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When building my 1,100 sq ft garage 7 yrs ago, I oversized the heat pump, using a 3 ton unit and maximum strip heaters in order to have enough capacity to serve an adjacent area in the future which I never did. Oversizing is generally a bad idea as the unit will cycle too often and cause...

My new to me 1935 Packard has an original factory Bijur oiling system. This is a vacuum operated oil reservoir mounted on the engine fire wall that, using small copper tubing, automatically oils the spring shackles and the clutch/brake pedal linkages and cross shaft. The result is that when...

My '31 Chrysler stored on a four post lift with a Model A roadster under it leaked brake fluid exactly on the joint between the plastic trays. It dripped on one side of the hood of the A and bubbled the paint down to the bare metal. The A is a driver and not a show car so I'm not looking for a...

There have been a number of threads here in the General Garage Discussion forum recently regarding sizing HVAC units for garages. All seem to be sizing their equipment on rule of thumb ideas, generally on a sq ft per ton basis which is useful only to get in the ballpark of what size unit may be...

Another thread this morning about nitrile gloves brings up an unrelated question which I thought might warrant a separate post. Using gloves seems to be gaining in popularity but I wonder what percentage of guys or gals who work on their cars doing greasy/messy repair work wear gloves and what...

While power washing the exterior of my three bay garage today, I concentrated the spray on the weather stripping because that rubber seemed to have collected the most mold over the winter. The strong spray lifted up the weather strip a little and some water got into the garage....no big deal...

I have a contractor friend who is considering forming a business to sell turnkey garage installations to include cabinets, flooring, interior finishing etc to homeowners using his sub-contractor contacts. He is trying to get an idea of the general percentage of owners who do different things...

I painted my new garage concrete floor with Rust Bullet 20 months ago. Three coats of base and two of clear topcoat. It looked beautiful when it was done. About a month or so later, I started seeing dark spots in the paint. These blotches continued to grow in size all over the floor as can be...

I have two alum lift ramps with badly bent tabs where they fit into the ramps. See photo. One has a hairline crack at the bend. Question is, can these bent pieces be bent back in a straight line with the angle of the ramp or will they break off when I try? Also, can they be re-welded where the...

My new steel work benches are heavy and difficult to move without scratching the painted garage floor because the legs are hollow steel tubes with sharp edges. I wanted to use plastic inserts in the legs but could not find any to fit, probably because the benches are foreign made and the legs...

Yesterday I tried to upload photos on the flooring forum but they would not load. An error message said something about a missing security token, whatever that means. The three photos I tried to load were the exact ones I had previously loaded on the gallery forum with no problem so size is...

I have half of my Rust Bullet floor finished and am very happy with it so far. I didn't want to assemble my new lift over the finished floor so will paint that section as soon as the lift is delivered sometime next week. The floor has three coats of gray and two of clear. I wanted to comment...

At the suggestion from another member who is following my garage build and the selection of my cabinets, I am starting this thread to talk about an alternative source of garage cabinets that may be of interest to folks in the market for that kind of product. Having owned a commercial...

Our garage door supplier sent a technician to the job several weeks ago to check to make sure the framing was done properly to accept their doors. No comment was made at that time that there was anything wrong. In the meantime, we filled all the nail holes, sanded and primed the wood...

Saw a special last night on hummingbirds which reminded me that spring is near and these little wonders of nature will be back from migration soon. Until I understood why, we would get them trapped in our garage when the door was open. They would come in and fly up to the ceiling and not know...

Photo test 2 Auburn Boattail Speedster right side view taken for insurance company files. Photo taken at home in driveway. Auburn Speedster front view Auburn driver side Auburn rear view Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

OK, I put on my helmet, catcher's mask, chest protector, steel cup and shin guards cause I know I'm really gonna get it from the senior members who are sick and tired seeing threads regarding posting pictures and listening to the dumb asses who just can't understand how to do it. I have spent...

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I have been on garage journal for the past 6 months reading many garage builds and the general discussions to get ideas about building my own garage. This is a really good forum and I have learned a lot. Now, it is my turn to give back so I am starting a thread on my garage build. I am...

I've noticed on many threads with photos that the photos are marked up with red lines, arrows, text etc. to better illustrate what the photo is about. How is this done? I usually go to my iPad picture album to select photos I want to upload into a thread but have no idea how to write on them...