Recent content by Skyking747

So I had a 1/4 inch bead board ceiling put in over my cracked drywall garage ceiling. Here's the biggest thing I learned. Anything, even two very thin wires going out to your ceiling mounted garage door opener will cause a slightly noticeable wave in the bead board. Now with that said who...

Thanks for the reply. My problem is that when we store things above the garage in the attic and then go up there to retrieve them the taped drywall garage ceiling below cracks. I could have it all retaped and sealed but I'd bet the farm it'll just crack again within a year. Thus the beadboard.

So how'd the beadboard ceilings turn out? I have a finished all white garage but with an ugly cracked ceiling. To avoid my dry wall ceiling cracking again my contractor tells me white pre-primed beadboard placed over the drywall and screwed tight into the overhead soffit is the way to go. I...

Thank you for your replies. It seems like I get to choose between the lesser of evil as the leaf blower makes a mess too, been there done that. But at least I won't be on the ground looking up (unless I fall off the roof) :) So I'll keep it simple and ditch the power washer idea.

Has anyone used a specialized power washer wand to clean their ranch height gutters while standing on the ground? Is this something I'm going to regret, like walking through a car wash? It's not the money I worry about, just the possible humiliation and mess. Anybody done this before?

I had a similar setup. However, I filled my gap and now regret it as water backwashes into the garage instead of draining into the crack. If it were me I'd fill it to within 1 inch of the surface and then find/lay down something solid over the pea gravel so you can blow out the debris and still...

+1...This and what Coolabah said. Like him, I too am not trying to dis you but the weather strip was the answer. After that you were just being weepy.