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I have an attached carport that I'd like to convert to a garage. One side has a half brick wall that will need to be finished and bricked all the way up. The other side will need to be framed with wood where the garage door will be. Any ideas or tips about the process? Was planning on just...

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You need pegmate holders! http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/1142/tool-holders

We left the all house fan on all day and night yesterday and stayed in the house because it seemed to be considerably better. Hard to tell though when you've been in there a few minutes you get used to it. I guess I will check again tonight when I get home.

Yea I've got 2 box fans that could do the trick. Sell my wallpaper? :dunno: Lol I do think I need to go buy a bunch of baking soda boxes. They are only like 75 cents each. I could buy about 10 of them and sprinkle it on top to help with the smell. Thanks Wes, I'll let you know! I did. See...

good point. i was trying to do this on a budget.. aka free haha. but it looks like my only free option is to wait it out.. and i cant do that. oh well, gotta learn from my mistake somehow! :eyecrazy:

I think ventilation will be key as well. Something about putting a lot of water in the crawl space just doesnt seem right, even if it does help dilute the granules...

GarageGuy: Thanks for the tips. And I love the pics as well. Haha! mikester: I could bury the remaining snakeaway, but the smell would still come through. It's a gas that seems to go through just about anything haha.

True, but the smell is already inside the house. :(

Manufacturer said that unfortunately, there is no "quick fix" to eliminate the smell. The best thing to do would be to widely ventilate the area. Allowing the smell to escape through windows, doors, and vents is the only way to really rid of it. They also said that usually the granules lose...

Thanks yall. I don't think I have a powerful enough fan unfortunately :( I will try to call the manufacturer today!

It is vented, but there are only a few vents. I also forgot to mention, you get to the crawl space through the basement. It's on the same level, basically at the bottom of the stairs there is a full-size door to a walk-in crawl space area. So venting is kind of tricky...

So, I found a snake skin in the crawl space of our house. My brother recommended I use snake-a-way granules. It says right on the side of the bag to only use outdoors, but I figured under the crawl space would be ok. WRONG. I sprinkled the 4lb bag around the sides of the inside of the crawl...

Re: Tape Measures: Your go to? these are the best!

This weekend I installed a strip along the bottoms of the two doors into the workshop and also insulated around the tops of the doors where there was a crack. Hopefully it should seal it a little better from weather/bugs. Although not perfect, its better! Oh yea and also installed mini-blinds in...

love this thread. bump :)

I used vinyl baseboard from Lowes, it was $2.10 for a 4-foot section. Then I just bought some baseboard glue to go with it (maybe 3 bucks or so) and did my entire workshop area. If you are really concerned with the seal, you could run a small bead of clear silicone around the bottom and it would...

Thanks Herb!

Yep, got 220 in there :) Good for future use! The carport barely gets any sun. I was worried about yellowing too, but there are a lot of tall oak trees in my yard that cover it during the "worst" part of the day. Even if it did, its only about the first 1-1.5 ft in. Hopefully it should last a...

Before/After pics in my build thread: http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214954