all the extra refrigerant lines behind the unit. Which isn’t a issue because you do have to have a minimum line set length but the fact that you put the condenser relatively close to the wall plus you have the refrigerant lines bunched up behind the unit (we’re the condenser coil is located) it’s going to cause the air flow across those coil fins to decrease. You can fix this by just bringing the unit out an extra foot or two away from the wall while leaving the extra line set right up against the wall (It will look kinda ugly,but work). Other than that I don’t see anything you could do without just moving the condenser head until you have no extra line set creating almost no slack taking up the air space behind that the unit requires to cool properly. This would also make your life easier when it comes to cleaning the coil which I do suggest doing every 6 months seeing how your in Texas and and your going to be running that unit almost always in cooling. And seeing how you have this in a shop with all kinds of dust and grease, I heavily suggest you cleaning the filters in the condenser head at least every month if not weekly. Otherwise you will learn how to take that mini split head apart just to replace a blower motor and to clean the blade. But yeah, hope those points are helpful to you and I didn’t just waist both are times telling you stuff you already knew.
Video point were I’m talking about “ 24:53 “ .
IDK what you're talking about but it sounds like you're the voice of experience talking, which I for one, appreciate the time :D
@@MrPotatochips4 There is always a hero in the comment section. A lot of "multi talented" youtubers owe have their "education" to the comment section :P
Thats the bad part of the DYI kits sold....all the extra copper. As a Pipefitter, I would have cut the excess, brazed couplings, pulled a vacuum to clean the lines and then check the charge. You would probably need to remove some, but there is no way I would have left that coiled up behind the unit.
@@dirtydogfpv1159 You braze couplings there in the US? In Italy we cut and flare the conical faces with a small tool directly on the pipes and that's it (if you have remembered to put the nut on the pipe before flaring it).
We do vacuum the lines, also to avoid having any moisture in them, which could freeze in the pipes, or (as a quick fix) we open the send valve with the return pipe not tightened and close the circuit when you can smell the gas coming out.
@ I can’t speak for everyone, but here in my jurisdiction (I’m union) that’s how we have done it for years. Occasional flared connection. Press fittings are starting to catch on now as well in refrigeration. Worked on a job recently where the customer wanted it on their refrigeration lines. Times are changing, but I still prefer brazed lines run plumb, level and square to the world. That coiled up section hurts my brain.
17:55 Was a very clean transition. Well done!
Those Mr. Cool units are amazing! I too live in Houston and need one, desperately. But, that is another story. My neighbor installed the 18,000 BTU unit and it is amazing! He has a 6-car garage and it is always the same temp, always. I have a split 3-car garage and in summer it is directly in sunlight, all day. I know exactly what you went through working outside. I almost do all of my fun work at night or two AM, lol. Congrats on a cool (yup, pun) company recognizing your needs and coming to a solution rescue for you! Great job on the rebuild and fixing the glaring issues!
This is the first time I have seen you or your videos.
This was the best first impression. Such a well thought out and good video! Seems like it took a crazy amount of time, effort, sweat and tears to film and do.
Such a fun video! Content creation is a TON of work and I appreciate all of your effort!
Thanks for the upload!
Worth the wait for the great humor (and humility) you put into your videos. The mistakes you share and the way you frame them make you such an endearing creator.
Your self-deprecating humor is the chef's kiss to this enjoyable series of workshop rebuild videos. 👍
I could swear I saw someone else rebuild their garage on YT a year ago, and they had amazing editing. Can't find the channel again for the life of me
Are you thinking of Mr. Build It? He has an insane garage rebuild.
Greetings from a similar aged Texan not too far away from you, I love when a new video pops up. I’m glad I stumbled upon your channel at the start of the Fiero build, it’s made me confident in working on my own cars and even more so on home projects, my father in law built an entire 1200 square foot pier and beam house and did everything but insulation. Now just looking for a project that isn’t a daily driver for my wife or I
You're an inspiration, sir. At twice your age, I'm getting ready to build my first house with little to no experience. A lot of pre-planning, research, and a little "winging it" are serving me well. Your videos really normalize just trying, (sometimes) failing, and trying again. Thanks for showing the successes and the mistakes in your builds. All the best.
Nice man, hope to be in your place in 5 or so years! Best of luck
14:21 So, there's a $4,000 rebate in the Inflation Reduction Act for electrical service upgrades, the "Home Electrification and Appliances Rebate Program." Texas just got their application in last month, and the Texas Comptroller's office says they expect them to be available for consumers by summer of next year.
