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I bought a new garage that has 3 doors, all with openers. I bought a few 890 Max keychain remotes with 3 buttons and programmed them to open each door. Somehow one of the remotes ended up that any button opens all 3 doors at the same time. Not what I had intended. I read up and...

I joined here about 8 years ago to build a new garage. This place is a great resource. I had a 24'X28' garage built and I finished the inside. I found great information for the planning and finishing. Sold that place in 2014! Moved to Whitehorse and lived in the burbs with a 2 stall...

I am working on fixing a dripping tap set in the ensuite bedroom in a house I am renting. It looks like I need to remove the black rubber cover/wall seal to get the cartridge out. They are old and hard so I think that means cutting them off. Can new ones be bought? I thought I had better...

I have a furnace/thermostat question for you. I want to install a Honeywell wifi thermostat in the house here. It requires a c wire for constant power. The old thermostat is a basic Mercury 2 wire but there are 3 wires running between the furnace and thermostat. The instructions say there...

I am planning to be away from my home for a few weeks and I am thinking about how to leave the home and pay the least for heat while I am away. I live in Northern Canada, so winter and cold weather are unavoidable. What I am pondering is, what if I used a programmable thermostat and had the...

Now that my garage is built it is time to remove my 16' x 24' wooden shed from my property. The shed is still standing, but has many rotten section, a roof that leaks, and a wooden foundation that is rotten. It is beyond fixing....... So any experience here in the best way to demolition a...

I have two garages and I am wanting to get a couple of 2 button key fob garage door remotes to keep on motorbike keys. The idea that each button will control a different door. One garage door opener is a ceiling mounted Liftmaster and the other is a Miracle Garage door opener for low...

I have a brown 16' X 8' garage door in my garage that faces west. Now that spring has rolled around and temperatures are again approaching the freezing mark I am having a problem with my garage door. In the late afternoon, with the sun shining on the door it appears to be expanding and then...

I am looking for ideas to build a wall mount for my Lincoln MIG PAK 180 welder. Has anyone done this? Looking for ideas. Did you just mount the welder? Or make a cabinet? I am thinking of starting with an angle bracket I can mount on the wall.

I have a Superior Radiant, model GR45 http://www.superiorradiant.com/Products/ResidentialGarageHeaters.aspx that I installed in my garage this fall. It has worked great until today. I was out painting my bench last night and had the heat turned up to 15 C and was quite comfortable. I went back...

I have this old Echlin NAPA cabinet in my shop. The problem is it is missing all the shelves. Anybody have a source where I can buy shelf brackets to fit in this cabinet?

I am just in the process of finishing off my hanging propane radiant heater. I need to install the thermostat next and I am wondering about placement. The heater is mounted at a 45 degree angle and 6 inches from the ceiling and 6 inches from the wall that is behind it. I am thinking about...