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Hi gang, Looking for any ideas you have for storing PPE - ear muffs, face shields, etc. I currently have them in a drawer in a lateral filing cabinet in the garage, which works ok, but is less than ideal. I've thought about hanging them on hooks on the wall, but that could take up a fair bit...

I'm in the early stages of designing and building a stand on which to put my radial arm saw (a MBF), hopefully a bench top DP, and my granite surface plate. What I'm envisioning is the RAS in the middle flanked by the surface plate and bench top DP. Removable pieces would then go over the base...

I've decided that want to mount a ceiling mounted fan and a separate ceiling mounted heater in my garage. They are kind of two different questions, so I'll split up my thinking below. Heater: It seems like most places I've read suggest putting the heater in a corner opposite the garage door...

Hi everyone, So I've been lurking, gathering ideas, and dreaming about a garage of my own since I joined GJ in 2006. Almost 2 years ago now my wife and I finally purchased a home of our own and now I have the opportunity to turn the garage into what I've always wanted - a woodshop. The caveat...

So I'm almost done installing my subpanel, and I'm 99% certain how to do the final connections, but I just want a sanity check. Ground and Neutral have separate bars in the subpanel, neutral is not bonded. In the main panel, neutral IS bonded and all the ground and neutral wires go to the same...

I'm in the process of rewiring my garage and I'm at the point where I'm almost ready to install the new outlets (120V). I'm looking for something better/sturdier than the $0.99 specials at HD/Lowes/etc. I'm going to need ~35 of them, so I would rather not spend $6 and outlet, but I'm willing...

Hi guys, I am getting ready to install a sub panel in my attached garage. The panel is going to be on an exterior 2x4 wall that is already insulated. I am considering scabbing 2x4s or 2x3s to the existing studs to create a void in which to run my feeder cable as well as run my romex through...

Hi everyone, So I'm getting ready to start doing the lighting in my 2 car garage. I have 9 foot ceilings and have already epoxied the floor, so it is quite reflective. Walls from 4 feet on up will be drywalled and painted a light color. Here is what I came up with: Rectangles are 4 foot 2...

So it's January, and I'm starting to plan for my garage work this coming spring/summer. My house currently has 150 amp service, but the garage lights, outdoor outlets, and garage outlets are all currently on one 15 amp circuit. The main panel is also at the opposite end of the house. All...

So I'm trying to plan ahead for my garage redo, and one of the things I want to do is run electrical outlets around the "beltline" of the garage. My current plan is to use galvanized corrugated panels from the floor to about 4 feet high, then run the outlets at that level and have drywall or...

So, after reading lots of threads on GJ and ogling many others' garage/workshop spaces I've began work on phase 1 of my garage/workshop grand plan - building a shed to get some stuff out of the garage. There is just over 6 feet of head space below the deck joists of our deck. The deck is...

In the next few months I am going to start building a shed to make some more space in the garage. I'm contemplating what to do for roofing but I'm a little stuck because the roof will be nearly flat (approx 1.5/12). The local Menards has EPDM rolls that come in various sizes (up to 15x25 in...

Hi guys, So I'm mulling over ideas for a workbench and have run across some ideas I'm thinking about combining, but I'm interested in input from fellow GJ members. First I saw this on the GJ Homepage a while ago: <img src="http://norlift.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-05-13-11-50-00.jpg"...

Hi everyone, I'm embarking on an Epoxy-coat floor with a Legacy Industrial primer coat in the next couple of weeks. Last night I started doing the floor prep. I bought a gallon of the Behr concrete cleaner/degreaser and scrubbed the whole floor with a deck brush. Many areas came out looking...

Hi everyone. My wife and I recently bought a new house and are expected to take possession the end of this month or early November. The garage needs some care, and I figured what better time to do the floor then before we move all of our junk in! The concrete in our new house is in pretty...

Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has successfully installed a GoldenRod (or similar) dehumidifier in the 44" Harbor Freight tool chest. For those not familiar: http://www.goldenroddehumidifiers.com/ It is supposedly a 3/4" cylinder, but it doesn't specify how tall or wider the mounting...

Hi guys, I have been reading here and researching what to do for my father's garage floor most of the summer so far. I thought I had finally decided upon doing epoxy, but after talking to SherwinWilliams and some local installers, I learned that basically nobody here has seen an epoxy floor...

Hi guys, I've been lurking and reading all I can here for a few months now, and this summer my dad and I are going to redo his garage. It's about 30 years old with just bare concrete, and well, to be honest he's a bit cheap. The garage is 22x22.5 feet (comes out to almost 500 sqft), and I...