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    Need advice on stripping paint off brick building

    Wise and true words! There are already many laws in place dealing with lead paint, and it is quickly becoming the new "asbestos"!
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    ideas for stockpile of old wooden shutters

    Become one of the "Craigslist Wishful Thinkers" ! :evil:
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    New aluminum press break

    Kevin has over 24000 posts and HATES to type?????:evil:
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    Anyone have any ideas on keeping CARPENTER BEE's away???

    I built 4 of the traps from plans I found online. They are starting to work, it just took a few days for the bees to figure out how to use them properly. LOL My best spray bee killer is the cheapo Advance Auto brand carb and choke cleaner. I ran out and bought a can of the Gumout brand, and...
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    Steel shop internal framing

    Is this a private garage or a commercial building? You may not be allowed to use plywood because it is considered a combustible material. Probably best check with your local code inspector.
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    Looking for automotive themed cabinet pulls

    If you don't mind them a bit large, try finding some old Mopar hub caps with the centers that unbolt. I have a set of Pentastars from an 80's Chrysler I have been holding on to. Also from a 70's Dodge, I have a couple with the Dodge "Fratzog". It would be really cool to get some 3 prong spinners...
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    issues with flashing around overhead doors

    The aluminum trim was nailed over fresh lumber that has dried and shrunk a bit. Was it treated lumber?
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    The Carport

    I work a lot in the older parts of our city. Some of these neighborhoods were pretty nice in their day, but are in a more "blighted" condition now. I always liked these type attached carports on some of the houses. Back when they were new, they may have sheltered a nice new Model A. Or maybe...
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    dumpster find

    I sense a negative pressure coming on this one.......
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    metal frame windows

    Careful if you find some old used ones. The glazing putty is probably high in concentration of asbestos....
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    Help with wavy overhead door trim on pole barn

    Probably had the trim coil applied over treated lumber which was still "wet". It tends to shrink up as it dries out, which will buckle the metal trim.
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    My pole barn shop is done !!!!!

    very nice. mine is a pole building too, but i didnt insulate and finish the interior.
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    Trailer Tongue Angle

    I recently jacknifed and ruined my coupler. I bought a replacement from etrailer.com. no problems and the angle matched perfectly. There seems to be s standard angle used in the trailer industry.
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    Well....it's boiling down to a piecemeal construction

    You've been blown off for 4 months and still even talking to the guy?
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    Entry door clearance under overhead door track?

    Home Depot used to stock outswing doors. (But that was my experience years ago.) Just reversing a standard door makes the threshold funnel water into the building. Plus, anyone can just drive out 3 hinge pins to remove the slab. Instant access! ;)
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    Woodpeckers

    I had one peck a 2" hole high up in the gable end side of my cedar house last year. I couldn't get rid of him, until I used a snake shot in a .38 special. That "discouraged" him, and no more problem. (Except for the ugly aluminum patch on my house)
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    Freemason's symbol in my basement and garage.

    Guys, this one is a pisser. I was sympathetic to the OP, "HOMEDEPOTROB". But then I read his profile. Ol' HomeDepot Rob has only posted **** about clearance sale items at both Home Depot AND Lowes prior to starting this cute little thread....:mad:
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    Beam above garage is sagging...

    That would be a load bearing wall. Looks like the header was undersized and someone tried to reinforce it with the flitch plate later. Hard to be sure with these pictures, but I would be very wary. Do you get much snow load on the roof?
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Nothing at all today. Can't get to it...
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