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The 16' door on my shop is coming apart. It seems the wind has stressed them and when the door is all the way up, it is buckling in. Could extra bracing fix this or is it a lost cause? Did I screw up when hanging them?

What to do? My shop is 1500 sq ft with not power currently. I just got some plywood to use for the interior walls(not enough, but a good start and free). Im trying to decide if I should insolate the walls or not. Right now its about 100* during the day and with the windows shut and the main...

Im trying to figure out a good way to set up stair to go to my loft. I have kicked around a few ideas. 1) just build a stair case against the wall, but this will kill wall space. 2) install drop down stairs like attic stairs. 3) build a ladder against the wall, but carrying parts up and down...

Ok, Im trying to install a 16' roll up door. Its a used door that came with the unfinished shop. Is there a site that may have some instructions? I want to put it up correctly and not kill myself(it fell once :willy_nil )

My garage has a wood center support (girder). I want to replace this with a steel I-beam. its spans about 50', so I wanted to know if the steel beam was cut into sections, and you used connecting plates to attached the sections back together, would you need upright to hold it, or could it easily...

Just heard about the site and thought I would sign up. I just got a new house with a 1500sqft shop that needs to be finished. I have the roof 1/2 shingled, need to hang the overhead doors, run all the power, a little plumbing and finish this walls. I hope to learn a lot and maybe avoid a mistake...