Recent content by BFHgarage

Traffic light and BP sign are up... now I need to figure out how to splice them into the light circuit so I can have them on the switch with the overhead lights. Fortunately the space above the garage is unfinished, unfortunately there is plywood nailed down above where the light closest to them is.

Progress is being made. The mini and wife’s crv both fit in the garage now. Still need to paint the window trim. The work benches keep moving around, but I think I like the one by the door. It makes the shop vac easier to access from the driveway. A combination of new and old shelving is...

Yes, a drive on to stack a classic mini over a camry. My back of the napkin math says it will be very tight, but should clear (as long as the stops on the lift work with my dimensions).

I pretty much just lurk on this site, but since we are moving into a new-to-us house, I thought I would start a new thread. We moved from central Illinois to southwest Virginia almost 2 years ago and went from a 3-car garage to a rental with a 1-car garage. Now we have finally found a house to...

Do you have to do all four sides, or just the side that faces the street? Sometimes they are only concerned about the view from the street.

I use the spare as well, it is just easier and faster than messing with jack stands. Plus, it is a good opportunity to top off the air in the spare while you've got it out.

I went out tonight and pushed up the access door, we'll see what it does over the next couple days. Being out there with the lights on and the garage door open reminded me of the other reason why I'd like to get this sorted out: Bugs!

The garage walls and ceiling were insulated when the house was built 1.5 years ago. Unfortunately, the window isn't big enough for a window unit and I'm not sure I want to hack a hole in the wall to permanently mount one. If the garage doors didn't face the street, I'd just leave the door...

Good points. Not sure how the wife will react to the AC theft from the house, but that is an idea. It still cools off decently outside once the sun dips down, so I'm not sure pulling air from the window in the evening/night would be a total waste. Falcon : you can't really tell that it is doing...

Here in Illinois, this summer has been much warmer than last summer and the garage isn't as pleasant to work as it was last year. I have an access door to the attic space above the garage, so I was thinking about making a new "summer" door for it with a fan to pull the hot air up and out of the...

I've roughed out a drawing for the cabinets that I want to put above my work bench. I'm planning on framing the shelves with 2x2 and lag it into the two walls that it will go against (back and left side) and then I'm going to support the front with a 1x4 that will come down from a 2x4 that I'll...

After getting a new collection of 1/2 drive metric deep sockets, I realized I was out of room where I was storing my sockets. After reviewing the available "for purchase" options on socket storage racks, I decided to start building my own. I'm grouping them the logical way, standard and...

As a Landscape Architect, I have worked on numerous projects with pavers and, if installed properly, they hold up to vehicle turning, moving, etc. I second the suggestion of polymeric sand, it really does a much better job of locking everything into place. When it comes to pavers, you have a...

Be careful when you are building that close to a large tree, you can easily end up killing the tree if you eliminate too much of the root zone. Removing a tree with a building that close to it is not fun, or cheap.

Typically your property does not go all the way to the curb. Your property only goes to the right of way line, which could be 10-20 feet outside the curb line.