Houston guy here as well. Does this mean I can use that rebate for a $4000 off a Mr. Cool? If so, I am going to plan for that!
@@OCDRex11 oh man that would be elite
@OCDRex11 There is a separate heat pump rebate, which actually can go up to $8,000. $4,000 is just for service upgrades. I.E. 100 amp to 200 amp.
The shitty joke and wall falling bit, the blush on the AC unit, the hard cut to something completely off topic from proposing the question of shouldn’t you fix the opposite wall; this dude is my favorite UA-camr and it’s not even close
Well done! You have been able to accomplish things I can only dream of doing myself. Taking massive risks with little experience is an enviable trait to have. I very much look forward to your next project video.
Just built a similar, albeit smaller shop. 12x25. Nice job on your new workshop!
Some thoughts:
As you found out, assemble conduit, then pull wire. Use fish tape, a plastic bag, and a shop vac to suck the fish tape though, then pull the wire. Use lots of lube and bring a friend lol.
Not sure if you’re going by the 2023 NEC, but you probably need expansion couplings where your pvc leaves the ground. It is designed to compensate for soil movement.
For aluminum wiring, it’s very important to torque the wires to the rated torque. Get a small torque wrench or screwdriver to do this.
Proper grading is really important. You want the ground to slope away from your shop.
It’s probably too late for this, but I wrapped my shed in 1” of poly iso insulation. It’s an additional r-6 and eliminates thermal bridging from the studs. It’s very nice, and not too expensive.
I ran fiber optic in my power feed conduit to provide internet for the shop. You could do point to point connection, or similar.
Getting water away from the shop is important, gutters and a French drain was my solution.
Your shop will be so comfortable once the attic insulation goes in.
Seeing someone the same age as me take on such large projects really gives me confidence to start on some larger projects I’ve been putting off.
I appreciate the lego sounds 4:20
Somehow those are most soothing and satisfying videos to watch. I did not even skip the ad since it was neatly weaved into the process (and pretty cool itself to know that there are ACs with DYI implementation). Please do more!
Always a treat when you release a new video. Awesome story telling and editing. Highly entertaining!
13:35, no, you are absolutely correct, speaking from an electricians standpoint, you can *never* have too many plugs sockets in a workshop/garage, whether its here in Germany, or across the pond in America. Now, im no fan of your electrical grid and how y'all do things with wire nuts and 120V, but you cant do anything about that. Still, props to you for this garage build, its given me some inspiration for my garage and well done!
Absolutely! It's hard to have too many outlets in a workshop. It's not like it's expensive either.
@@AaronJohnsonSTL Truly depends on what you go for. Some plug sockets we sell are a little pricey, especially when there is a lot of them, now thats company work obviously. DIY is a different story, but you have to be careful what you buy, buying cheap often means buying twice. When i helped renovate our small workshop my stepdad bless his old heart bought the cheapest he could get, and i *HATED* putting them in, absolute nightmare. There's a reason i go more pricey and follow what my company buys, because i know its genuine quality, although i admit the quality of the plug sockets had dropped a while back, but they picked up again. Of course, our electrical codes, outlets and basically everything differ. Wow what a rant, my bad. Point is, you gotta be smart about what you buy and where you get the knowledge from.
Also, running wires in conduit and piecing them together one after the other, after pulling in said wire, is a violation? What kind of bs standards you got over there? Makes literally no difference, we do it all the time, the spanish do it with flexible single core throughout every building (Their wiring drove me mad as a german electrician). Not to mention, Germany is the land of Standards and Norms, its a nightmare, but even we know when something is ridiculous like *that*. Unless of course there is a legitimate reason why, then i understand.
It's TECHNICALLY a 240v grid. But you know. It's goofy. Like most things we do.
@@thrahxvaug6430 Oh yeah, you're right, my mistake. Two hots one neutral. Unlike us with a 400V grid with 3 "hots" and 1 neutral. 3-phase power baby! We've got 3680W per 230V, 16A circuit and 11000W for our 400V, 16A circuits. Only scales from there, 32A, 63A, 125A after that its generally not pluggable, at least not from what i've seen.
To be fair, there's alternatives to wire nuts now. I tend to use "WAGO" connectors. Which are a lever nut style connector. That, plus some tape to keep them shut when packing the gang box make for a much more secure method of joining wires.
Cannot think of a better way to end 2024. Thanks for all your brilliant videos.
