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I have to say I started reading this thread mostly just kind of fascinated that someone would put that much work and thought into a shop ceiling. But as someone who has shopped for contractors who have told me they can't or won't do the job the way I want it, and I have said to myself, "I can"...

I have a Triumph brand 8,000 pound capacity lift. It is on the cheaper end of the price spectrum but I have had it for about 4 years and it does everything I would expect a lift to do smoothly and reliably, and came with aluminum ramps, three drop trays, and a cross member for jacking...

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I had a Sears Craftsman oiless compressor in the garage which was about 7 feet from the house. Our bedroom was on the garage side. If I ever forgot to turn off the compressor before I went to bed it would wake us up when it kicked on. Even if it wasn't noisy was never comfortable leaving a...

The garden stuff, when I retire next year I am going to build a shed to store it and my riding mower.

I had a battery back up at my old house, probably bought it in 2012 or so, the battery died after 2-3 years, I think I used it once, came home and was wondering why the garage door was going up so very slowly...Anyway battery quit, I didn't replace it until we went to sell the house a few years...

Started when I stayed at a friend's house about 30 years ago and fished out all the hair and gunk in his clogged bathtub drain. Latest effort, similar to a post I read above, my son got a the rare inexpensive apartment in a nice part of town. He has an overlap on the leases, so there was some...

I have always had my garages, whether bought or built, with just a slight incline and a good deal on the door to keep water and dust out, I think most contractors will build it that way. If you use a garage door opener you can also adjust to make sure they close tight. It has worked fine, no...

My wife takes care of cats for a nice 89 year old lady. Her cat scratch post made of carpet and some rope was all mangled up, you know, from the cats scratching it. So little old lady buys some new rope, and then figured out she really doesn't know how to fix it. My lovely wife tells her I...

While am not a pro, for repairs I think that is one of the reasons shops recommend replacing everything "while they are in there" not only do they not want call backs for the part of the assembly they didn't replace going south after the repair, they also don't want to find a bad part they don't...

I was trying to figure how to say that, but you said it better. To me the project, fixing something, building something, making something look good is the goal, when I am on task everything else gets forgotten and needed tools pile up. I do organize things when I get done, but organized is...

I would go with the extra depth too, especially if you are putting in a lift and may have big vehicles on it. You can pull the vehicle out of the other stall if too tight to work, the walls will always be there.

What type of vehicles? If I had to I would give up the depth before the width unless you plan on working on things that take up most of the length of the garage. Most of the work (I do anyway) I am coming at it from the side of the car, suspension, brakes, etc. I guess if you think you are...

I have never regretted adding windows, as others have said having some natural light makes the place more relaxing, and you don't have to flip the lights on if you just go out to grab a vehicle or a tool. If you are a little tired or burnt out from the project you could tackle the windows...

We did a similar attached brick garage addition several years ago. The brick contractor did not want to link the bricks together like they would look if it was all built at the same time because he said if something shifted it would all crack. I had a door close the where the new and old brick...

If a hose springs a leak near an end I will just cut it and put a new and on it, then I have a slightly shorter but fully intact hose.

Just an update, I got the Water Heater install inspected Friday. The guy walks into the utility room and says "uh-oh". Didn't even look at how I hung the pipe (or maybe a quick glance showed him what a professional job I had done and he moved on...) but the uh oh was because I used copper...

I had one of those metal desks from my dad, agree it was fine for sitting and work bench use. I honestly don't remember what happened to it when we moved 7 years ago, don't know if it was pitched, sold, or left with the house.

Well thanks for the input, I kind of went in the same direction I had thought about initially just because of materials on hand. My experience with inspections is they generally don't care about the part I stress about and find something I have never thought of.

Yes there is a fall, not great but much better than 1/4" per foot, and kept it the same as it has been for the old water heater