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Stack-On ='s junk Please see our commentary about Gladiator vs. Craftsman Pro Sincerely, Ed and Sandra

You folk may need a good laugh – so here it is. We think we killed our compressor today (R.I.P.). Was it one of the sturdy, large capacity types recommended in this thread or anything approaching that? Nope, it was a Task Force 2 gallon from Lowes bought primarily to inflate the tires on our...

Guess we'll have to wade into this one since we studied both the Sears Pro and Gladiator wall cabinets yesterday and made a purchase. First of all, we'll say going into the "evaluation" we were already inclined to the Craftsman Pro because we wanted it to match the goodly amount of the better...

You misunderstood the point about the controls in our write-up. We were talking about replacing the previous low rise units' control boxes with push bars (which were ugly). The three button (door bell type) unit we fabricated is positioned by the entrance to the living quarters. Each of those...

Hopefully you've seen the write-up about our garage and our use of the ZAP units. We absolutely love those things. http://edsandra.com/esgeneral/Garage1.htm Here's the ZAP website and they have excellent, and we do mean excellent installation documentation - first rate (see the downloads)...

For whatever it's worth, SwissTrax indicates their DiamondTrax flooring is rated at a compressive strength of 5120 psi: http://www.swisstrax.com/diamondtraxabout.html We've certainly been extremely pleased with ours. Best regards, Ed and Sandra http://edsandra.com/esgeneral/Garage1.htm

By the way, the link to the Longacre gauge we gave in our previous post is not the one to the company from which we purchased the unit. They provide a good illustration and seem to have a nice price on the unit, but we know nothing about them. We bought our gauge at a higher price via Real...

We wanted to follow up on our earlier request for recommendations of a top quality digital tire gauge. We decided upon the Longacre model 50352 1.5 to 60 PSI by .1 PSI and are extremely pleased with it! Experimenting with it we were amazed at how far off some of our “stick” gauges and one...

It would seem the problem varies by location and staff including the local management. Last evening we went to a Sears mall store and exchanged a clear handle Craftsman Phillips screwdriver and a Craftsman Pro slotted type. There was no hassle whatsoever and in fact we were somewhat aghast to...

We would very much appreciate recommendations from The Garage Journal participants for high quality, easy to use, reliable and accurate digital tire pressure gauges. Cost is not a concern. We have a digital one which was a gift that came from Brookstone. Frankly, it’s proven to be a piece of...

Glad you said that so we could comment on the subject. We started this thread with our recommendation of the ZAP units (which are exceptional!) and didn't want to "bad mouth" other products. However, when we were researching available openers that operated on the torsion bar we constantly were...

We don't know about the RaceDeck product, but we've had excellent results with Swisstrax and it has proven to be quite resistant to liquids seeping between the seams. http://edsandra.com/esgeneral/Garage1.htm Good luck on your decision. Ed and Sandra

Maybe we're missing something or not understanding something in this thread because we're not garage door experts by any stretch of the imagination, but have you folk considered the type high lift conversion we did http://edsandra.com/esgeneral/Garage1.htm ? The Zap door units, of which we have...

Not quite sure what you mean by "floorplate", but maybe something like this from Bend-Pak would work: http://www.bendpak.com/product_info.isg?products_id=914 We have the lower lift height version of this model and are very pleased with it. Best regards, Ed and Sandra

A scissor lift with adequate vertical reach might be a better answer. Take a look at the design of the "elevator" at this site (be sure to give the movie time to load): http://www.aclifts.com/parking/pss-7.asp We absolutely love this setup and wish we had been aware of it before undertaking our...

Retrospectively, it's not surprising we're getting that degree of deflection at the very back edge of the lift. Take a look at the middle diagram below which is a side view: As you can see the length of the bed from the lift columns to the rear is appreciably greater than from the columns to...

Perhaps some of you will enjoy a little light hearted humor at our expense and also appreciate the lesson involved. We made a post a few weeks ago sharing the results of our garage project http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5432 and the write-up and pictures referenced the...

We can answer one of your questions. The ZAP 800 series (we have the 805) can operate doors up to 170 sq. ft. which means it would be fine for a 16' wide up to 10' high door. The ZAP 8000 series operates doors up to 350 sq. ft. Only one drive is used (not multiple drives per shaft). Here's...

We're not sure if this will help answer your question or not, but in our setup the ZAP control unit uses a small plug-in module that allows LiftMaster remotes to operate the door. It also enabled the built-in remote controls in the Escalade and XLR roadster to be used. Sorry we're not more...

It’s been a number of months since we did our research in which we compared the various types of tiles and consequently aren’t certain we remember exactly all the reasons which caused us to prefer the SwissTrax over the RaceDeck. However, one reason that does stick in our minds is although...