Its not often that someone so grate in comedy, storytelling, video editing, enginering and overall projects comes along. Ronald Finger is one of those people, along with Michael Reeves, and I like to made stuff, and all those guys do some projects so big they take months to post, but I love it so much, you can truly feel the magnitude of the projects and care in the videos.
Love you Ronald, thank you for your work, much aprecciated!❤
from that fiero restoration to your shop, crazy to see all that you're capable of. Youre a hard worker! and great at making entertaining videos. thank you!
I'm not a builder at all for 30 years, and i think you've done a great job!
Ronald! I not only love watching your work; but your humor is the best I’ve seen on UA-cam! Thank you for sharing.
Stud pack reference was perfect I watch their videos all the time….I love when they make mistakes because they always show such detailed solutions to their mistakes
A realistic youtuber. A breath of fresh air in the 20 minute builds videos. Months between videos is totally fine keep it up! 😁
Excellent editing as always. These renovation videos are great! Awesome work Ron
Nice job! Well worth the wait. Just glad you are still at it and investing in your home and future UA-cam videos.
Pretty much the only video I’ve been anticipating and looking forward to!
My Datsun bro, so nice to see you progress and upgrade!
Earlier today I was literally thinking that it was a while since Mr. Finger dropped a video. Always a treat when it happens, even if it's 7 months between them :)
Great video! Did a similar project in Houston in August about 15 years ago on 3 structures for my brother in law. Also ran a new subpanel into a garage, very similar to you. I remember so many of those challenges you covered!
I'm so glad you continued this garage build and filmed it. Your video presentation and editing are so enjoyable to watch. See ya next year! 🎊
I hope you're doing well Ronald. We all appreciate all the work you put into these videos.
Love your videos man! I’ve been more confident in doing my own car repairs after watching your videos.
Dont forget to insulate the garage door, it made a huge difference for us and only cost around 150 bucks for 2 packs of insulated foam from lowes.
Quality vs Quantity on the videos. I enjoy everything you do. The "blow air through your nose" comedy. The cinematography, and the inclusion of all of your errors. It's fun to follow along with you and your adventures. Thank you for what you do.
I am only learning how to frame and do small stuff, that is a huge job you did there mate. I am planing on roofing an open area here in the back, some of the stuff you did is going to help a lot.
It might makes me sound like a bot, but it has to be said.
Your editing + sense of humor = A great video regardless of what you're working on.
I initially came for the car content, around the beginning of your Fiero project.
But i stayed for what i mentioned earlier.
When Roni uploads. My day brightens. To bad I have to wait till next year. . .
Long time, no video.
Glad to see a new one. Nice progress in the garage. I’m sure a thousand people are gonna say this, but once you add insulation to the roof, it’s actually gonna make the biggest difference. 80% of all your heat gain is from the roof.
But another entertaining and interesting video. Some day it will be a nice workshop
Excellent job! I too live in Houston and understand the weather struggles.
We'll wait. Your channel is one of my absolute favorites on the tubes of You. Excellent work as usual!
Ronald, I was hoping you would fix my dogs parent's marriage for Hanukkah this year, but this will work too. Congrats on making it to 2 uploads this 2024, can't wait to see how you plan to fix the gas tank (again) on the GPZ lol
This is the best channel on UA-cam by far. See you guy's in another 8 months!
Ronnie's the ONLY guy on UA-cam that can consistently and successfully upload only once or twice in a year and still be universally loved by everyone!!!!
Fingerer, We missed you and look forward to more.
Thank you for having common sense with the outlet close to the mini split. It's super hard to work on them when you need to plug in stuff from the other side of the building
One of the most well produced video by you! I am so glad I found your channel all those years ago! 7 months between uploads makes me sad but I keep frequently checking if you posted’
Your dedication to the manual labor *and* your content is insane
Having just organized my own garage (2 months it took me), I can relate to that moving junk pile. 🤣
There was a month in between the shot of me panning the camera to reveal the junk and the shot of me putting stuff in the bin 😅
And when people needed him the most, he came back!
Thanks for the tips! My garage needs the same treatment. Great video as usual! And also thanks for the suggestion of Hunter Direction! I really enjoy his work as well.
Excellent video! You're doing basically exactly what I want to do so thank you so much for explaining your process including mistakes!!
5:25 In Norway, we generally put the OSB on the inside, that way you can hang shelving and stuff from it rather than having to find where the planks are.
Where do you put the insulation?
