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    Garage Door Help!! New door advice.

    Any steel insulated door is going to last a long time. If you have a door that's 18' wide I'd suggest not getting the cheapest door. Being as a was in the business for 10 years I personally would recommended Richard Wilcox doors. They are probably the best doors I have ever installed and sold...
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    Common Lug Nut Sizes

    18mm for dodges, jeeps and chrysler when the chrome caps finally fall off. Without it you will round the lug nut off. Also being a tech in the NE district get yourself 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24. I have yet to really need anything else for lug nuts unless it's a big truck Mitsubishi fuzo's **** but...
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    Garage Door sensor blinded by sunlight

    Swapping the sensors fixes it 98 percent of the time. The rest of the time there was a short in one of the wires somewhere. Could be a staple that just pinches it a little bit causing a voltage drop.
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    Replace or repair garage door openers.?

    What brand are the openers? If chamberlain, craftsmen, or liftmaster they are the same. Chances are the main gear is stripped( plastic). All three of hose are maid by chamberlain and share the same parts. Google gear assembly. All you will need is a 1/2" wrench, 1/4" socket, 5/16 socket and a...
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    Ratchet organization lets see them.

    My bad I'm brain dead from my 70 hour work week. Point is the action is reversed on the ez reds.
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    Ratchet organization lets see them.

    The one thing I found with the ez red ratchets that I'm not too fond of is that the switch is backwards. Tightening is to the left and loosening is to the right. No big deal but just a peeve.
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    High Lift vs. Large Radius

    I don't know much about you or hobbies but I'd assume being as this is GJ that you possibly spend a good amount of time in the garage. Projects, working on cars or whatever. In my area more and more houses are being built with 8' high doors mostly because you never know if a person has a huge...
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    High Lift vs. Large Radius

    Okay well then I'd say go with the radius track.
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    Garage door issue.. looking for vertical bifold

    The verticle fold doors is more commonly knowns as a vertical bi fold. Most any garage door company should be able to find you one, through their various suppliers. Fairly simple to install. My company use to do hanger doors at airports easy enough to install just heavy when they are that big.
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    Best sealant for the pictured project

    Aztec is different then the trim/ weather seal. The Aztec is more a decorative molding for opening. It's a plastic composite and usually comes in lengths like lumber. 3/4"x4"x8', 1"x6"x8' and so on. The weather stripping is more commonly referred to as "stops" by garage door professionals or...
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    High Lift vs. Large Radius

    Or even 9' high.
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    High Lift vs. Large Radius

    If you have 7 foot high doors and 11 foot ceilings, you could always make the opening taller ( say 8 feet tall) and keep the same radius. It would cost a little more. Add another panel, vertical tracks, springs and cables. At that time you could switch to torsion springs. Much quieter. And a...
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    Attaching upper panel reinforcement for opener

    Yeah most openers only come with a small bracket that you mount to the top. The best to use is a long bracket that goes from the top to bottom of the panel. You can also use angle iron and just cut it to size. I believe sears and Home Depot sell the brackets. Chamberlain iOS the mother company...
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    Tell me about Tire Pressure Gages

    That's matco one looks exactly like mine at work I believe made by Astro pneumatic. Tooltopia sells them for about 50.00 mines held up great so far. Come with 2 batteries also.
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    Attaching upper panel reinforcement for opener

    Also since I looked at the pictures you do have a torsion spring set up. You will be fine wherever you mount it. If you have room on the side of hue door I'd recommend the liftmaster jack shaft opener. No brackets needed and they are quiet and fairly easy to install. Look to see if you have...
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    Attaching upper panel reinforcement for opener

    The jack shaft openers only work if your door has a torsion spring. (Over top of the door.) being a garage door guy for 10 years I can tell you that offsetting the motor on a door with torsion springs is perfectly fine. Door lifts from the cables on the bottom panel at a even rate on both sides...
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    Mechanics On Their Feet all Day

    I wear my pair of Chippewa 8" steel toe loggers at work everyday 10 hours a day and they are comfy. A little on the heavy side but the support and padding inside are well worth it.
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    Let's see your Flashlights!

    i got my EDC flashlight from http://www.monsterflashlight.com/ after reading reviews on one of those light forums. People seemed to like them so i decided to give them a shot, and iv been very impressed i use my flashlight everyday which on their website is the R5-350-1...
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