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Something you may have already considered - a CFL that you leave on 24/7 will use less energy than an incandescent bulb that's on 8 hrs per day (assuming 60w vs 13w). So if the photocell is removable or can be bypassed, you could just do that. I have one outside that is just a normal cfl, no...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? I want one. Unfortunately a fair amount of highway duty is in the cards for anything I own. Not today, but we can pretend: balanced the front wheel and changed the fork oil on my KLR

I've been underneath the siding on the back of the house and there was house-wrap. I'm guessing they skipped on it here just because there is very little actual wall surface to work with. I stood on the deck railing and took a look at the top of the kitchen window. Looks like the windows...

haha, yeah that thought has gone through my head more than once. Unfortunately that's not an option, so I took some frustration out on a piece of siding that wasn't cooperating. Oh well, looks like I'll be heading to lowes tomorrow for a section of siding and a siding tool.

Here is the major source of my problems (well aside from non-PT wood used against the foundation). Who ever had the job of putting in the vinyl trim that is supposed to catch water and direct it away from doors and windows missed a fundamental concept. These gaps exist at each corner and allow...

Looks like I need to make this thread more interesting. Here are a couple pics of when I pulled out the wood that was buried under the door sill. For the life of me I can't imagine why someone would build it like this. Now that I look back at these, the rotting wood that I'm working with now...

I think he was thinking of people just taking the whole toolbox, as most big toolboxes are on casters and someone can roll it out of your garage and tip it into the back of their van. Two burly dudes and one empty work van has spelled the end for a lot of motorcycles.

Actually I've gotten something very interesting out of this thread. There seem to be more trains of thought behind pegboard than I ever would have thought 1. Quick access to commonly used tools 2. A place to keep less valuable or frequently borrowed tools 3. A place to keep odd shaped...

Well that's reassuring to hear, but I'll probably at a minimum use a couple jacks and 4x4s just to be safe. Anyone have any ideas as to what I could do for a curb under the new 2x's? I could of course build a little form and pour more quickrete, but if I'm not raising the whole door sill...

It is attached, it's actually an under-garage, so there are rooms of the house above it. The only good news that I forgot to include is that it isn't (or shouldn't be) a major load-bearing wall, as it's on the "end" of the house (as in parallel to the roof trusses). I'm not trying to imply...

Hi all, I finally got around to replacing some rotting trim around the man door to my garage and found some interesting construction hidden behind it. I'm not at a total loss as to what to do, but I am interested in getting some opinions from the people on here as I've seen some pretty clever...

To add to that, most people with an attached garage built under the house instead of next to (like mine) have low ceilings. I can't lift a car much more than 24" before I have to worry about the roof hitting the ceiling (and that's for a car, not a truck), so something like the MaxJax that...

I can't believe I've never seen shelves tapered like this. Definitely stealing

An idea I had not too long ago:

other post 1 month ago just sayin

Can you crawl around up there without fear of falling through? That should give you an idea of how much weight. A more specific answer: Crawl around and listen for any scary creaking or cracking noises. If you don't hear anything, each rafter can more or less hold your body weight. Multiply...

Agree. Used NX, Solidworks, Inventor, and ACAD... spent 15 min with Sketchup and quickly realized I wasn't going to get anywhere fast. Blueprints usually imply prints signed off by an architect no? Not sure if any freeware is going to get you there, but lots of options for making unofficial...

Well, I'm impressed. GJ has had an impact on my tool supply, and I haven't made it to your "before" state yet.

Re: I this door spring gonna knock the cr@p outta me! Hope he's not dead. Lifting the door, pulling the bracket out of the wall, white line completely twisted up... Definitely turned it the wrong way.

Is there a particular reason you are so concerned about this? Pressure differential from the house to the garage? Unusual work you are doing that is producing particularly dangerous fumes? If so you are out of my knowledge base, but if not a hollow steel door with standard weather-stripping...