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    Advice- new driveway expansion cuts look wavy/crooked!

    I had this happen with a slab for my RV. The lines were like a snake. A friend of mine did it And I paid friend's prices. So I fixed it myself. I borrowed his hand held saw, doubled up blades and used a 2"x3"x20 foot steel square tube as a straight edge. I centered it the best I could and...
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    Jackshaft Garage Door Openers: Which will be best for cost vs. return (Bang for the buck)?

    I just installed a liftmaster 8500W with MyQ and battery backup two weeks ago. $550 on Amazon. Super easy and a nice machine. A no frills model was $400. With a high lift kit and the extra room from the standard opener being removed, I added a giant 10 ft ceiling fan. It's great!
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    Pleasantly surprised

    So the wife and I are tidying up the attached garage. 2.5 car 600 sq ft. We moved in two years ago and have been down slowly getting going on projects. We are the third owners on this year 2000 build. We Ground the floor down to new concrete to remove the old solid color epoxy that was stained...
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    Chin up bar from the rafters?

    And there are tons of YouTube videos of these flimsy pieces of tin collapsing under the user's weight and them crashing to the floor. They are quite amusing. Don't forget to video it!
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    Landscape Transformers. Save From the Dump

    I had a Malibu 600 watt landscape transformer with an electric timer die on me years ago. I used a wireless remote switch that HD sells for Christmas lights. It worked great to turn it off and on when I needed to for light in the backyard. It's sad that they don't last a decent amount of time...
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    Restore score

    That is a cool old light fixture!
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    Prepping building for new mini-split

    I just did my Senville. Just run power to the outside cutoff box. It will come with a flexible rubber line for power to the inside head.
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    Adding on to the front of a garage.

    Thread 'ordpete944's attached Florida garage' https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/ordpete944s-attached-florida-garage.319049/ Found my old build thread. It has pictures.
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    Adding on to the front of a garage.

    I can't seem to find any before photos on this phone. Here is what my house looked like after extending the roofline out 24 ft for the garage addition. The window to my living room became a door. I added a flat roof front porch by the front door. My house used to be completely flat in the front...
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    Adding on to the front of a garage.

    I added 24 ft on to the front of mine following the gable roofline of the house. Mine looked almost exactly like yours, except I removed the window and installed a door into the house. Installed a new 16 ft wide door on the front of the new garage addition and had a killer garage. Do it. I did...
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    Masonry fence in Florida

    I am definitely on board with over-building. When I did my last garage, (CMU attached 23x24) I tripled the rebar in the walls and poured the walls solid. Combined with a CAT5 hurricane garage door, my garage became my hurricane shelter. It never saw anything worse than 100 mph, but it didn't...
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    Masonry fence in Florida

    Maybe I worded that poorly. No fences are allowed past the side of the house in the front. So the sides and back yard can be fences, but nothing in front of the house.
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    Masonry fence in Florida

    No set budget, which is dangerous. It could get out of control fast. I would be doing it in sections of 40-50 feet at a time. I don't want to take out a loan to do it. I like what you have here. This is almost exactly what I want across the front of the house, set back on the sides of the...
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    Masonry fence in Florida

    The HOA allows fences. It states " fences must be made of masonry, wood or any other acceptable material.". There is an eight foot tall vinyl fence at my neighbor's across the street. I spoke with him about the HOA approval process and he said he just did it and no one said anything because it...
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    Masonry fence in Florida

    I have decided it's time to make a little more privacy on my lot. I live in central Florida, outside of city limits, in Polk county on just under two acres. I want an 8 ft tall privacy wall/ fence since I'm 6'4" and can easily look over 6 ft tall fences. I have done the home Depot wood fence...
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    Builder built garage too short. What penalty?

    OP said it would be below grade and water would drain in.
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    New driveway tire marks and dents

    I have nothing to add other than my delivery experiences. Twice I have had deliveries of heavy material from HD. CMUs and stone. Twice the fork truck tires tore up grass, mulch, sprinkler heads, and a gravel parking pad. It was pretty frustrating because each time I was there and said "hey...
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    What is this Sun Tune-Up Machine worth?

    I worked at a shop back in 1999 that had one sitting in a corner. The owner wouldn't even bother using it back then. I remember him saying how worthless it was now due to new technology. Man I feel old.
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    Car garage rip off is this normal?

    Shops have to make money. 70 pounds is not a rip off. You could always save the money and do it yourself in a few hours.
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    Aircraft mechanic toolbox showing off

    Did Commutair take over that airframe or did it come back with aha?
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