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Have a 20x24 addition I put on my brick house about 45 years ago. T1-11 siding which is actually in perfect condition but I decided to vinyl side. I don’t want to hand nail but shoot nails or staples. I my perfect choice I’d like to use a dewalt cordless coil or medium crown gun. All the...

I just purchased a new 60 gallon single stage air compressor and having a little questions as to a water separator. My air compressor is going to be under roof but on the exterior of my garage. As far as the placement of my water separator, I was thinking it would be proper to run an airline...

I was able to find a nice metal 9 x 7 overhead door a friend needed for his storage garage. He now has a wooden door and wanted to replace it. His current door has extension springs and the door I found also had extension springs and also the track was for a low overhead installation. I was...

Have a Lincoln mig welder in my garage. Although I have 220v in my garage, I had purchased a 110v welder in case I ever needed to take it somewhere away from my garage. Specifically a Lincoln SP-135 Plus. I know this size of machine isn’t built to weld 1/4” stock, but was wondering this. If I...

Last evening I threw up a thread titled “ Any bankers here, possible elder abuse “ or something like that. Had quite a few replies and this evening posted a update on my findings that I muddled through today. Then ****....entire thread is gone. Can’t even find it by checking “threads started...

This morning my wife reported that her button in the car would not open her garage door and she had to open and close it manually using the wall button. So then a bit later I go to leave and I tried to open my garage door and the same deal. The garage door remote or the built in Buttons on the...

Something to keep a winch warm in winter — UPDATE My garage has a second floor and in cold weather I have a heavy trap door to cover the opening at the top of the stairway. I have a 110v HF winch mounted above the door to open and close it. I’ve mounted the switch at the bottom of the stairs...

I’m finally having central ac installed in my house. For heat I have a hot water boiler. So they will be installing ductwork for the ac. The inside unit is called a air handler I’m reading. Since there won’t be a burner /heat source in this, what do they call this? Should it be shorter in...

Have a pile of rags that need a good washing. Just what is a good strong laundry soap that'll do pretty good at each type of rags. Tks.

I have a wiring problem and I need some help on. Behind my garage I build a covered area 40 foot long for some storage. In this area I put for jelly jar light fixtures for lighting. The power first goes to the four fixtures and just passed the last picture I have my wall switch. Wiring is 14...

I just added a 40' storage area to the back of my garage. I used brown metal roofing and covered the fascia with brown. And wanted to put spouting on it, brown I guess and then I remember. The cost difference. 10' piece of brown gutter is like 34 bucks vs 6 bucks for white. Does it really cost...

I have sort of a odd question about a roof I'm building behind my garage. My garage is 40' wide and I have a small bit of property behind it, angled property in because their all anything but straight in my neighborhood. So I building a shed type roof back there for some dry storage. At end of...

Sort of had a close call in the shop today and thought I'd pass it for others to just keep a heads. Was cutting a piece of metal from a mower deck with a thin cutting blade on my angle grinder. Of course it was throwing a nice stream of sparks around. So I finished and luckily kept working in...

Well I'm wanting to repaint my steps to the second floor in garage. The last time I painted them is when it was built in 1996 and oil base paint was still ok to sell in PA. Since then Pa has outlawed the sale of it and I really want to recoat in oil base. The last I knew, MD still could sell it...

A popular Harley forum I visit has this feature and I wonder if it is possible to have it here on GJ. On any thread that I comment on, there is then a check mark show up on the line of the thread. On the thread line to the right near the paper clip that shows an attachment is present, a black...

When I'm changing oil in the wife's SUV, I have two 4 x 6'' with a angle cut on one end so I can drive up onto it to get under the car. These wood pieces do slip a bit as I go to drive the car up on them. Now that I had my floor epoxy coated, I'd like to find something to fasten to the bottom...

Here's a pic of handles I made up. Sorry for the scattered threads

Finished my garage vac project. Pic #2. Here's a pic of exterior of cabinet.

So after seeing Bushmechsnics great idea and pics of his vac idea I thought I'd buy one to and build a cabinet for it. So I did a mock up and found that it would take a 40" x 40" cabinet. So built one out of oak, used soft close hinges and bought some old wrenches off EBay and fabed up some door...

I was wonder if under general forum that the tips and tricks could be made a Sticky. It's a really good thread that should be up front for all to see. Tks.