Ok, how MANY of you laughed when he said the utility bill would be like 50 bucks when he first bought the place :) I said to myself, more like $1,000 or MORE. Who is bank rolling this guy? Seriously. Gets BIG loan, spends BIG bucks fixing up the place. He has to have a silent partner who is backing him.
Ya it's cool because when he had a job he had no money now that he doesn't have a job he's doing something he loves doing and he's going more money 💰 so win win win for his subscribers and fans and a win for him
I NEVER thought I'd be watching videos about lighting being changed out in a warehouse but the way you do it and what you're talking about makes it fun and educational at the same time! I noticed your vacuum when you were cutting the metal at the floor and sucking up the shavings. When I had my mobile detailing business, I had a 20-ft hose on my vacuum and hated going back and forth to the vacuum and shutting it off when I could be doing something else. I know that sounds lazy but every second counts when you have a schedule. I bought these remote control units that you'll see in the link from Amazon. They literally just plug in in between the plug and whatever you're running. You leave it turned on and you simply hit the button that go inside with the number of the unit that you used and it'll turn it off and on for up to like 30 ft. It's really great for instance if you're doing something that requires you to immediately stop and start something else. The only thing that requires batteries are the remote. You would be able to start and stop your vacuum without having to walk back over to it if you needed to do something else and that's what reminded me. Thought I would share it with you and the rest of the "Go-Go's". Geez. Lol.... sorry. I don't think we're that cultish that we need a group name...or do we? LOL! Oh yeah... I also added electric start, with remote controls, to my gas pressure washer. www.amazon.com/dp/B07L367PH6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Regarding that smaller 2nd building - in addition to insulating the doors and windows, close off any rooms without plumbing which you aren't using and don't heat useless rooms.
Even closing off spaces you don't use and then don't heat, really won't save much money. Get use to 55 degrees is about the only way to save any money.
I love these videos of the transformation of the warehouse! Don’t lose sight of the end game and completely finish it without cutting corners. In the end you will have it the way YOU want it!
Yup, I pay around 800 a month now on my Mortgage but I'm pissy about my 300 every 3 months water bill. I was paying 30 a month at my old rental so it's a matter of scale and what you expect.
@@FirstNameLastName-ev3jk Neither is a mortgage payment. For at least half the term, most of the mortgage payment is interest, which, aside from what it costs the bank to service the loan, is almost pure profit to the bank. Equity is the amount you have invested in the property, and aside from the costly upgrades JRGO is making to the building, he is generally not going to profit from the equity until the interest on the loan is paid off. $1,000 a month on power is another expense. I was trying to be humorously facetious, if not technically accurate with my initial comment.
Has lights and spends 30 grand on new lights FOR A WAREHOUSE. Then cant do simple math of a 20,000 SQ building v his house on expected heating bills. Porno music playing through the whole video. New line of work? Girls with Tools?
Hi Jr Im a mechanic too and with good lighting the job become a whole lot easier . I worked in a badly lit shop that had been a warehouse . My boss at the time had a roofing company come in and replace some of the steel roofing panels with tinted polycarbonate panels and this meant we didn't have to have the lights on on dull grey days. it saved a lot on the power bill.
Verbatim, the post is: "Little Sister Got The Vid Then My Dad And My Brother Got It Jared seems to be doing okay Dad is in the ICU with pnuemonia, won't know more until tomorrow That's the update on my life right now" Get well soon, Lumberts. Thoughts are with you all.
Watching this brings back bad memories of my old job in factory maintenance. Three of us plumbed all conduit and pulled all wiring for everything in a building 6 times the size of yours.
Came for the car content, loving the building content even more!!! Two of my favorite types of video to watch on this platform. Keep up the great content JR.
