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  1. Framing
    Hey y’all, I have a pretty old (30+ years) 18 L x12 W x 7’ H garage that I would like to change. It’s a hip roof and the “ceiling” has a total of three rafters, two going the width and one the length (in picture). The rafter is also connected to some sort of tie, wouldn’t know what to call it...
  2. Masonry
    Michigan home built 1997. I purchased in 2020. When I bought the home, there was a small hole in the garage floor (about the size of a Quarter). I patched it myself with concrete (see red highlighted area below). All was fine until this spring when things started thawing out. I noticed that...
  3. Carpentry
    So, my friend's garage door has a weird problem. This only happens when it's COLD outside. When it's cold outside her garage door doesn't always close. If she HOLDS the inside wall mounted button down it will close but if she just pushes it quick like normal when it's warm out it won't go down...
  4. New Member Introductions
    Hello everyone! We are located in Burleson Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the past 27 years. Mobile Showroom and coming soon to our website: "try-it-before-buy-it software. Call us today with your garage door repairs, tune-ups and carriage-style wood-grain steel doors...
  5. Excavation & Site Work
    I'm new here so be nice. I'm a home builder in PA and wanted to get some different opinions on a problem I'm running into. I have a lot that is a beautiful flat 3/4 acre. It has about an 10' climb from the front of the lot to about 100' back (which is flat considering the neighborhood). The...
  6. New Member Introductions
    New to this forum and would like to say hello. I am from Roseville, CA and the weather here is fantastic! I repair garage doors mainly but sell new doors also.
  7. Technology
    We just got our new website up and wanted to see if anyone out there had any tips or suggestions on how to improve it. It's located at www.garageinsulationinstallers.com Thanks in advance! Trey GII :notworthy
  8. Business
    I recently started my new business in Houston installing insulation on residential steel garage doors. Being in Houston, the winters are not usually harsh and the biggest obstacle I have encountered are people thinking that they only need insulation if it gets very cold in the winter...
  9. Carpentry
    Replacing a freestanding garage on a property where the garage is tight in the corner, up against neighbor's on TWO sides. The small urban lot has no room to spare, so the owners want it right up against the neighbor's just like the old demolished garage was. The building department allows...
  10. New Member Introductions
    Hi guys & girls, Just thought would introduce myself, im varly new to the world of forums so would much appreciate words of wisdom from anyone. Hope can offer something beneficial to this forum. Thanks;)
  11. New Member Introductions
    Hi all, i am from Oakland, CA and am Glad to become a member of this fine forum and talk about all the in's and out's of garage doors.
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