Recent content by foglght

The drywall contractor ended up rewiring the door openers incorrectly when they did the lid install, so I had to have the overhead door guys back out 3 times. The first time was for them to fix the brackets. They installed brackets into the ceiling trusses vertically, so there would have been...

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Ok, more updates.....Finally got the painting done. Progress pics. I bought an airless sprayer to get it all done. If I ever have to do this again, I'd change a few things. The sprayer worked well, but wasted a **** load of paint. All said and done it took around 35 gallons of paint to complete...

So, here is an update. The drywall is in and the level 3 mud/tape is done. The guys that did the work left a lot of slop (drywall mud) on the ground and it has now dried on the floor. Some of it looks hard to get off. I mentioned to the contractor that he needs to clean all that up. He says...

Waffled a bit on that but ended up with a 75k unit

Well.....update time. Its been over a year. First up is the flooring. I thought I did a lot of research on the epoxy coatings and decided on the PPG. It was nice for about 6 months. Then, tires started to leave marks and pulled up the coating. I have quite a few marks of bare concrete now...

Well, many contractors later and a whole lot of headache; I managed to get heat in the garage. I found a guy who would sleeve a pipe under the driveway. I just finished having the drywall mudded and taped, so he installed the heater. Works great! Finally its coming together. Ceiling insulation...

If the quote to run a gas line was 900 i would have done it already. Best quote so far was 2,800 and I dig the 24 inch trench. All said and done I'm talking about 5k. Was considering hiding a propane tank in my shed just behind the barn and running a short line into the garage. Need to do some...

I've been to probably 100 websites and contacted a few installers about what type and size heater I need. Nobody can seem to agree on what the best option is. The cost to run a natural gas line out to my barn is prohibitively expensive, so I am considering a heat pump. Garage size is: 30x40x14...

Gas line feeds into the house near the new concrete. Needs to be run about 12-14 feet under the driveway and then about 60-80 feet to the back of the garage. I could rent the trencher and do the stuff to the garage, but under the concrete I want to leave to a professional who has done it before...

Next big thing was to get the floors coated before anything went in there. I decided on PPG Aquapon in bright white with clear coat. It turned out really nice. It isn't as durable to dropped items and scratching as I had hoped, but it does look purdy: So, now the garage was built and the...

This is the point where things went south for a while. The long story short, they began putting up the building and didn't brace it well. Pictures do the talking here: What I didn't get was pictures after one of the walls completely collapsed. It took a week or so, but they did come...

First part of the plan was to get a contractor. I have never been a part of a more frustrating situation. I ended up hiring a contractor that was a referral from a co-worker. While that seemed like a good idea at first, later it proved to be a less than ideal choice. We have a decent sized...

At the time, I was still racing and the setup: And used the dually for towing. We stored the trailer off site and outside. Storing the trailer outside creates so much extra wear and tear I was spending a lot of time and effort just cleaning and caulking almost every year. I really wanted to...

I realized in the years I have been reading on this forum, I've never posted since my garage was built. We bought our current home that came with a really nice oversize 3 car garage. It already had a heater and 3 years ago I decided to give it a refresh. I really just wanted hoist to do some...