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    Torsion spring winding cone.....stuck.......

    Greetings, I am hoping that some of the folks that really understand garage doors can possibly offer me some suggestions: I have a 16-foot (wide) garage door. It was professionally-installed about 5-6 years ago. The weight of the door is counter-balanced by a single torsion spring. There...
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    Torsion Spring Adjustment tools...?

    Greetings, I am soon to embark on an attempt to adjust my torsion spring on my garage door. It is a fairly new garage door (about 3 years old, very low use) and my understanding is that a new-ish spring may need to be re-adjusted as the new metal relaxes following initial installation. The...
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    Use of decoupling membrane? Help from the tile pros, please...

    Greetings! I am moving towards the idea of doing tile on my garage floor. The house is a single-story ranch-ish design (no second story over the garage), and the slab-on-grade garage floor is in fair-to-moderate shape: there are a few cracks here and there, and a couple of places where it...
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    A little bit of drywall help, please.......

    Greetings! I think this might be a couple of easy questions........ Working on the garage, I ended up removing the previous interior wall coverings. Those coverings were a combination of pegboard, lath plaster, drywall, cardboard, and even some posters which were used to cover up large holes...
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    architectural program (DIY addition plans?)

    Greetings! Sorry for the long post. I just started writing and it all flowed..... I may be way over my head on this idea, but here goes: I am interested in expanding my (attached) existing 16' x 16' garage to the *open* side, where the property will accomodate another 10 feet of space. My...
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    Small Garage, Small Budget, Big Dreams....

    Greetings, everyone! I currently have what I would describe as a small-footprint 2-car garage attached to my house. The house -- a single-story 2-bedroom ranch style -- is shared by myself and my wife -- and we are in need of some more space. One of the ideas percolating in my head is to put...
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