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Attached are three pictures of the trusses inside my 1970's garage. I'm currently working on wiring it and soon will be installing a ceiling. Can anyone tell me whether or not these trusses will support 7/16 OSB? I need to determine my intended ceiling thickness before installing receptacle...

We moved into an old farmhouse about 8 years ago and have done extensive renovations but have kept much of the old character. We love the old stuff. One of the door knobs fell off the half-bath door and I'm wondering if there is any way to reattach it. I believe it's original to the...

My dad is 84 and is cleaning out his garage and has this heavy duty drill that he wants to sell. He got it decades ago from someone. Can any of you tell me who it was originally marketed for so we can list it for sale? It's 220 VAC with a gear reduction and I'm guessing plumbers may have used...

We have a couple old out buildings on our property and have hired an Amish crew to help reinforce them and reroof them. We are going to do the smaller one first (see attached picture) and the bigger one probably next year. Both buildings are still in good shape but are leaning a little bit and...

I would like to add small exhaust fan to my garage to remove smoke from using mapp gas from heating and soaking rusted bolts and also the occasional cigar pow-wow. The garage is about 25' x 25' with 8' ceiling and is currently bare studs and I'm hoping to get it wired and insulated before this...

This question is actually for my house but the principle is the same as a garage so I thought it was ok to ask. Plus I know you guys are a source of much wisdom and experience! We moved into an old farm house about 7 years ago and the sump pump runs constantly. It seems that about once each...

We have an old Craftsman commercial bench grinder, model 397.19670, and it needs a light bulb. It belongs to my dad and he asked me to help him get a replacement bulb. He said he tried to put in a 120 VAC bulb and it instantly burned out so he thinks it needs a special bulb (possibly 220...

This isn't in my garage but I'm posting it here because I know someone on this sight knows the answer. Pictured is an old sink in my in-laws basement, two of the three pictures were taken underneath it looking up. They are moving into a condo and my wife wants to remove the sink and set it up...

I have a few old bottles of pipe dope but they are a little bit dry. Does anyone out there know if it's somehow possible to rejuvenate them? For example, maybe add some 30 weight oil. I know a new bottle isn't expensive but if it's possible to add ____ rather than throw it out that would be...

I'm going to be purchasing a Chicago Faucet for a utility sink in my garage but I don't know what cartridge style to choose. When I go to their website and configure the faucet via the pull down menus, there are two cartridge options: Ceramic or Quaturn. From what I can gather from pages 4-5...

I recently posted this about some issues I was having with the sensors (see link below) but now I'm having a new problem. When I click the open button I hear a click and then just a "nnnnnnnnn" sound for a second or two like the motor wants to go but is jammed. Any advice on where to start...

I'm going to be getting a utility sink for my garage and was looking at this faucet from Lowe's. https://www.lowes.com/pd/BWE-Polished-Chrome-Double-Handle-Pre-rinse-Filtered-Kitchen-Faucet-with-Sprayer-Function/5014536511 I've never heard of BWE before and am wondering if any of you have...

I created a post last April about whether or not to have a new garage floor poured (see link below) and got some great feed back. Thank-you to everyone for the responses! I've decided to move forward with repouring a new floor and the tear out is supposed to begin this Monday. My new question...

Recently I started to have to hold down the garage door opener button (the hard wired unit inside the garage) to fully shut the door. If I just push the button and let go then it'll go down a little bit and then retract back up. However, if I hold the button down it'll go down all the way. It...

Fellas, we moved into an old farmhouse about 6 years ago and I have been without a working garage since we moved. However, this spring/summer I'm hitting pause on house projects and am going to get the garage fixed up. Eventually I'll probably have a new shop built but for now I have to make...

I recently purchased a 3/4" drive Williams ratchet at a local swap meet. To get the square drive to turn you have to grab it with a pliers but I took a chance because the price was right and the seller seemed honest and said he didn't think anything was wrong with it other than maybe needing...

Can anyone out there recommend a reputable shop to repair an old Craftsman 1/2" drive, click-style torque wrench? My dad bought it decades ago…probably in the 60's or 70's…and it's a very nice tool and still in very nice shape. I obviously I can't bring this back to Sears for an exchange. He's...

We moved about five years ago and I'm finally getting ready to hook up the floor mounted cabinet-style heater (natural gas) in my garage that I had at my old garage so I can have a warm place to work in the winter. There is no chimney in the new garage so I need to have a hole cut in the roof...

My dad was cleaning out his garage and gave me this old 1-7/8" hitch ball. See attached pictures. It looks like it is two piece so the ball and "bolt" would be separate parts. Can anyone tell me if these two pieces are supposed to come apart? Currently they don't so I'm not sure if it's...

A friend of mine has a wood burning unit that was attached to the furnace in his basement. He removed it because they never use it anymore and asked me if I wanted it. It doesn't look like the traditional wood burners that people have in their garages, though. Can anyone tell me if I can use...