I always use a full face shield since I wear prescription glasses and don't want to pit them and pictures of broken discs in peoples faces don't look fun. The lack of a guard is just dumb. After 20 years of doing welding and fab work as a hobby and for work, I haven't found more than one or two instances where the guard has been in my way and the layout of an angle grinder puts the user's fingers far too close to the disc. I like to be able to hold the grinder by the head and side handle when needed and not worry about slicing through my gloves and skin. So far, not one person has been able to explain what the big benefit to removing the guard is. I'm not a safety nazzi, but you only get one set of eyes and ears and fingers are painful to injure and don't always heal back to normal.
Excellent progress on the building. Some suggestions: Below roof replacement upgrade of insulation is more effective for reducing heating costs than replacing wall insulation. The $6K for gas line will be more than worth it once you install your Infrared tube heaters. I am sure you will install a building control system not only for your lights, but HVAC as well. You have already started to ID cracks, holes, etc where the air gets in. Solar photovoltaic may be the way to go, but wait until you see impact of switching to LEDs. Hope your Dad is doing OK.
@@larrybe2900 Yup, his electrical costs will mainly be lights and HVAC fans from fall to spring ( let's not talk about impact of any electric welders or air compressors), and then the air conditioning will kick in during summer months, assuming he might condition the non office areas. But even though the metal shell building has strength in the columns and beams, it might not be possible to install solar panels on the roof because they can't carry the load between spans. And apparently JR is somewhat of an insomniac, so without a good battery system, photovoltaics don't help that much after the sun goes down.
And he should have his electrical power supplier review his electrical rate. It is not uncommon when a facility changes the type of business operations that the next owner is on the wrong rate and pays too much.
Wow! You keep your heat at 74’F at your house. That’s crazy warm. Mine is 66’F and I’m in Michigan were it’s 21’F outside right now. Please JR wear safety Glasses 🥽 you only get 2 eyes. Love the channel and videos.
I feel like every thermostat and every house or building is different as far as what the ideal temperature is. At my house it’s unbearably hot if the thermostat is above 68 but at my office you’ll freeze your ass off if it’s below 71.
I'm in michigan too and was thinking the same thing. 64-66 degrees is ideal. my grandmother keeps hers at 71 degrees and i feel like it's unbearably hot in her house all the time.
@@MrWoodyBalto The thyroid controls. the body's temperature regulation. It's relatively common for older women to feel chilled in the winter - when a room is quite warm, the hot house seems normal to them
I have done the adhesive weather stripping to the door to my garage the exact same way. Just be aware it wears over time (we use that door a lot) and you will have to replace and redo it every couple of years. Otherwise the leaks will return. Just my words of advice based on experience with that. Good luck.
These are great videos, that compliment the also great car videos. The story of what you’re doing, of creating this other aspect of your content with a physical space is really inspiring. It’s awesome to get insight into your journey as an entrepreneur and see what it’s like day to day as you expand on the success you’ve had with it so far. It’s very enjoyable to share in your enthusiasm for your vision of the warehouse and seeing you put it together step by step. I’m even excited to geek out with you on lighting controls. Keep up the great work and content. There are thousands of people coming along for the ride and cheering you on.
Maybe invest the $6k for the natural gas line into installing a geothermal source heat pump furnace. Often can get federal tax rebates and local utility discounts. You can install the ground lines yourself by renting a backhoe. It’s an investment but the savings are MASSIVE. Idk of anything more efficient. Parents have an old big house and it would take 10 cords of wood a year to heat and now costs only $25 per month ($300 per year) for heat and AC with a geothermal system. Probably would pay $400 a month in LP if they had to heat with gas only in the winter months. The furnace cost could be added to the mortgage and the interest and principal payments with the geothermal operating costs would be less than paying the heating/ac bill and would immediately save you money every month. It would increase resale value and fix a long term issue of high utilities. Anyway, just some thoughts that could be helpful :)
Light system is pretty much pointless. What are you there to do play with the lights? Is that place going to be a disco after hours? Is it going to be a haunted house? Why doesn’t he just get to work already?
@@619guy202 I mean if it was a place of business I'd agree it's pointless for his application... But it's a place for him to make content. And being able to better control the lighting is good for filming so it doesn't wash out from being too bright.
