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    Anyone Install a Fan in Their Garage?

    My wife can smell the slightest thing To keep the attached garage from getting a moldy smell I put a curbside celing fan in the center of the room I set on low and blowing up so the air would go across the celing and down the walls then across the floor I plugged into the opener outlet over 25...
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    Shelf Units or Built In Shelves for Garage?

    I would go with custom built ins. at 22 feet deep you have a short bay with 24 inch deep shelves you have a 20 foot bay with a custom build you can have space for the hood to go under the shelves I have kept my shelves 18 inches deep It keeps stuff from getting lost behind other stuff yet it us...
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    Garage door opener hack

    you should have "stops" inserted in the chain that trigger switches for the up and down gross movement the screws are for fine tuning the movement after the chain switches stop the door
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    Flat gable bottom and scissor truss

    The best answer is to frame your wall as a rake wall (match the bottom chord of your scissor truss) and have 'gable fill' added to the scissor placed on the wall. This eliminates the hinge once you run your catwalks through. ^^^^^^this the gable needs studs to nail the sheathing to j
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    Adding an 2nd floor apartment

    first talk with your building department they may have some rules about living spaces above garages
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    Concrete Slab Questions

    forget the fiber go with the rebar
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    Garge door opener low headroom tracks

    I have a friend with an I beam across his garage his opener predates the jack shaft style openers the install crew used a longer chain shaft to put the motor behind the beam and threaded the chain beam through a hole cut into the web of the beam the door is fully open before the traveler...
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    I have a BEAM!!!

    airplane hanger doors are often 26+ feet wide
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    Garage door safety keeps stopping the door for no reason

    mine look at each other through a T P tube they are safely tucked away on top of the motor
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    Sizing culvert/tile

    it is hard to go too large with a drain tile
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    Murphy bed Project

    years ago I had a "suite"at the Oprylands hotel in Nashville I had to have room service come and show e where the bed was hidden in the wall
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    First post! 1890 Barn restoration

    I would first run your idea past the local building dept. they may have some rules about a living space above a car service area
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    Locking casters with hidden release ideas?

    I have seen air glide systems that use a vacum cleaner advertised I have no links however
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    Hydraulic system

    the make and model of the backhoe would be helpful information
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    Car Trailer Exterior Speakers

    boat speaker are your answer
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