I would stick with my toy train 4x10 or a 5x10. I've been doing some accessory wiring before the garage turns into an oven and it's a pain in the rear even though I elected to keep the wires up top instead of running them underneath the table. Velcro hooks hold to the outdoor carpet covering quite nicely and help keep it organized. Too old for that foolishness of crawling around down below and anyway that space is occupied by various hobby plastic tubs.
Pete
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Pete,
Your elves need to get with it and install a window AC unit. It'd make that Texas chile cooker a lot more pleasant in the summer.
David
The velcro connections are a clever idea. Mine connections are atop the layout too - for both ease of access and because there's mostly rock underneath it. I'm waiting for the rechargeable-batteried trains that will do away with this silly wiring.
Pete...you know how these Texas summers go. We may have rain right now...but it'll be a 105 in no time flat. Lowe's has a window unit for about $125. I put one in the doghouse last year....for my own good.
No problem on my part with the concept of a window unit, but... no window! In fact, no door except the garage door and the door to the kitchen/dining area. And anyway, due to my yankee origins I tend to fly R/C airplanes during summer, yes, despite the heat.
Pete
Pete,
They make one now that you remove about 2 feet of one wall stud and frame inside that rectangle. So now you ahve a 2 foot by 32 inch opening. The unit slides right in and looks pretty decent . I wired an outlet for a guy last summer who was turning the garage into a play room for his grand kids. It worked really well.
His was a thru the wall combination A/C heat unit.
Just in case you need something to do when it's so hot you'll melt the wings on those planes.
David
You can also get an expandable unit: evap & fan and compressor & condenser coil, with 2 flexible lines that connect them to go through a 2" hole in the wall, and add as many evaps as you need. I think it's made by Panasonic or Samsung. Call a HVAC contractor, they were designed for installation in older homes that have radiators or baseboard fin-type units rather than forced-air (ducted) heating.
Hey Pete, if I had unlimited space I would be flat broke!
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