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    mistakes/regrets/things you hate that you did to your garage

    They're called closure strips and the company that made your metal makes them to match in vented or solid Sent from my BLU LIFE ONE X using Tapatalk
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    any current coupon for harbor freight item 66892

    http://www.hfqpdb.com/ If what you seek is available it is here. Sent from my BLU LIFE ONE X using Tapatalk
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    You know it's been hot in California . . .

    Do you understand how the pressure treating process works? Not being a smart ***, it just seems like you're implying that it's some kind of magical process that polymerizes the wood so that it will never degrade or change shape. Very simply put it is impregnated with preservatives, carried in...
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    You know it's been hot in California . . .

    Our pressure treated 2x4's do that on days with bright sunlight after rain. If you flip them over once they cool down at night they go back straight. I've not seen on stay like that before, but during the day the cover boards on the units can get "c" shaped in less than 2 hours. Sent from my...
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    Snap on sending a free repair kit for a ratchet

    I had a similar experience with a Stanley 3/8 ratchet I picked up at Walmart once when I was away from my tools at home. One of my drivers at work decided it would make a good hammer and blew the guts all over the parking lot. Called Stanley customer service to ask about getting the...
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    How do I keep company from thinking my garage is a garage sale?

    Still can't wrap my head around the whole mentality. My grandpa had a huge stroke in January that put him in round the clock care for good. We had to go through his house and garage and my dad was just piling tools and kitchen gadgets and stuff on me and my brothers. I know he just didn't want...
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    4x4 post bracket for cured concrete?

    Thinking about my reply, tip over may be a problem with what you're trying to do. Sent from my SGH-I547 using Tapatalk
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    4x4 post bracket for cured concrete?

    ABA44Z tapcon it down to keep the base from sliding. This is not structural, but it doesn't sound like you need it to be for your goal of draping light strands Sent from my SGH-I547 using Tapatalk
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    Hardie Plank, Pre-paint vs pre-painted vs paint when installed

    Painting the heads of all the fasteners after install is a P.I.T.A. and looks terrible when the finish fades and the touch up doesn't. Primed is cheaper, and gives a uniform finish that will fade evenly.
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    Vintage cantaleaver storage organizer

    http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/performance-toolreg%3B-metal-storage-bin-rack-with-plastic-storage-bins-37-in-x-11-in-x-45-in Not cantilever but seems like a pretty good deal.
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