Recent content by Dirtmerchant

Thank you, Rogue does a great job with their equipment.

Took much longer than I anticipated but it's done and turned out nice, no more huffing fiberglass dust...

Thought I'd circle back with the outcome. My door guy has apparently been too busy to make it by, fact is I'm in a small town and he probably doesn't make it this way too ofter so I took matters into my own hands. I ordered a decent set of bars from Amazon, watched a few good YouTube videos by...

The house and is 17 years old but I have owed it for less than two years and don't think I've ever opened it manually until this weekend so not sure if it was good before. I spoke to the owner of a garage door company who put new trim on it after I had the house stained and door refinished last...

Thank you to everyone who posted, I put a call into a door guy. I'll post back with the outcome, hopefully it just needs wound up...

Yeah, I don't do poisonous snakes but once had a big iguana as a house pet until my now wife moved in, that is a story for another thread. I'd love to have 1/4 the skills of the IOM riders, going to watch it is on my bucket list for sure, always been a Guy Martin fan but who isn't..

Thanks guys, I don't ride in the Isle of Man but I do ride a motorcycle on some of the twistiest roads in Western NC so I'm not super risk adverse. I grew up on a farm and can follow instructions, if after some tweaking it doesn't get better I have a guy. I AssUme the springs are spec'ed right...

Spoke to a couple contractors and decided to cover with Tyvek ourselves, will post a couple pics once completed. Thanks for everyone's input.

As the title implies, I need some words of wisdom on balancing a solid wood garage door. We bought the house last year, apparently I never tried to open the garage door manually until this past weekend when I need to replace a worn operator trolly. It has no lift anywhere, I'd estimate the...

What is the general concensus about replacing the existing fiberglass with closed cell foam spray insulation?

Also... The wall where the breaker box is located is an exterior wall. Should this be insulated prior to covering with drywall or whatever we decide? I am in Western NC at 2,500' elevation.

@The Cobbler, that was my original thought but concerned about needing to access the "mechanical" stuff later. I'd take detailed pics before covering it but still. I guess not covering the screws and being able to access it that way would would work or 1/4" ply... Attached pic