@@LunatheMoonDragon You put the insulation in first. In this video ua-cam.com/video/f_fkGzsHYwk/v-deo.html a Swedish carpenter goes over some of the differences he's noticed between what he's doing and how it's done in America.
This is basically what he did. OSB, studs and insulation, OSB. You can tell because the inside wall had a grid of lines on it and because you would totally talk about sheetrock if you do it, as it's a pain to do
@@reedcruikshank7463 Yeah but I hadn't watched that far when I commented.
Another way to do it is to put windproof fabric to the studs on the outside, then horizontal slats to which you fasten wood paneling or whatever material you want as facade.
My god this video is a late Christmas present!!
When the world needed him the most, he returned!
Wonderful with a new video. And even though I'm a car nerd, I really also enjoy your home renovation videos. Happy new year, Ronald, and thanks for all the awesome videos. You are appreciated.
All said and done, that was a hell of a project and you got it done. Most people won’t even attempt something like that. Nice work
@3:00 This brought back some weird memories...
HE FINALLY POSTED!!
Finally......... New video I thought bro got lost ..🤣😂
Glad you're back, Finger! What I love most about your vids is the fact you always make mistakes....and then overcome them. Just like the rest of us. Stay real bro, love your channel and can't wait for more.
Ronnie! I'm so glad you're back! I'm excited to watch your next car project! 🙂
In the meantime.... I'll just go watch the Fiero project again. Best car project series I've ever seen by anyone. You're the best, dude!
This series truly does go to show why people just knock things like this down and re-build em'.
There's absolutely something to be said for fixing it, instead of replacing it; just as with a car.
Mad respect.
also no permitting issues
It may take a lot more time, but it does save on materials, such as not pouring new footers, reusing the existing rafters, etc. Also, there was never a time where there was no roof on the shop.
Time for the mandatory: “HeY BaBe RoNNIe UpLaodeD aNd it’s 26 MinUteS!!!!”
You saved me from doomscrolling… thank you
So nice to watch a new video from You Ronald. Thank you 🙏🏻
I always enjoyed watching your videos.
They’re honest, technical and entertaining simultaneously. Especially the honest part about the efforts you make in order to make it all happen for us, is a very strong point in my opinion. It makes watching your videos something to look forward to.
Realizing that I got it easy as a viewer, i’m grateful for all the content you posted over the years. I hope you get a lot of gratitude coming your way because you deserve it!
I’ll stay tuned for more of your content and don’t worry about how long that might take.
Hope you have a nice holiday season and a good 2025 with good prosperities 🙏🏻
See you Ronald, God bless you 👋🏻
I'll be honest, when I saw your first garage video, my thought was "You should just knock it down" I still feel like that was the easy answer, but you made it work so congrats! Also doesn't look like you'll be needing the heating function of the MrCool, since we've barely had any cold weather here this year. Keep the vids coming, and we look forward to whatever your next project is!
Ship of Theseus the building continues.
Bro posted before gta6🤑
WE ARE SO BACK!!
Been watching for years had no idea you were down the street in Houston. Great work on the building keep up the great videos!
Nice installation and garage build ! Pro tip: read the instructions. Like the instructions in the Mr. Cool installation manual that say to not leave the extra lineset coiled in a vertical position but rather to lay it flat so oil lock doesn't kill the compressor. Have an hvac bro help you and modify/change that lineset. Happy New Year !
15:20 use ladders instead of buckets in the future
Legitimate trick, are you an electrician or been around them perhaps?
@@apollogenerator9837 I used to be, got to second year apprentice then switched to IT. I kind of regret it now as being a journey man with linux expertise would be tight. Still I know my way around
@@apollogenerator9837 I was an apprentice then switch to IT
@@Cyril29a By that statement im guessing you didnt go through the whole process then. What made you switch tracks?
@@apollogenerator9837 I liked computers and thought they were cool but I hated how early construction started and the hourly wage in eastern Canada topped out pretty quick. It is a wonderful skill to have however. It has helped my tech career immensely not to mention all the situations being handy has been useful.
26:34 that random pice of drywall missing is making me mad
I don't remember when I discovered your UA-cam channel, but I enjoy every time I watch a new video. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
You're one of my favorite creators. I always enjoy watching your videos. Especially enjoyed the Fireo series. I think you could do great posting more frequently. Sad to see you leaving.
It continues to amaze me how you can make such entertaining videos... It's impossible to stop watching... keep it up Ronnie... Greetings from Argentina!