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I was thinking more for one that could be plugged into an outlet to operate a box fan in a window, a vent fan installed in the ceiling, etc. That way, when a hot car was pulled into the garage and the temp started rising quickly, the fan would bring in cooler air until the two temps equalized...

Im not sure if this is what it would be called, and the Internet didn't turn up what I was thinking, so I thought I'd ask here. Does anyone know of an inexpensive thermostat that would measure two temps and then switch on a fan if the difference between the two temps was greater than a set...

Sure do. Not to the degree of some people here, but I'll be doing my share of front ends, brakes, and such. I won't be welding, and my Zen woodworking takes place outside, but all my auto and motorcycle maintenance will happen in here. That is the reason for it. I'd already had some oil and...

I'm moving onto the last details on the tile floor and wanted to ask opinions. I'd left a small expansion gap between the tile and the stub wall when putting down the floor. I'm now in the process of painting the stub wall which draws attention to the expansion gap. I want to glue some PVC...

I hope you don't use the wall-mounted mace while working on the motorcycles. :lol_hitti

My new favorite saying...Good, Fast, Cheap...pick two. You can save good money if you shop around, are in no hurry and find someone supplementing their income during nights and weekends. If you want it done right away, and with quality, you'll pay for that. I just completed 400 sq/ft myself, and...

I've been wanting to to the car version of trains in the garage. I have a train going around the top of one bedroom, but thought it would be cool to have a slotcar track (or newer version of this) in the garage while people were hanging out.

I used the Reno-U ramp. It's carried by both Home Depot and Lowes here which was my main reason for going with it along with price. The Reno Ramp was going to be very pricey for my 18' opening which would have required 3 sections. I don't have exact numbers, but I think the Ramp was around...

The floor is done and here are a few final pics. I do plan on painting the stub wall concrete white to match the baseboards as well as possibly glue some PVC quarter round down along the stub wall to cover the expansion gap between the tile and wall. Lastly, I need to pour/make a small step by...

Here's another mini-update. All the tile is finally down. I plan to begin grouting this evening and hope to be finished by Thursday evening. All-in-all, I'm very pleased. The tile could have had a little more level in a few spots, but considering what I had to start with, this should be MUCH...

I went with Clopay and was very happy. They have a good online tool for ordering, adding options, panels, lites, insulation, braces, etc. I installed it myself, and though it took a bit of time/steps, there was nothing difficult about it. I had to order a low headroom track, and that went...

Followed the advice of someone here and went on Craigslist and bought a whole house vacuum. I have a utility room adjoining the garage and mounted it to the wall in the small utility room. Piped the intake through the wall. It's great to vacuum the cars without having the noise in the same room...

Here it is from another angle. So if Saturday morning I start tiling the last rows, and then Saturday afternoon, the rains come and water seeps in under the door, do you think it would harm the bond of the thinset? My worry is that if you can't retemper thinset by adding more water, then water...

I thought I'd ask opinions on finishing up the tile. I have all tile down except for the last two rows of tile that I hope to put those down this weekend. The problem is, it's spring and there's always a chance of rain. Right now, there is a 40%-50% chance of showers on Saturday and Sunday. When...

I took the dog to Petvax the other day for the first time. It's a nice, new, clean facility and the first thing that I noticed was the vet table. It was attached to the wall, countersprung, and folded down from the wall. I checked the tag underneath and it was rated at 175 pounds. Nice stainless...

As far as layout, yep I measured it out and I'll have about 2/3rds of a tile on my last course. I wanted the cut tiles at the entrance because I plan on covering them with at least the Shulter edge protector, and possibley their alumimum ramp. I haven't 100% decided yet. I then plan to Vulcum...

Mine don't get lost, so much as permantly borrowed. I'm always willing to help someone out, but then I forget who "borrowed" it. I've spent hours trying to figure out who borrowed my manual tile cutter, but no luck so far. I did get my wet saw back from the neighbor three houses down, so since...

Well, it's still slow going, but I had a mini-breakthrough when I accidentally mixed my thinset with just a little too much water. As it turns out, I was mixing it a little too dry. I was trying too hard to stick to the receipe on the bag, and even going a little more wet than that, but it was...

I'm still moving slowly, but taking my time with plenty of distractions along the way. I hope to be finished and ready to grout by the end of next weekend. Should be over halfway by the end of tomorrow. Then a few hours a night through next week.

Aside from repairing the actual section, could the top section be moved to the bottom, or to a different section that would have less stress? I agree that to fix it, you'd probably need to remove the section, glue and clamp, and even then perhaps some sort of helping mechnical fastener. A lot...