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I added a garage on my house in 2008 with a Clopay door. This door is absolute ****. Coming apart, sections bent and broken. Neighbor is getting a new Haas door. I'll see what that looks like, maybe have them install a new one for me. The wood door on my original garage, built in 1958, is in...

Bought and installed a Kohler 14,000-Watt Model #14RESAL with 100-Amp 16-Circuit Automatic Transfer Switch. Ordered online from Home Depot, was delivered two days later. Runs on natural gas, piped from my house, but can run on propane. All automatic, power goes out, generator comes on in 8...

I bought Jegs dollies a year ago and like them so well I just bought another set. Great dollies. Heavy duty but move real easy and the casters swivel easy too. My truck just floats around. Go to the Jegs website and look at the video. They have a handle on them, which I didn’t like at first, but...

I submitted the plans for my garage to the county for building permits. Needed a building permit and also an environmental permit because of being close to the river. No problems at all. During construction I had all of the inspections: before pouring the footings, the foundation, rough and...

I replaced my 40-year old Rheem water heater about 10 years ago. The new one is an A.O. Smith 55 gallon, natural gas, and I’m on a well. The well water is filtered and softened. The way to make a water heater last is to drain it once a year, replace the anode rod when it erodes away, and check...

Alro Metals, used to be ASAP here in Ann Arbor. Great place, and they do ship. Any metal, plastics, in any shapes or sizes, plus tables and shelves full of odd pieces and cut-offs from other projects. It’s like a supermarket for metals. Shelves loaded with standard shapes and sizes in different...

Mine is stepped, and approved by the local building inspector. First inspected the hole or trench and rebar before pouring.

I bought the Northern Tool hoist. Really good stuff. Here’s a photo of mine unloading an Onan marine generator, diesel 4-cylinder, weighs about 800 lb. or so. Easy to unload and move around the garage as in the photo.

My new garage addition, 16’x28’, doesn’t have rafters or trusses. It’s built the same as my house – plank on beam construction. That’s not ‘post and beam’. Roof decking is 2x6 Douglas Fir tongue and groove, beams are glulams on 8’ centers, 5-1/8x16-1/2 in the center and 3-1/2x12 at the sides –...

Absolutely the finest bibs, taps, valves, etc. are made by Chicago Faucet - and made in the U.S.A. You won't find this stuff at the big box stores, they've never even heard of Chicago Faucet. Very expensive. Made for hospitals, laboratories, and other commercial applications. I bought two C.F...

The best door, but expensive, is a hangar door – as in airplane hangar. These doors fold in the middle horizontally and scissor up. They do not intrude on the inside space at all, and because of the way they raise, with the bottom of the door in the track, you can park a car outside almost up to...

My garage door opener is an Alliance Genie, 50 years old screw drive. Had an old guy here a year ago to ‘tune it up’. He’s been installing and repairing doors and openers for 40 years, and does nothing else. He used spray white lithium grease on the screw. Door works great, just like new, and...

We hangout on Tuesday nights at my friend Greg Rammel's garage: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/FREE/71109002 Even has bikes in the house, and he's married. Zoom in on photo of inside of house.

A friend of mine just built his pole barn with an airplane hangar type door - a bi-fold hangar door. Really neat - clears a car parked in front, nothing inside of the building, lots of overhead clearance. See attached photos of examples I found on the net.

Lot's of stainless steel fabricators in the Detroit area. I had a company that specialized in commercial kitchen and meat packing stainless fixtures make some parts for my boat. Look up stainless steel fabricators in the yellow pages or use Google.