Recent content by danny10301

FYI, works great. Just ordered another one via amazon for the other door. Home depot sells the same thing but it's a couple bucks more. I just bought a few carriage bolts, nuts, and washers. Drilled holes and installed. Definitely relieves some stress on the door and holds it from swinging...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H5QYWQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20 I just ordered this wheel in the link above. Each door weighs nearly 200 pounds. This wheel is rated at 125 pounds. That should definitely take a little stress off the hinges. There were some bigger ones but this looks like it...

I have thought the same thing about the wheel but the doors are not from a big manufacturer. The guy who built the doors is named Todd Newman. His ebay name is doorman254. I just hung them this weekend. Here are a couple pics. I still have to remove the old rollup. It's on there now behind...

Progress report 5/13/2013 Since my last post I have assembled a 8' X 7' Vinyl Lifetime shed. This was critical for getting the lawn mower, snow blower, kids toys etc out of the garage. I wish I did it sooner. I built the base using 18" X 18" patio stones. I felt this was easier and less...

Interesting, I do some woodwork as well. You can see in the pic i posted above i am currently working on a dollhouse for my daughter. 1/12th scale of our home. Would be nice to work on car as well as other non car projects. Trying to figure that out still. I could setup a wood shop in...

Thruxton - looks great. Whats the blue thing strapped to your ceiling? Welder? Attached are some pics of what I have to work with. as well as my toy.

Good point on getting as much stuff off the ground to free up floor space. I saw another thread where a guy put his compressor in his loft. I would like to do the same. I only have a cheap 5 gallon one now but when i upgrade would love to plumb that up and out of the way...would be a pain to...

I thought deep and hard about this same setup. In the end i ordered a swing out door. just ordered it the other day. pic below. Hope it works out for you. I hate having my ugly door overhead with the 90 degree brackets taking up so much space. Surprised it isnt more common to do what you are doing.

Also, I would like to put an automatic opener on the swing out. It seems like the ones made specifically for this purpose cost over 1k. I cant see spending that much. The door itself was around 1200. Anybody use a dual gate opener? I am assuming that would work.

John in OH - yes the snow in front of a swing out door was a concern. But, I figured the benefits outweighed the drawback. I rather have better lighting, overheard storage, and no ugly tracks at the expense of shoveling in front of the door a few times a year. I live on Staten island in NYC so...

steam_mill - great job. VERY close to what i have in mind. My garage has a cathedral ceiling and from my measurements the mustang should store nicely using a 4 post lift. Which brand is it? BTW - great 4 eye. Looks amazing. My 92 is also a work in progress. I am the fourth owner as per car fax...

First off, great site. I have been lurking on here for a bit and see some great ideas. In 2008 I bought my first home and started fixing it up. It was a real dump. Now, 5 years later it's 2013 and I have finally finished most of the interior/exterior work on the main house and can start...

This looks like a great lift. I am pretty confident I can handle the install. Did anyone try install this with an engine hoist or did everyone have a forklift? Just wondering how much these weigh and how the heck I am going to get them off the truck and in the ground.