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Hey fellow GJ members! I purchased a new home with a small single car garage about a year and a half ago and this is my attempt to document it's transformation process. Overall garage shape at time of purchase: 21ft. long x 11ft. wide (8ft door opening) Panel located on the RT side, only 1...

Morning everyone, I'll start this thread by saying that I'm a mechanical guy and I'm trying to learn more about the electrical world. I have very limited experience with wiring and things of that nature. That being said, I'm looking to install a motion light in my backyard for when I take...

I've been looking into insulating my garage door (new house, never done this before) and all of the kits I've seen are for a different style of garage door. The ones I've seen seem to fit a door that has vertical dividers near where the hinges are located on the face of the door. My door, shown...

Hey GJ, I just moved into a new house and one of my many projects involves mounting a 48" flat screen TV on the wall above our fireplace. I'm hoping I can get some advice from this forum on how to properly handle this situation. Background: The fireplace has some kind of polished stone...

Hey GJ, my name is Zach and I just purchased my first home. It's a ranch-style house with an attached two car garage (22 x 22). Growing up we never had a garage and it's always been a goal of mine to have one and make it my own. I have big plans for this garage and thought it would be a good...

Good morning my fellow Garage Journalers, I was working with a friend of mine a few weeks ago and I came across this wrench: I would consider it a "combination wrench" of sorts as one side is open ended and the other side has a 12 point swivel head socket of the same size. My buddy had...

Hey everyone, My name is Zach. I'm an avid car and motorcycle enthusiast from CT that has been lurking on here for a while. I found the site while reading an article on Mr. Olsen's infamous garage (and 911). While I don't currently have my own garage (2 bedroom apartment) I'm transforming...