Recent content by 1028garage

I had the concrete guys come out and shave it down for the time being. Door is working again but will have to do something permanent eventually. Whether overhead doors or the very least, redo that area of the apron with better material underneath it that won't expand and push up (sand there now).

Back again with my never ending garage. The problem I am having is my gravel driveway allows water to drain down below the grade, freeze and push the gravel up making contact when one of the doors opens (far left looking at the front). I could get around that by just digging it out or breaking...

I think I do have another set that I can install them once I get more carriage bolts. But going on nearly 2 years of having them no real sag to see. The biggest problem is I have a stone driveway and the concrete doesn't extend far enough out. So the doors sometimes get stuck on a stone and...

Back again with another update. Haven't done much inside the garage other than swap an entire drivetrain in my Datsun but still working on the exterior. Added some overhead exterior lights and changed the vinyl deck railing to hog wire. I was going to replace all the vinyl with wood but I...

I had to have my carriage doors made…9’ x 8’ IIRC. Cedar ply/trim on the outside and birch ply on the inside. Read about them here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415952

I just did this with my carriage doors just this past weekend. I bought the below from amazon and used liquid nails to hold them down. It doesn't seal 100% because my floor isn't exactly level and the doors aren't 100% square but its certainly better than nothing. Will take a pic later and...

Final update I think...doors are painted Maibec Nantucket Grey to match the cedar shingles. Hard to see but there are shingle around the doors and all along the left side. I thought about painting the garage all black but with plans to paint the house an all black garage leaves me with limited...

Alright well I am 99% done, just need to finish the shingles on the side, install the glass on the left side doors and then decide what color to stain/paint the trim + doors. I am thinking paint it all the color of the shingles or paint the trim + doors black and contrast against the gray...

Pour concrete in there? Or Spray foam and shave/sand it flat?

I thought about doing that but will probably do something in color to make it stand out against the yellow of my house. Thought about color matching the shingles and doing it all in Maibec 'driftwood' gray. Also anyone looking for a split carriage door opener with 9' openings DO NOT order...

I know none of you personally but I would never even join this forum and post this if I thought it was going to turn out bad. Hell I would have been gone like a fart in the wind if it turned out to be a big mistake. Either way I am happy with it so far. I need to figure out what I am going...

More progress..got the split door opener installed and working. A couple issues to work out but for the most part I am happy with it. Its quiet, easy to install and use but the specs by Sommer leave a little bit to be desired. The other 2 doors should be done in the next couple days...

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Yeah the garage is a low point but to the left is lower and where 99% of my down spouts and drains drain to daylight. Ill figure something out for the gap in the front but right now just having a hard time finding cedar boards, seems like with covid building materials are scarce.

I actually got that but it doesn’t line up with my steel. Mine is like a V whereas that is rounded. In theory it could work to just block off that gap at the top from the inside if I just attach to the header.