@@TheBarberShopScott I agree it is good for him to be able to control the light level but to use a control system that costs more than the lights is just stupid. I have installed those kind of lights in parking lots that require a 0-10v input to dim the lights, but it was not used in that application. I am curious as to why the system would cost so much. I'm sure there are much more affordable systems to do the same job.
If your cold now imagine how hot you’re gonna be in the summer. Agree with your insulation plans. The detail area however really needs to fully isolated. The moisture and cleaning agents will cause problems in other parts of the building.
I agree with JR the technology is just not there yet. Solar is too costly upfront and efficiency is too low. Utilities (like the one I retired from) do it for the public relations, natural gas makes a ton more sense.
@@gavinfisher4264 Go to his channel page; click on the about tab then scroll down and you will see where it says view email address in the details section at the very bottom! Hope this helps ya out!
@@619guy202 Depending on which LED figures, maybe not. 50W LED fixtures vs 2x 35W fluorescent tubes makes little meaningful difference in smaller spaces. Especially if your fixtures are cheap/free - it can really help offset the little savings you'd get.
If I could help Watch JR Goes install the new lights in the big warehouse I would drink the cold Bartle Skeets and pack up the Hash Pipe with Rocky and get all schmoked up
@@atodaso1668 you don’t need to do either if you don’t want to. Snow will melt off right above freezing and during the other months they get enough rain that cleaning isn’t needed
The company that fired you for doing RU-vid is probably regretting that decision. They obviously didn't value your contribution. Their loss! Keep up the great work!
@@brandonmccarthy9224 I think he meant the opposite. The roof would allow lots of panels and therefore produce a lot of current. JR already said that solar is not a good long term investment.
@@benjamindavidson632 LOL, it seems that way when you see how much up front you need. As he said, its the batteries that have to be replaced every 7-10 years and then the panels start declining in efficiency. It eats away at the accumulated savings.
Got here a moon or 3 ago thru Hoover. I have to say, from where I’m sitting, this warehouse concept has the potential to be huge on this platform. Pun(s) intended.
Lots of people still buy those, we’ve sold hundreds over the past few years that came out of other buildings...when you don’t have money to buy new but you need lights they’re a good option.
I have been doing nothing but waste oil heater sales/service here in Montana for 30 years. If you have questions or want to run some numbers I am here to help if I can.
I feel your electric bill pain, I had a building that was 328,000 sq. ft. the first electric bill was $2800.00.That would not do.So I determined that every step-down transformer, and there were many had a heat-up cost associated with it which means $$ per month. In the end I got the monthly non-use cost to $250.00.
I know in my area the electrical inspectors won’t allow low voltage to be zip tied to the EMT. Don’t know if you got a permit, but look into it. As far as the old fixtures, either strip out the ballasts and scrap the rest or just let someone take them to get rid of them. I’d be surprised if anyone buys them off you .
sounds like my house's garage when I moved in. 32 4ft tubes for a 600SF garage. bought a bunch of LED shop lights and the net change was over a kilowatt of lighting.
Commercial electric accts are charged for usage, as we all do, plus a demand charge/multiplier. The demand charge is based on your instantaneous peak usage each month. So when you go to turn lights n equipment on all at once that spikes the demand meter! Stage the powering of all electrical appliance. Mess up once you're monthly bill will reflect it. My hope is your controller can stage the power up of your electrical appliances. Good luck!
Maybe you could consider an illuminated garage floor below the lift. That would give an even lightning to the bottom of the car - I suppose that you we will continue working with cars, not only making building videos. If not, you could anyway have a nice saturday night fever disco floor 😁. I don't know if they exist as a ready package, but should be possible to do with LEDs, Lexan LED Diffusers and maybe protect them some scratch and impact protection sheets.
If you can, in the areas that you do not need the height, lower your ceilings. Less space to heat. With the elevated space, you can create unheated storage space, or create an office. Also, look into solar. Your state may have incentives on top of federal rebate. Great channel. Peace.
