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I recently bought a house in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The garage floor has been epoxied sometime in the past and my guess is it is 10-15 years old. Adhesion is good everwhere and no tire pick-up or staining, it just looks a little tired. I'd like to improve the cosmetics of the floor...

I bought a house from the 70s that has an all metal HVAC duct system that runs through soffits and dropdowns in the house to get air distributed in all the rooms. You can't say the ducts are in conditioned space but they are covered in the attic insulation The last 10' of trunk has registers...

I'm stumped. The wife was complaining that the kitchen sink wasn't draining, so I dutifully disassembled the trap expecting to find a clog - nothing. Got the 25' drain snake out and went the full distance out and put everything back together - still won't drain, so I figure the clog is out of...

Over the years, GJ has become my go-to source for a broad spectrum of information and I've come to rely on it for both current postings that resonate with what I'm doing (or want to do) and archived information. I'm a member of a handful of forums, and I've noticed a gradual decline in posts...

I started this project in a thread called "Tap and die storage ideas", but since it has application to most kinds of tool drawers, I'll continue it here with the hope that somebody will be able to use it. This is a tool drawer organizer made from Harbor Freight anti-fatigue mats and cut on a...

First, I have to say I really like the new format of the site. Took a little bit to get used to it, but I'm really enjoying the utility of the new layout My suggestion has to do with the 'Garage Gallery' forum. Garage Journal is my go-to source for garage organization and planning. I've...

I want to add a Reznor unit heater to my garage and have had a couple of HVAC contractors come out and quote the job - both bids I've got so far have both been right around $3500. Is this reasonable? Reznor 45K running on natural gas Gas line stubed out about 18" off the floor directly...

I'm wanting to make some door cards for a '49 GMC truck out of some 5052 aluminum sheet. I'd like to bead roll some details into the panels. The last panels I put through the bead roller, my brother came down and was the power to manually crank the roller. It worked well, but this time I...