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thanks for the info!!!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I stained my garage floor with a water based stain, Eco-stain . As per instructions i was to clean and profile [ etch or rough up the surface] with a liquid product SCR[ SUPER CONCRETE RENOVATER ] From what i...

Any one did any dealings with Baboc out of surry BC. Looking for experiences good or bad. Hope to get a Benpak lift soon. Thanks

18x12 is quite large. There's still a lot of inertia, even if the door is well balanced. There's 12ft of rubber weatherstrip on each side for the machine to fight, in each direction. The manual says a maximum of 180 square feet, and your door is 216sq/ft. I would recommend a Liftmaster MH5011...

Will a liftmaster jackshaft opener # 8500 have enough jam for a clopay 18x12 -2" thick over head door. I feel the door is too big and heavy. Thanks buzzard

Hey. I am building a 32x48x14 garge and looking for some heavy duty shelving. Any suggestions wood be appreaciated . Thanks buzz. I ALSO HAVE PICTURES AND I WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST [SOME DAY]

compacted sand will be fine

Now here's my first problem, I need to ventilate the ceiling since I'm going to insulate, but as you can see in the above picture, there is absolutely no room between the wall and the ceiling, so there's no air-flow from the soffit (it's just there for looks) and on top of that, my roof is...

nice, what was wrong with the existing floor?

Thats a big floor and span. Do you plan on any centre beams? Standard floor construction should give you about 45 lbs per sq ft. You wood be maxed out with your proposed weight. To clear span that space you will probably need to use 14 - 16" joist and maybe 12" o/c. We built a barn and clear...

Well here goes my first post. Great job on the build, that was a hell of a pile of gravel. Your slab prep was awesome, insulation to rebar. As far as your thickened edge it is a thicker and wider than mine also engineered slab, just poured yesterday. Central Alberta Canada. I build for a living...