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I am in the process of installing a new 16x10 insulated garage door in my shop addition. I have the door panels and vertical tracks installed. Next I need to install the overhead horizontal tracks, and to do that I need to to install some ceiling joists for the track hangers to attach to. It's...

Thanks, CraigStu. Interesting suggestion... although winter in Wisconsin may be a bit more thermally challenging than in VA. But I guess some businesses use strip doors on freezers, etc. I just looked up strip doors on Grainger.com, and a wide variety of products are commercially available...

My "new" 24'x32' shop addition is added on to the "old" shop-- a 12'x16' granary. The door between the old and new shops was a pretty funky old sliding door that you could throw a cat through. I removed the door last summer while working on the new section (poured a slab floor, rearranged...

My shop addition is on a significant slope. The original grade dropped about 32" over the 24' width from north to south. It's a pole building. I set all the poles 4' deep. The treated posts for the south wall also serve as a retaining wall. The bottom 32" of the posts (above the original grade)...

Kevin, the door looks great... assuming it can be made to work properly. Could you elaborate on your interaction with the door mfgr? Did you know the correct spring size, or were you counting on them to tell you the right size? Did you finally succeed in getting what you need, or are they just...

Hi. I'm new here. For several years, I've been poking away slowly, a bit at a time, at building a 32'x24' addition on my shop. Finally got a slab poured this summer after having the floor be my grandkids' sandbox for far too long. I love my concrete floor now. Current project is to install an...