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    do horizontal garage door tracks need to be level

    Hi all, I have a question for my i car detached garage and its door. I am trying to build a golf sim in the garage and I am mostly completed, but have an issue with the rails. I have hit the garage door side rail on my follow through of my back swing. This garage door just uses the coil...
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    protect drywall in garage

    Hi I recently drywalled my 1930's garage and since I store I whole ton of **** in there was wonder what the best finish is to apply to drywall to limit shipping and gouging etc. Thanks
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    level uneven dettached garage floor

    Hi, as some of you know I am trying to rehab my 1930's detached 11x20 garage. Now that I have reshingled the roof and replace some of the rotted wood, I want to to clean up the garage floor. I have a couple of high points and some lower points. We will not be putting a car in there, most...
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    fix bowing walls on 1930's garage

    Hi, I have been reading a bunch of posts on the wonderful Garage Journal site regarding bowing walls and my situation seems different than most (it always is). I have a detached 1930's garage that I have removed the roof off of because of 6 layers of shingling, rotted roof boards and yes the...
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    raising roof on 12x20 dettached stick garage

    Hi I live up in MA in an 1870 house with a garage that is not quite as old, maybe from the 1940's or 50's. I am not a carpenter, but I have installed kitchens, built out closets and built our basement movie room. The roof needs replacing as it has about 3-4 layers of shingles on it and the walls...
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    relocate rafters to create more space

    Hi I have done some reading in these threads and this is an obvious common question. I want raise a couple of rafters to get a bit more space inside the garage. The garage is old from possibly the 1940's. I live in the northeast and I am conscious of snow load and rake it off if a lot. There are...
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