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I'm in a slight dilemna here: When I parked my 69 Fairlane and 17' boat in my new garage last fall, I rotate the car and boat so they are parallel to the garage door. Now I want to rotate them back so I can get the boat out (it's towards the back of the garage) I did this because my garage...

I've been using my Craftsman tools for about 15 years now without any problems. SK, MAC, Snap-On etc are great tools but for most people that just do work in their garage, Craftsman tools are fine. I have broken a few tools along the way and you just bring in the old tool for a replacement at...

So it that going to be your new end table? It goes well with the carpet.....

You can do it yourself for about $5 in material. The hardest part is going to be matching the texture on the ceiling. I would just scrape all of the loose chunks of paint and sheetrock out of the hole. Clean it up with a razor blade and then add some patching compound to the hole. You might have...

I live in Minnesota and I bought electric radiant heaters from these guys: http://www.radiantsystemsinc.com/ I'm not exactly sure how much more gas would have been to run this winter but I kept my detached 24'x28' garage around 46 all of the time. When I was working in there, I would turn it...

This is all excellent advice. It will cost less than $200 more for R-19 insulation than R-11. I was originally going to build my 24'X28' garage with 2x4 walls until I priced 2x6 walls. I think it was about $150 to upgrade to the 2x6 studs and R-19. With your garage, you'll have to add on to the...

Insulate. You will be glad you did....

Here are my suggestions: 1. Lots of outlets. Like the first post said put them every 5 or 6 feet around the perimeter. I mounted mine at 48" and it seems to be a good height. I put 6 or 7 receptacles on each circuit but you could do a few more. 2. In my 24'x28" garage, I have (6) 8'...

Hey Mark, Not sure which Doug you're referring to but I live in Vadnais Heights. Here are some of the answers to your questions: I ran the electrical wire (#4 wires) from the house and drilled a hole through the rim joist. Then I ran the wire in conduit (using an LB? fitting) down to 24"...

I live in a suburb of St Paul and I just went through this same project last summer. I've had some experience building things so things went pretty smooth for me. I hired out the concrete slab but did the rest of the garage myself (with some help of course)! I ordered all of my material from...

Install it behind the drywall. Like other people have said: it's cleaner and easier to mount cabinets, etc. I just finished my garage last fall and I hate having to find an outlet so I put one every 4 or 5 feet around the whole garage. I just like the clean lines of the drywall..... JMO

Thanks for all of the advice. I will take it all into consideration. I don't plan on doing any major painting (other than spray cans) so I can probably get by with something small for now. I'll probably just use a fan mounted in the window until this summer. I am definitely going to get a...

I bought my Uniden BC92XLT scanner on Ebay last fall. It came with 2 headsets, charger, long antenna and short antenna. I think with shipping it came to about $130. It was about $50 cheaper (or more) than a similar package from the places that sell or rent at the track (Racescan, Trackscan...

First off I want to say that I'm glad I found this place. A friend of mine told me about it yesterday and I can't beleive how much information is here. Anyway, my question is about garage ventilation. I live in Minnesota so my garage is closed up for nearly 6 months out of the year. Lately I've...