Recent content by dangdude

Me too! Thank you for your input. With kids and friends and soon teen drivers, this was the right design.

Apologies for not replying earlier. Followed @niget2002 and several others' advice here to use a photoelectric sensor to turn power to the garage door opener off when the beam over the lift is broken. It works incredibly well, is automatic and truly foolproof. I bought the products suggested...

I've moved my air compressor downstairs, and am installing the 3/4" rapidair maxline kit. I have 2 garages at ground level so there's a 6 feet of vertical maxline pipe going up to a maxline tee in the basement, with maxline pipe going horizontally into the foot of each garage, about 3 and 10...

Will the garage be climate controlled? One door lets less warm air out. Do you have a straight drive into the garage or will it be a side or rear entry? If so, a double door lets you cheat the opening while turning in. I have had both setups and think 2 single doors look better and gives you a...

I agree there are several ways to do this, but after some googling I bought infinkc's outstanding solution for $90. As I said I'll point it front-to-back instead of side-to-side. This is automatic and can't be overridden by anyone without lowering the car, which is the point. If the beam is...

LOL yes... I'm going to try infinkc and Dustball's suggestion to mount an eye to switch the 120 going to the opener. It will run from my back wall to a mirror mounted on an arm going just under the garage door and back to the back wall so the "highest point" of a car should block the beam and...

Thanks all for the great suggestions! I do need an opener as this is a family garage, and I have young kids around too. The "vacation mode button" sounded promising but when I tested it I found "vacation mode" only blocks remotes, not the wired wall button, which is what I absent-mindedly...

I have a flushmount lift in my home garage with 9' ceilings and a double 8' high garage door. The other day someone outside was honking his horn and without thinking I opened the garage door with a car up on the lift. The garage door hit and was lifted by the car roof and floated on it because...

Last chance on a set of factory supplied hoses before I toss them. Why do you want another set of hoses? I dunno. Maybe you want a hose set ahead of time to map out where the pipes will be when you pour your floor. For some reason, though I try to subscribe to this thread, I don't get...

Not sure what the specs are, but the two OEM hoses to the control box are 10'4" and 16'2". Guessing 18" of that will be vertical to the connections in the control box.

You're going to want 13-14" tall concrete walls as well. I think getting the pits poured now as part of the first pour will be 1/2 - 1/3 of the price of pouring two slabs and paying them to come back to cut out the top pour and pour the walls later. I would get the pits made ready to use as...

Anyone want extra hoses? 2 hoses to the control unit, unused; I had to get longer hoses made because the control unit was too far away from the pit. I used the hose that connects the two platforms so that one is unavailable. $20 plus actual shipping cost?

I would like to get a couple of the pole type but haven't had a chance to play with one yet. Questions: Is the footpedal design on some useful or just a trip hazard? I see pictures with a notch in the all-thread--can these be quickly adjusted? Is that groove typical /standard or an option on...

Good question. The border around my one big pit was poured a little raised from the garage floor to keep water outside the pit, mostly, and that works well. "Next time" I would think about putting in a sump pit (maybe just 8" by 6") even lower than the pit depth and direct water there, then use...

Thought I'd post pics of putting the platforms in the pit using hydraulic jacks and the crossbars. I have 1 big pit but this is also possible with a 2 pit layout if you have two jacks that lift at least 14". One big pit made it really easy to put wood under the platforms and support them to...