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You know the story. Thought I had it saved somewhere but...... It was a thread by a member who built a rolling plywood storage cabinet with individual full extension shelves for Harbor Freight (I think) organizer bins. I recall it was painted yellow. Thanks in advance.

I'm building a 14' wide addition to an existing garage to store my boat. I'd like to install an insulated overhead door while keeping the door opening as wide as possible for clearance when angling the boat in. I assume such a thing exists but I'm hoping someone can point me to an affordable...

i keep reading threads where the poster, in mortal fear of concrete cracks takes all kinds of steps to avoid them. These steps include obsessive compaction of base material, thickening the slab to industrial levels, steel reinforcing that leaves little room for concrete, etc, etc. The reality...

Hey guys, Thought I'd step into this forum and see if anyone has any experience with wall mounted, propane boilers labeled Coaire or Quietside. Unfortunately I had one of these POS units installed in my home to heat the water for my radiant floors. After less than 5 years use it is failing...

I have a number of exterior ceilings and soffits that I wanted to match my interior sheetrock ceilings. I used soffit board, which seems to be holding up well but the moisture is getting at the taped seams. I used durabond and hoped it would stand up better than it has. They don't get...

I've got a question for ya'll. I often see references on here to 'bonded' contractors. This bond supposedly provide a blanket guarantee against any defective or incomplete work on any job they do? Up my way, bonds are only found on large commercial projects. We do a lot of bonded work. We...

There have been many GJ discussions on garage slabs but I'm hoping a simple outline will be helpful to those who haven't done a lot of concrete work and are getting ready to place a slab. So let’s lay out the basics that will give the average guy a good shot at a great slab. Base - What’s...

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but I cannot figure out how to get large photos to post. I've got them on Photobucket and have resized them but no matter what I do they show up too small. I apologize for wasting a thread on this but I've tried searching and everything else I can think of. Will someone put me out of my misery.

After years of planning, we’ve finally started construction of a new home including an attached 25x25 garage and adjoining 28x28 shop. Like so many of you, I’ve been entertained and educated by GJ over the years and am excited to contribute with a build thread of my own. Let me start with a...

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I've been hanging around for a while and love the projects and information on GJ. Saw a post this morning asking for information that I thought I could help with so I waded in. Since I hadn't done an intro, I figured I better get it done - though you guys don't seem quite as harsh as some...