Recent content by miken123

It's been about 7 years since I did the epoxy-coat application in my garage and a family member asked about my floor and so I dug up this old post. I figured I'd post an update for those who care to hear it. The floor has held up well and I'm overall very happy with it. After all these years...

I don't see why that wouldn't work but I've never thought thru the physics of extension springs so as to think whether it's 'easy' to calculate what the new extension springs should be once thebdooris at an angle. Good luck. Can't be that bad!

ps the new spring was 250x?x39 looks like they wound it around 6.5 turns. pps the pontiac vibe underneath is my wife's car ;-D I'm on top

Spring replaced! I set a personal deadline for having figured out what spring to order or just calling a local company so they could take care of it-- my busy life / a series of excuses lead me to end up just phoning a local garage door company. When the two guys showed up they, as expected...

jstroede - sorry for my delay, I went to measure my garage spring to report the #s to you and see if I could get this spring replacement show on the road -- but I noticed: with my spring still being wound -- how does that affect the measurements I report to you???

Pretty much!! Most everyone now adays are only willing to follow pre-prescribed instructions (and usually they can't do that very well!) Anything beyond that is either "a liability issue" or "impossible" or "a certified brand technician job." Usually have to all but set it up for them to do...

Nice! Thanks for the info -- I'll try to get that spring measurement stuff to you soon. Your example is in line with what I was thinking. I need a longer version of the otherwise same spring (afterall the weight of the door hasn't increased, the spring just has to be longer so that it...

Thanks for the information. jstroede thanks for the kind offer on calculating the correct spring for me! I'd love to take you up on it! I only know the new angle of the door is roughly 18 degrees. I've seen the videos on measuring springs, is that the info you need (sounded like the article...

Summary of how I did it (put very simply, detailed story to follow tonight): My track consisted of two pieces on each side: One vertical track piece and one piece that consisted of a 90 degree bend and the long horizontal part (all one piece). In BRIEF, I simply moved the motor up to be as...

Just reporting my story on modifying my regular garage door (regular as in the standard style where there is a 90 degree bend at a height roughly the same as the door height itself) so that it will be a door that travels up and ROUGHLY "follows the pitch of the garage". I use quotes there...

To post another update: The clear coat is dry now and i can walk on it / etc. It's been dry since about yesterday morning or so. I haven't seen any bubbles or fish eyes from the clear coat (not that I was expecting any). The only issue I can see is that a few spots don't have the same shark...

Thanks! Well I'll be honest and say that I was anything but relaxed about it for the weeks leading up to it. I couldn't help but pour over old posts about what others used and the techniques others employed in application. Buy yeah when it's go time just know you've done all you could to...

Let's talk Shark-Grip quantity. The bottle was 16 oz of shark grip ( by weight no doubt) and meant to treat 5 gal. I was working with a total of (advertised) 3 gal. I've heard people use half the amount of shark grip and be happy with the results. But i'd hate to have myself or the wife...

Ok on to the clear coat! For anti slip I used Shark-Grip and not the Al Oxide. I had read great talk on shark grip from another user in a previous thread where they highly recommended it. They said that their contractor had mixed it in with the clear coat mix prior to application. So I...

I spoke with Christine after her post indicating I should call her. It was nice of her to actively try to help. It's much appreciated! She basically was concerned with the high humidity going on overnight during the curing of yesterday's base coat application of Epoxy-Coat. She said at such...