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Odd sized garage door insulation. What to use for a durable, "finished" appearance? I'd like to insulate my 8' tall, 10' wide garage door. I wanted to just buy the Atlas Matador kit for $80 and be done with it but apparently my door, manufactured by Overhead Door in 2004, is odd despite its...

Rust bullet! I had run across this on my last bout with garage floor treatment research. I couldn't remember what it was called but was pretty sure I remembered one that advertised minimal prep. I was gooling all kinds of related terms but couldn't find it. I'll revisit it.

That's the problem. I've spent hundreds of hours over the past 2 years trying to find the optimal path forward with Internet research. Every single aspect of every solution is "hotly debated". Just when I think that what I'm doing is settled (epoxy, plastic tiles, porcelain tiles, etc) I...

I'm about to pull the trigger on something for my 460 sq ft garage with 11 year old, relatively clean concrete. I'm tired of being paralyzed with indecision so I just need to pick something and go with it rather than trying to research every option and read everyone's gripes about different...

It's not really a factor with the door on my garage but that info does potentially make the 3800 even more appealing.

I'm looking at the same two openers as the OP. Being that I have 2 older vehicles (a 2003 and 2007) with Homelink I am considering just ordering a 3800 since it's directly compatible without a repeater. Not sure why the 8500 is cheaper but then I need a $40 home link repeater to make my...