Recent content by miragesmack

Restarting lane after a four year hiatus and a million changes. Will start a thread when the time comes. Still have to tear down the old block garage first. I’m planning a 36 x 34 stick built garage, for on the 36’ wide gable front, 7 or 8/12 pitch roof, to match the house, in a rural...

Good lord, is this argument still going on?!? Efficiency in my world, if how much cooling am I getting and for how much cost, including initial cost. Start with your initial cost, then add up your bills every month, which is cheaper? That is efficient. Initial cost puts you behind the eight...

I just noticed your thread. I too have a schoolhouse, but am going a different route with it. I only checked out your first two pages, but mine too was a dump, that I bought to make a woodworking shop out of, since it was old and seemed up for that task. Then I found out it was a school, on...

So I have a concrete block garage, ten blocks high, and I want to raise it. I’m thinking 5 more blocks to get me to where I want to be, maybe 6 blocks, which is 10’ to 10’8” or so. Anything special I should know before I proceed? Any tips? Can I go higher without any other issues? Budget...

Although it’s illegal, you can electrify it. Good for kicks anyway. I’ve got the same concern.

I’m with the wife, the standard stamped doors do look cheap. I like carriage style doors but there is a cost associated with them.

Por-15 is all about the prep. About 99% of failures are due to poor prep. Need to acid etch before using on non rusty surfaces. It shouldn’t be used in that area anyway because sunlight experience over will affect it, and a master cylinder sees sunlight.

Thanks for the reply. If I go with block, I'll need at least 5 courses I'm guessing. Trying to get the height up to look compatible with the house height, and to get inside room I need.

Re: Stem wall and general question about garage height quandry Pics included. 1) pic of garage, on slab. 2) pic from across the street, old school house on left. 3) rear side of garage, with door open to go into future attachment for stick built shop. 4) 30 year old picture of school house...

Need advice. Since I haven't figure out pics yet, will over explain the situation. Have looked through site and understand hindge points, but have a stem wall question, and seek general advice. For the record though, this is a budget build, all cash deal, and tearing the whole thing down and...

The best part is, you don't have to worry about it since it's not yours. 👍

Main beef with them is noise. They are LOUD. So in a shop that might be ok, but if it's for a power outage and in a neighborhood, noise is something to think about. I lose power for maybe 10 days a year due to all the trees and it being an old neighborhood. And you can hear the loud ones for sure.

I prefer the bottom drawing setup. The top alignment looks odd with the garage doors facing away from the house.

Yeah. My bad, I want paying attention to him have torsion springs. My house long predates those suckers.

I redid my springs on my 80 year old wood door. First, springs are color coded, so if it's not too old, there may be a splash of color on the end coils. Second, you don't have to be exact on spring rates, but want to use your best estimate. I went to a garage door installer and got their advice...