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So the warm weather is finally here so I got my first opportunity to open the garage to find 10 mins later this happened..... Soo, I assume the hoist not letting it expand is doing this. My only idea is to cut the racedeck out from under the posts and leave a bit of a gap around it to...

Now that my renovations are complete, I have been wondering if I should insure the garage? Also, how many of you guys have told your home insurance about a lift in the garage and how does it effect your insurance rates? Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Just had my atlas garage pro 8000 installed. When I built the garage I put the plugs on their own circuit protected by a 15a breaker. The only thing on this circuit right now is the hoist and it pops the breaker. I contacted atlas and they said that sometimes they suggest that you put it on a...

I had an interesting conversation with a representative from a direct lift distributor and I figured I would share the findings for anyone who was interested. I was dead set on buying the direct lift pro park 8S for my garage. The other day I got to thinking. The PP8 lifts to a total height of...

I am having my garage spray foamed next week and a friend of mine whom has had spray foam installed mentioned sound proofing performance of it is poor. The garage is attached to the house and under the master bedroom so that is a concern for me. Can anybody suggest some options for the...

I had been planning to install an A/C mini split system with heat pump for my 18' x 18' x 12' garage. It is not completely out of the question yet but it is out of budget for the time being. Right now I'm going to run conduit in the wall to the (future) A/C system. That brings me to my...

So a couple years ago I put hot and cold water into the garage and ran the pipes along the concrete walls to a utility faucet at the front. Fast forward to now with the garage in full swing my plan was to put furring strips on the concrete wall with rigid insulation between them and drywall...

I'm looking into which 4 post hoist to buy. My top contender is the direct lift pro park 8 with two 3500lb scissor jacks. The jacks are manually operated hydraulic jacks. I'm considering other options with pneumatic operated bridge jacks. I don't need bigger than an 8000lb hoist. Any...

I have made my design and picked my pattern. I'm flip flopping between regular and tuffshield. Does anyone have any experience with either regarding color fading, cleanability? What about with water on it as far as being slippery? Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

Hi my name is Kevin. I live just east of Toronto. You have all inspired me and I am building my garage finally. You can find my build thread in the gallery. Thanks in advance for all your support! Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk

So, the time has finally come! After following all of your beautiful builds, I am tired of crawling on the cold concrete floor of a freezing garage. Time to build! My wife and I toyed with the idea of moving, and actually looked at a couple houses with more land and descent sized shops, but...

Hi everyone, long time stalker, fist time poster. After watching and reading for quite some time, I am finally ready to finish my garage. It will be a working garage for a mechanic complete with hoist (I will make a build thread as well) My question is right now, I have a good 2-3 feet of...