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Well I ended up with 5/8”, it was a $5 difference per sheet between this and 3/4” which in my case was around $50. I think I’ll end up using some toggle bolts or plugs, the studs I marked somehow aren’t really all the way up the wall, it’s weird. I was able to get one side done, will get to...

After about an hour and a lot of puncture holes with an old screw driver, I was able to find all the studs. In some cases they were 16" on center, but otherwise it seemed to follow no standard at all. Which I must say isn't all that surprising. The house we purchased was built in 1945 and I...

Hello, I am creating a small workshop in my garage and it's starting to come together, but I have a contractor or portable table saw I got at HF and it works well up to this point, but not so much in the garage. I created a mobile cart with locking castors with some mobile out tables, etc. for...

Charlie51: In some areas, yes, in others I don't think so because the plug holes I have made I can't see the mesh at all. 96PSD: Yikes?!? I have a test kit from when we originally did renovations and did find some low level toxic glue in the old kitchen tiles, but I never thought to test the...

I've reviewed various articles here on garage/workshop wall materials but have a question BACKGROUND I have an older garage (built 1945) and its walls are made out of some sort of concrete/composite material that is not practical to bust out down to the studs and using a stud finder hasn't...