I hated those as a worker on large industrial floors. I would be working not walking and the light in my zone would shut off. I might be in high voltage or moving mechanicals. Kinda sorta dangerous areas. Pissed me off.
I don’t use Instagram or Facebook, sorry to hear about the health issues. I have lost a cousin and had three family members catch the virus. One is an ER Doctor and even with her otherwise excellent health has suffered lingering symptoms. Please be careful!
Name for the shop should be .... JR Skunkworks, as wiki describes it "relatively small and loosely structured group of people who research and develop a project primarily for the sake of radical innovation". and that to me seems to be what your working towards, just like those mad aircraft guys from WW2 who where in the Lockheed Skunkworks and made those amazing creations.
@@MrYellowClyde might have to be the raccoon ranch then 😂, but would say the own the trademark not the word, and if the trademark is not for a studio production, etc.... it is unlikely people would mistake a RU-vidr workshop, for an aerospace design studio, and the nature trademark, to protect the public’s perception of a brand.
@@MrYellowClyde did a check they only own the copyright to the skunkworks logo, the word skunkworks has and is used as a trademark by multiple businesses around the US
What will you build with all that sheet metal? A crazy custom truck? I hope you got most of your lighting paid for by the electrical provider through rebates!
So I'm sure you got connected on those lights but would it not have been cheaper to remove the ballasts and then get the led florescent tube replacements?
Wholesale solar now called UnBound Energy was the wholesaler I used to buy my solar panels. Highly recommend them. Very user friendly. My uncle Mike and I installed in two weekends. 24 panels at 9,240 Watts.
A used oil burner stove would be a nice secondary heating source. If gas prices go thru the roof with Biden in office, your next year heating/gas bill will be incredibly high. Having a "used oil burner" furnace will pay for itself over one winter. All of the used oil you discard thru out the year would feed the furnace for atleast 1 winter month. Buy some 55 gallon drums, drop them off around town to your local Jiffy Lubes or Grease Monkey type garages and you could get more than enough oil to heat your shop for damn near nothing. Much cheaper than what your potential gas bills will be.. Just another option and it counts as a comment so this is a win-win! Best of luck and I'm enjoying watching you grow.
@@phuqurfeeling I think it's more of a criticism of the misuse/overuse of the word 'literally' as a modifier. My stepdaughter does it constantly, and it is literally obnoxious. Literally.
Check with your power company to buy back the lights in NC Duke will give you around $30 per fixture, and your cpa about EP Act 176d, you may be able to get .60 sq ft deduction for this upgrade. I sell LED lights for a job. The 176d depends if congress extended it or not. I hope you see this..
You should look into an oil heater that's fed by left over oil from oil changes. My mechanic does that and he essentially has free heat from all the oil changes
He can afford it. He’s got RU-vid. If it wasn’t for us he wouldn’t be anything...... don’t know why everyone’s all worried. If anything watch more so he gets more money and your stuck at home eating
Another great video, man. Keep it up. JR, getting by with a little help from his friends! Are you thinking of putting a video editing room in the shop? It would be nice to see you set that up. (especially with some new Apple silicon machines)
Better off using air source or water source heat pumps for that price JR , not sure if you get a rebate but in canada you get a rebate for using electric
I remember the car wizard having a similar issue with his lights and heating. Not sure if he went led yet. Solar should also pay for itself quickly. 7 years was for my residential load...
I've nearly finished switching all of our buildings at work from florescent to led. I found absolutely nobody that was even remotely interested in buying used florescent fixtures. Hundreds of them (mostly 277V 4 ft troffers) went straight in the dumpster.
If people widely don't know they are available such may be the case and also how motivated to rid of them if it costs you $x dollars to handle them in the process. I came to realize it just becomes metal and glass let alone any liability should one fail. Unless it is recycling from a production process lighting is just a business expense all accounted for with the savings.
