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I've had my Bendpak HD9 for 6 years and its been perfect, zero issues.

Thanks for the comments...

My small shop is 25 X 30 and 10' ceilings. I have a narrow Bendpak 4-post lift and it works really well in this space. I use an up & down computer chair to navigate under the car and it works.

Here are a couple of pictures of my lift not mounted to the floor with Race Deck. I had to make metal plates to level the lift and I used wooden dowels to keep the metal plates and lift together. The lift has never moved and the flooring was cut around the lift/plates.

Go to this site ddmgaragedoors.com I did exactly what you are attempting by following their directions and buying their kit. My total expense was about $500 and that included buying a new liftmaster jackshaft opener.

Exactly. My father-in-law wanted a plain solid grey deck in his three car garage after he had seen mine. Very simple, no cabinets, no machines, nothing but flooring and walls. His garage also faces east. I left a minimum of 3/4" around the entire floor area. After a couple of weeks he...

I don't know what the "fix" is, well I do. Remove the race deck and use porcelain tile or polish the concrete....

My east facing garage did exactly the same thing in about 10 minutes early one morning last summer. I do have space around the lift and all other immovable objects (walls, cabinets, etc). My friends, "can we see your shop," me, "yes just not in the mornings."

Go to this site and get all of your questions answered. ddmgaragedoors.com/diy-instructions/garage-door-high-lift-conversion.php

The items you listed will cut/dent the flooring you mentioned. I have an old 392 hemi short block on a stand and the weight of the engine indented the racedeck floor. Six or eight inch wheels on the stand may have prevented the dents. Jackstands without pieces of plywood or something under...

Grout will not chemically bind to concrete or steel, it's like a saltine cracker...

How about using a floor jack and jack up an end at a time for grinding purposes. There's no way "stuffing" grout in the void between the base plate and floor adds any strength integrity to your build. It may not be too late for you to call BendPak and ask them if they have an installer in your...

Borrow/rent a transit, the process will not take you 30 minutes and that's with setup and take down. Lowes, etc carry some real inexpensive devices for home use and that's all you need. A small electric hand grinder and a straight edge will get you four spots flat for your posts.

My last attempt.... The beginning of the instructions tell you that you need a flat surface for the feet to sit on; the instructions also tell/show you how to use a transit to calculate the distance each corner needs to be adjusted. Sand, grind or whatever so that you have a flat surface to...

Does your product react strongly to heat and sunlight, for example; buckle and expand a lot?