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You will also want to look into getting new springs with the added weight

Nice!

Thanks I might try putting that in this summer.

That's pretty good. What is the temperature that day the photo was taken? Thanks

This is also a good solution. I had an old garage years ago with that same type of set-up. Solves all your problems simple and cheap

I am guessing the beam is just holding the rafters ties up also. If you want to remove the beam, do this. Otherwise you should be able to tie in the beam to the face of the new header

I think you are going to need taller header than 2x6, or 2x8. Guessing more like 2x12 Tie the beam to the face of the 2x12 Remove the support between the two small doors holding up the beam. Is there another reason you want to raise the beam?

You had a garage door installer out and he did not bring up issues with putting in a new 16 foot wide door. So there must be enough head room above the door. (As he didn't mention the need for a low headroom door, also assuming that person is a competent installer). Sounds like you need to...

That looks really nice!

You posted pictures at the same time I posted my last comment on rafters

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It sounds like you have roof trusses. You should get an engineer or a truss designer to help you modify your existing trusses. Is this getting city permits and inspected, if so they will require engineered drawing of modifying your trusses. Consider this. If your roof collapsed in the...

Wow That's really nice. I have been wanting a wood cabinet like that, just haven't come across on in good shape at a price that I want to spend. seem like they used to pop up more often in the past

Here is the seal n peel caulk looks nice easy to seal the gap and removes clean and easy

Try contacting the manufacturers tech support. Call them when you are in the garage. They may be able to help you do some tests to trouble shoot your problem. The garage door opener companies (Chamberlain and Genie) that I've dealt with in the past had great tech support. My wild guess is a...

This was probably a product commonly known as "Rope Caulk" or "Caulk Cord" comes in a roll It is easy to apply.

They sell white removable caulk to seal that up. It is made so you can just peel it off nice and clean when you want to. It comes in regular caulk tubes.

That seems nice. I'll have to try that on my snowblower

Any possibilities of pictures from your up coming project? I think it could be interesting to see. If it is not allowed. I can understand that.

glad it worked out for you