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The roof covers my garage as well so this counts. :bounce: I've got a neighbor/contractor doing some work on my house. I had him look at the roof because it's past its quoted life and way past its service life. I'll also be doing new gutters around the same time (house was neglected prior to my...

I'm not talking about a ground up restoration of a rust bucket. I'm talking about the fence you started to put up one weekend 8 months ago. In other words, something that normally wouldn't take very long, but, for some reason, has. Since I asked the question, I guess I have to go first. I...

I've been looking for a relatively inexpensive storage building to get the yard junk out of my garage. I keep finding them with 42" or 46" doors (not big enough to drive my riding mower through). My father claims it's "easy" to open up the door size. I realize from a construction standpoint...

I'm looking for some manner of "how-to" publication to familiarize myself with household electricity. I have a 220V compressor I need to wire up as well as some clean up work to do on previously (and poorly) installed receptacles in my garage. I'm very familiar with all things mechanical and...

I have an eight foot flourescent light in my garage. It was there when I bought the house and was obviously installed after construction to replace a single, incandescent fixture in the middle of the garage (approx. 20x22, residential 2 car garage). The garage is on the end of the house, but I...

I need to put a roof on my house and my garage is attached so I guess it counts. I've been quoted some pretty high numbers ($5500+ for basic shingles) to roof this house so I'm looking for suggestions. One guy told me he'd cut me a break if I could find a better deal on shingles. I have a friend...

Ever since I bought my house, I have been disgusted by the 5 million rusty hooks hanging from my eave boards. A previous owner screwed all of these nasty little devices into the underside of the eaves to hang Christmas lights. I even found the Christmas lights bundled up and thrown in the...

I figured this was the best place for this as it is a pretty handy tool. I'm soliciting knowledge, advice and recommendations about truck tool boxes. I have one in my little pickup, but it came with the truck. My father has a 97 Extended Cab Silverado with no box. I'd like to get him one for...

In order to clear out my garage for the fun stuff, I needed some extra storage for the boring stuff: lawnmowers, yard tools, etc. So I'm ordering a 10x16 storage building to take care of that. The building comes with a .75" plywood floor. Since it will be housing items with engines, I'd like to...

I've made a few posts so I figured I'd better introduce myself. I'm Eric though folks call me E, hence the screename. I don't recall the exact path that led me here, but I was Googling garage ideas and through a few leaps through cyberspace, ended up here. I am aghast and envious of the garages...