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Its funny what life brings you. I built my garage over 13yrs ago at this point, its served me very well 30x36, but an opportunity to move to Maryland for work is causing me to start the search for a new builder. If anyone has a recommendation for a traditional or a pole barn installer would...

The heat/humidity finally abated for a couple of weeks here in the NE and I was able to put on a second clear coat from Wolverine/Alpha garage on the floor. Just thought I would share the results. I only did the main traffic areas of the garage, essentially where cars would be sitting and...

I purchased the materials for my floor back in 09. Floor still looks great, but saw some clear coat scratches (the race tires track in all sorts of little pebbles) that i wanted to repair before it gets packed to the gills. The plan is to only coat over the bay areas, the bench and sides will...

I just ordered 2 47" wide overhead cabinets from Lista. I've been very partial to using french cleats to hang cabinets, but this does weigh a decent amount about 150lbs empty according to my shipping info. I was planning to hang using poplar or maple 1x5 and rip it at a 45 degree and mout the...

this place is evil, made me look for an old drill press like I was on a mission and found one. found a new to me Walker Turner Bench top 900 series drill press. anyone have experience with these? I need to locate a depth stop assembly for the tool. thanks, rob

Getting down to the short strokes on purchasing either of these brands, really like the quality of them and the simplistic desgin of their 2 posts. Wondering if anyone has had any experience with either of these lifts? using it for lifting low clearance cars as well as my 2500 suburban, so I...

I have a Heuer forged vise, 140mm, that is about 5 1/2 inches long. Its still in the box from when I purchased it, it is essentially a new vise, but has some minor scrapes from the box not be so robust for a 40lb vise. Let me know if you are interested. I'll get some pics. thanks, rob

Looking to purchase a good quality 3 ton jack. I've looked for used lincoln's and haven't had much luck. I have a low profile AC, so I just need one that can lift the heavier truck up, looking for quality over price as its my mellon under there until i get the jack stands placed. Thanks, rob

I have a 36 foot I beam that spans the garage and supports the second floor and would like to purchase a trolley to move some moderately heavy items around the shop (less than 2k lbs). Any manufacturers that someone could recommend vs another would be greatly appreciated. If I could avoid...

I decided that no one was going to take as much care as I would with installing the insulation, but I wanted to use dense pack cellulose. After much reading on the topic I have found the webbing/fiber mesh used for install in new construction and started to put it up. I also tracked down the...

Hi, I have 6 gauge wire already in the wall and the hydroshark unit that I want to purchase is an SH3-12 with a max draw of 50amps and they recommend a 70amp breaker. Is this still safe and compliant or do I need to upgrade the wire? Thanks, rob

I am looking at purchasing a t8 fixture 8ft long with 4 bulbs tandem, I am getting this from the local elec supply house. I can't seem to get Lithonia lights locally, really frustrating. The unit I am looking at has a ballast part number of B432IUNVHP-A. This unit appears to have power...

Going to install a Hydro Shark 12, min reqs are 6/2 with a 60amp breaker 240v. The wire is already installed NM 6/2wground, what I would like to know is if I should use a plug of some sorts from the wall box to the unit itself? or just use and elbow of sorts and run the wire in watertite...

Hi, I am going to start wiring for my 2 post lift. running 10/2 from the panel, the lifts that I am looking to purchase either a Nussbaum SPL 9000 or a Challenger VS10 either seem to need a 20 amp service. Since I am still at the open framing stage I am wondering what people have done to...

Hi, My garage is 36'x 30' with 14' ceilings and a storage loft above. The estimate is for 2"inches of 2lb closed cell foam on all the exterior walls and 3" 2lb closed cell foam on the underside of the roof. Does this sound correct? This is my first estimate and haven't dealt with spray...

I was finally able to get some time off last week to start the process of getting my epoxy floor down before it got too cold here in the North East. The temps for my install were in the mid 60's for the first day and the mid 50's for the second and third day. I choose the wolverine product...

Finally got the Wolverine floor down and the sun finally came back out here in the NE and need to get the Endurashield down. Is it recommend to wear the spike shoes for this application? I would be pretty pissed if I put little holes in my nice new floor. Thanks, Rob

Hi, I had my first and what I hoped to be my last inspection in the new garage. The inspector wants to see a drop cap above all the window frames. Problem is I can't see how it will do much good with ship lap siding. Anyone have an good ideas on how to put something above the frames and...

So I etched my new concrete floor twice with phosphoric acid. It is really nice and clean now triple rinsed with pressure washer. No dust pick up on my fingers at all, but the surface still feels smooth to me, smoother than 150 grit if I had to guess. Any ideas on what my next step should be...

My electrician thinks that I should have plenty of light in my 30x36 with 14' ceilings (tandem design) by using (4) 8ft long dual bulb High Output T8 fixtures in each of the bays for the garage. So 8 light fixutures in total on 4 switches. I will eventually sheetrock the walls and ceilings and...