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I thought I was crazy at first but the air hose in the shop is shocking me. Not sure if it's static or a short in the wiring. It only happens to a couple of the guys in the shop. If your holding the airhose or a tool plugged into it and touch the workbench....it will shock you. Most of the...

An electrician once told me you are better off to leave your flourecent lghts on if you are just leaving the garage for a little while. He said they use the same amount of power in 8 hours as it takes to turn them on. Is this BS or fact? Clark

We're looking at an old building that has a wood floor. We need a little help with a few things. The building would be used for building hot rods. The wood floor poses two problems. First is wether it will support the wieght of a cars and the equipment. The joists are 2x12 on 16" centers and...

I want to build a carport on the front of my garage. The idea is to make it look like an old gas station. My orignal plan was to use just two posts with a beam. The garage is 32 long where the carport will go. I wanted to put the poles in 8' from each end leaving 16' in the middle. This would...

Just joined the forum. Lots of great garages and info! Here's my garage. It's a working shop so it's not as clean as most. It's a 32x40 stick built with the block run up 2'. It's got 10' ceilings. The garage is sectioned off into two rooms. One was just to be used for paint (yeh right!). All...