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A few months ago my garage door started working erratically. I called the pro and he demonstrated that the LEDs in the garage door opener were the culprit. RF from LEDs interfere with wireless transmissions - even with the wired button apparently, which makes little sense to me. So I dutifully...

Central Florida 1.5 car garage (12' x24' x8') surrounded by interior walls on 3 sides with insulated metal garage door facing south. Attic temps are typically +100 to 120+. While the attic over the garage has 5 or 6 inches of blown insulation, there still seems to be too much radiated heat from...

Wondering how many of you have arranged to use your car for limited backup power in your home in case of emergency, and what hardware do you use to do it? Of course, you would need a full tank of gas, DC to DC converter, or DC to AC inverter, maybe an oversized alternator, a battery bank or...

Note "workspace" as in "workbench" area, and not the entire garage. I don't want to spend $2,000 or more on a mini-split and not sure there's even a space outside that I could put the unit. The garage is 15 by 25' with 8' ceiling, no windows, attached - living space on two sides- neighbors...

Has anyone here used Rubber-Cal Diamond Plate Metallic PVC Flooring (or anything similar) on their garage floor and drive their car in and out on it? How well did it perform? I would be rolling it out on a 45 year old concrete floor that has 10+ year old epoxy-like painted surface...

I was looking around for a battery powered, hand held vac, wall mountable for my unheated garage. All that I looked at stated "do not charge in ambient temp under 40 degrees" or words to the effect. That statement warns of damage to the battery. So... Is anyone aware of a battery powered...

There are times a guy just has to be in his uninsulated detached wood frame 20 x 20 garage doing something when it's freezing outside in the middle of winter. The heater that failed me last winter was a 1500 watt Lasko electric from Wally World with thermostat and timer. When it was 20 degrees...

I'm considering carpeting my garage. I have a 20 x 20' detached garage on a concrete slab. The slab has some repaired cracks, is painted and mostly uniform with a few stains, but is otherwise in good condition. Here are two examples of the type of carpeting I am considering...

My 45 year old garage has T1-11 exterior paneling in need of restoration. The interior side of the wood has turned really dark over the years. I am considering coating the inside with Woodlife (copper imbued) preservative and then a top coat of white Kilz to brighten up the interior. I would...

I have a 45 year old detached wood frame 2-car garage (20 x 20) on a concrete slab. Not sure what kind if any footers or rebar are in the slab. The slab is cracked/broken across its width about half way back likely due to erosion toward the rear of the garage under the slab. The back side of...

Has anyone used "corn bulbs" (see HERE) in their garage? I was going to install 2 or 3 typical fluorescent fixtures, the 4 foot long ones with two long bulbs in each like THIS. But after seeing these led corn bulbs, I was wondering if 2 or 3 of these would be better, either in terms of light...

Hi. I'm new to this Forum. Great to find it. In January my wife and I will be moving to a 45 year old house in the mountains of North Carolina - Connestee Falls, just south of Brevard. The house has a 20 x 20 foot garage with a concrete floor and T1-11 siding. Front of house and garage by...