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I'm going with concrete, but will have to wait until next year to afford it. 4000 Concrete here runs about $130 a yard with fibers and additives. So for a 100' x 24' driveway @ 4" thick, it'd be around 30 yards....give or take. Depending on labor, that may be around $2500 or more to get that...

Yes Cobra6...I'm asking about the ceiling over the garage....between the garage and bedroom. It's constructed of 16" I joists on 12" centers. I read a few other posts from people and it seems that the biggest problem with a non-foam barrier there is simply air drafts coming from downstairs...

Electric here is cheaper than some places, but my garage project is adding about 1900 square feet of space onto my house (garage included). I know my bills will rise once I get that heated/cooled. I planned to go with an electric mini-boiler that would be mounted 5 feet below the panel in a...

Prevention of oxydation does not equal elimination. I only have one run of aluminum wiring in my properties and that's a 325 foot run from one of my cabins to a boat house/party shack. I terminated the aluminum outside the cabin in a sub panel just because I didn't want it near anything that...

The code here is 2006 IBC...not too strict. I had pex run in my slab for radiant heat, so I may be running plumbing for that in the future....but am trying to decide if it makes more sense to go solar or not. More research to decide what the cost benefit will be and how to size a system. I'm...

This is an attached garage, so the copper run is probably 40-50 ft under the crawlspace (or in the attic) I don't want to run aluminum inside...If it were detached, it wouldn't even be a question. I'm nervous about picking 1 location for the fridge/freezer to live. It's like trying to decide...

This is just going to be a residential garage with some tools and homebrew supplies. My beer making is all done via propane. My chest freezer is a kegerator.... So I'll have that and another beer fridge and some power tools. I just want to make sure I have outlets where I need them and...

30x30 garage....I've got 2, 9x8 garage doors. I've only got 2, 36" man doors...one to go into the house and one to the back yard. I'll be pulling copper from my main 200amp breaker from the house. (which is way underutilized) I'm going to have 2 garage door openers in the garage, a...

Lowes & Home Depot sell a $15 motion detector light switch. It has a motion sensor and a timer...I think it can be set to 2, 4, and 15 minutes. If it senses motion, it will extend how long it's on. I installed one of these in my wife's closet so she doesn't have to do anything, but open the...

I go through more tapes....the last 2 feet always end up getting a crease in them and I can never measure long boards without fighting them to stay put. Stanley is what I usually buy because they're at least a decent tape thickness, but I just had another one break on me and it was only 2...

I'm thinking making it airtight is going to be almost more important than throwing more R-value at it... I just wish spray-foam wasn't so cost prohibitive.

Another vote for Schlage. You can get them rekeyed at Lowes for $5/lock. That's cheaper than buying a rekey kit or having a locksmith come out and do it.

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Locks are for honest people. Fence it in with another set of locks....use lights, as mentioned, and cameras. None of those can't be disabled/worked around....they are only theft deterrents.

30x30 attached garage with 9.5 foot ceiling. I ran radiant floor heat, but won't typically heat/cool the space.....just ran pex for the heck of it. I insulated under the slab and will be insulating the 4inch walls with R13. The ceiling /floor joists are 16" Ijoists on 12" centers. There's...

I went to Lowe's last night to get the 2x10s so I can frame the openings... I got that done this morning. I ended up cutting 2 of the 2x10s to 111 inches to go across the bottom of the headers...the side garage door jams were 2x10 and 93" at the rear and 93.5" sloped out the door for runoff...

What do most installers typically charge for garage door installation? Also, I'm looking at Wayne Dalton doors...should I consider another company? I still have to do the final framing on the jams and have an 8" block stemwall to contend with at the bottom of the opening. I'm thinking about...

If it's not made by the ACME company, it doesn't count.

I did double top plates and double bottom plates on mine....with treated lumber on the extreme bottom plate. I used a sill sealer gasket (foam) and aluminum flashing under that.

Harbor Freight is great for throw-away tools or things with NO moving parts....like anvils. Anything with bearings or where insurance claims may be needed (like automotive liability), I'd pass on them. I purchased a garden rake...the metal bends every time I use it and I have to bend it...