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I'm hoping to get to this project in the next couple of weeks and was looking for suggestions/insight. This is an old sign pole, situated in a concrete gas island in front of the building. It has been used by each of the previous business. This past winter during a particularly rough wind storm...

Let me preface the title by saying "I hope i'm" So I've got all the makings of a shop compressor setup. A two stage Champion compressor, GE motor, and 80 gallon tank. Only problem is that I didn't gather the components and I cannot find any info on the pieces so that I can make it work together...

Ok so this has been rattling around in my research list for a while and figured it's time to check in and get some input. Background: Starting next year I'll be able to start work on my garage rebuild. I cannot increase the size of the garage because it'll increase my taxes too much so that...

For anyone in the Capital Region of New York, Pollocks True Value is going out of buisness so everything is marked down a little bit. It was overpriced to start with so the deals on the regular stuff isn't that good. BUT if your looking for shelving or hardware bins, they do have good deals on...

I've just replaced a leaky fuel oil tank that was in my basement. The house was vacant for a long time and when renovations started we found the leak. Now the tank is gone but the stench of fuel oil remains. Any one have any insite into how to get rid of the smell so that I can start laying...

I replaced an old leaking shutoff valve for the hose bib last night. I had wanted to leave the section of pipe between the Tee from the main supply to the valve in place but ended up with a pin hole leak in the pipe and had to unsweat the new valve and remove the old piece of pipe from the...

Help with a Kroll waste oil heater? Me and my brother are in the process of cleaning out the acumulated 57+ years of stuff my dad collected. :rant: Having run a garage there is also "some" used oil in drums. Normally we'd put in the shops waste oil heater and be done with it but since the waste...

I've driven past this for years. Now that I've got my own property and am getting ready to replace the single car garage, I was thinking of replacing it with some version of this. Any thoughts about architectural modifications to this?

I got a startling call the other night, apparently the chimney fell off of the back of my mothers garage. Its was a CMU chimney that (apparently) was never secured to the garage. So over time it began pulling away and then finally fell away from the building. My question is this: I don't...