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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Just closing the loop. Door was installed on tuesday. THe highlift is awesome not just for clearance, but the garage feels huge with the door open now.. The old door with grafitti on it.. New door going up Now my ceiling is my limiting factor, but floorpans to floor is just under six foot.
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Had the local Haas dealerout last night, the 600series with high lift (standard radius) 1200 installed. Its a better door (polyurathane vs polystyrene) and better R value for less $$ and its a "known" manufacturer. And it had 10 ball nylon rollers standard (I am told this is the way to go)...
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    Have a 40' x 40' building but need more space. Add on or second building?

    Sorry I dont have any experience in breezways, but what are the project cars? any pics? I am currently building a 30x48 to store mine, and have tall cielings to stack them when it gets full, its an addiction! One thing I can say is one of my car guy buddies had his compressor in the cold side...
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    pole, steel, or stick construction for garage?

    I have the floor and footing done on my 30x48, the quotes to have the shell up, 2x6 walls, standard trusses, shingled, and sheeted are less (16k) than I spent on the slab (18k) The concrete (i needed a 6' wall to bruing it to grade) was half the expense of my stick build pole wasn't an option...
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Got the written quote, the door is 1085, and an additional 286 for the "high lift" (he plans on using 35" radius tracks)... so almost 1400 ...still seem ok? iam wondering if the 35" radius will eat up too much space in the front of the garage
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Yea, the LM has some potential drawbacks, but I believe its benifits outweigh the risk in my install, and inital setup and oter garage items messing with the cables seem to be the biggest issues, hopfully i can avoid those
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    I def will be getting the LM3800, but wanted to make sure the genie door it would attach to seemed llike a reasonable door to use.
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    thats what I was thinking, but wanted to make sure that it seemed like a quality door. I wish amazon offered it on Prime! (i'm spoiled)
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Is R10 a reasonable number for a door, it look to double in price to get a R18... The door DR website description of the door Energy-efficient 2" thick fully insulated steel door. Constructed of a thick polystyrene insulation between two sheets of galvanized steel contributing to it's 9.83...
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    Sorry, updated my info, I am in SE Michigan. The 1100 is without an opener, Just the door shown (16x7), new tracks (high lift) and torson spring setup. Take down and haul old door, install new one.
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    Any one heard of a Genie brand garage door?

    I had a quote today to convert my attached garages 16x7 door to a high lift. Its a wooden door, installed when the house was built in 88, and is starting to sag. I asked the company rep that was here to quote a high lift replacement door. He said a genie GDS 950 door (2" poly styrene insulation...
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead Approach/ side parking area/patio is done..Very happy with how it turned out. Stamped concrete on approach Detail
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead Floor leveled, putting in thickening pads for lift. Floor is 4" fiber mesh concrete with wire and around 30 sticks of rebar..(mostly around the lift and the area around the old septic tank) the floor..
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead The pad area has been mostly leveled, the compaction inspection is thursday. In the "deep corner of fill I have been flooding it with water to make sure it is fully setteled by the time we are ready to pour. I have a...
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    30x40x14 pole barn

    Nice, how tall will those doors be? 12'?
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead Finally pouring! the footer had 3 steps per side Rain Delay Time to put down the block. 8" block, 6" top Finished!
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    Really stupid moves

    So my older brother (15) and I (13) were playing with oxy acetylene torches. We would fill a 2 liter bottle with the gas, and stick it over the end of a benzomatic propane torch, and light it off. the bottle would turn into a rocket that would fly 30' into the air, great fun. we are hanging out...
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    Really stupid moves

    in the nature of the thread title, this made me lol..posts were 3 months apart..
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    "The Showroom- 30x48 stick build"

    Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead So foundation inspector found the septic line running through the foundation, no approval granted. I find out the septic is in the center of the slab (see other thread) so now I am installing a new tank/field behind my...
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