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Just bought a house that included a metal building that will be my future shop/ garage. Is anyone familiar with this type of building? It is located in Jacksonville Florida

My floor is about four years old and had discolored due to sunlight. I am not going to redo with a UV protected product. My question is I am going to sand my existing floor to get good adhesion and to smooth it out. I have the choice of three sanders at the rental store: 1. A floor...

I have an wire run 12/3 to the a ceiling box over where I am about to install a 4 post lift. I will at times roll the lift outside and will need to make a 25' extension cord. I would like to have power to lift and a 110 outlet on thr lift using only one cord my ideas so far. 1. Have a duplex...

I am getting close to pulling the trigger on a left and want to throw out my logic to see if anyone has additional ideas. I have a three car garage (double door and single), my height is limited to 9" 2", to low for a lift to be really effective but I would rather duck or work on a stool than...

A few months ago I saw a post that had picture of a garage where the owner had a ledge around the perimeter of the garage that was drywalled in and was used to store plastic container and other items. I look slick and I wanted to copy the concept, does anyone recall it? Jack

I have a 1,040 sq foot area, in my garage. The floor was pour 3 month ago and I plan on etching with muriatic acid, two coats of color and one of clear. Since my previous garage held up well for eight years ( just demolished) with just the “standard” Rustoleum that is available at Lowes, I...

I have been using a make shift connection to my air compressor and I am in the process for running air lines in my garage. However, I do not know where to get a rubber line to connect the compressor to the air line. Jack

I plan on finishing the wall and ceiling with drywall and paint the floor and concrete blocks with epoxy. I can not come up with a solution for the top of the blocks other that putting another treated 2x4 on the top and the run drywall over the top. That would not leave an attractive transition...

I need help in planning my lighting location and number of fixtures. I am going to use 4' or a combination of 4' and 8' (T8) fixtures. I prefer reflectors. The garage has 9'4" celing and the beam shown is protrudes 12" below the ceiling. The area from the beam to the back of the garage will...

I am about to install a 16' and 8' garage door in my new garage. I am going to drywall the garage but have not yet. I would like to do a clean transition from drywall to the garage door, but none of my previous garages were finished. Does anyone have a photos or suggestion on where I should end...

I was looking at some PEX for plumbing and saw that a few mfg have PEX with a working pressure of 200psi. Relatively cheap easy to run and though why not for airlines. I am only going to run up to 125psi from the compressor and wondered if anyone has tried this yet. I have a plumber frend...

I have been searching for a 2 post lift, I am somewhat limited in that I have 12" of clearance for the posts I only have 11' 5" between the posts do to some floor joists. I would prefer to have a clear floor and I saw that the challanger CL9 can support a 11" 2" clearance which would work great...