Recent content by rlefig

thanks and yes I would like to try and slope my rails so the descend as the go to the garage door opening. I can see how the springs might need to be adjusted so door does not creep down the slope to the closed position

Hi all, I have a question for my i car detached garage and its door. I am trying to build a golf sim in the garage and I am mostly completed, but have an issue with the rails. I have hit the garage door side rail on my follow through of my back swing. This garage door just uses the coil...

got it thanks

Hi I recently drywalled my 1930's garage and since I store I whole ton of **** in there was wonder what the best finish is to apply to drywall to limit shipping and gouging etc. Thanks

Hi, as some of you know I am trying to rehab my 1930's detached 11x20 garage. Now that I have reshingled the roof and replace some of the rotted wood, I want to to clean up the garage floor. I have a couple of high points and some lower points. We will not be putting a car in there, most...

thanks for all your help. I did get them straighter and new top plate is installed

@firebirdparts what is you favorite firebird? I had a 1980 and hated it, so many problems. Really like the early 70's

thanks @PoorUB @Whitworth and @firebirdparts the right wall is on the property line the back wall is close. We have already reshingled the front and the left wall which is kinda why I don't want to tear down. plus all the cost of extra wood, its so pricey now. I will be installing sheetrock or...

i am going to put on a new top plate as the existing one is split in a number of places along both side walls. and yes I guess the back is kind of like a parallelogram

Hi, I have been reading a bunch of posts on the wonderful Garage Journal site regarding bowing walls and my situation seems different than most (it always is). I have a detached 1930's garage that I have removed the roof off of because of 6 layers of shingling, rotted roof boards and yes the...

BC as in British Columbia?

Thanks all for all the replies. Yes I am in MA. The garage is tucked way in the back of the house. We have updated some of it with new shingles etc as you can see in the picture.

Hi billconner, thanks. My concern is too many shingles, old roof boards with moss. The thin ridge beam, etc What I was hoping to do is the following. Remove and scrap roof. Hold walls together with temp ties and reel them in abit with cable and turnbuckle to get level. Sister 10 ft 2x4's...

Hi sorry about some of the confusion in my original post. The exact measurements are 18 feet in Length and 11 feet wide. The garage walls are about 70 inches tall from floor to ridge plate. The ridge is 9 feet from floor to ridge. I would like to get the wall height up to 10 feet. Photo 7120...

Hi I live up in MA in an 1870 house with a garage that is not quite as old, maybe from the 1940's or 50's. I am not a carpenter, but I have installed kitchens, built out closets and built our basement movie room. The roof needs replacing as it has about 3-4 layers of shingles on it and the walls...