Questions tagged [garage]
For questions generally relating to the area of the home in which cars and other motor vehicles are kept.
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What size wire should I use to feed a subpanel in my garage?
My main panel has been upgraded to 100 amps. I would like to add a subpanel in the garage which would supply:
20 amp Mig welder running on 120 volts, but later upgrade to a larger Mig welder as i ...
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How to properly ground a subpanel in detached building?
I Will be installing a subpanel in a detached garage. The subpanel will be 60 amp. The garage is about 30' from the main-panel in-house, and I will of course get an exact length before selecting the ...
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How do I determine the fill rating of a conduit?
I Will be installing a subpanel in a detached garage. The subpanel will be 60 amp. The garage is about 30' from the main-panel in-house, and I will of course get an exact length before selecting the ...
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How do I compensate for the sun confusing my garage door opener's sensors?
Only during summer and only when the sun is close to the horizon the light from the sun confuses my garage door opener and in order to close the door I have to hold down the wired button which is a ...
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What are the proper materials and method to hang heavy-duty shelves in a garage for storage?
I am hoping this isn't too wide of a topic since garage storage can vary greatly from person to person depending on what's being stored. In my case, I will be storing power tools like my circular saw,...
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How to determine what type and gauge of wire should used for underground wiring to a detached subpanel?
I Will be installing a subpanel in a detached garage. The subpanel will be 60 amp. The garage is about 30' from the main-panel in-house, and I will of course get an exact length before selecting the ...
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What is the best plastic to make a see through 'whiteboard' with?
Over the past few months I've slowly been converting my garage into a DIY/project/man zone by adding lighting, work benches, storage and tools.
Next I'd like to mount a piece of transparent plastic ...
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How do I open my garage door without a remote from outside?
1993 Craftsman garage door opener; my wife must have put something up against the garage door keypad and inadvertently triggered the vacation mode button - now we're locked out.
The remote control is ...
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Can I use a ground rod as an equipment ground for a detached garage?
I'm in a bit of a dilemma. The house we bought has a detached garage supplied by 12/3 UF with ground. The previous owner/handyman set this up as a multiwire branch circuit (MWBC) with a twist: one ...
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Craftsman garage door opener works intermittently
It's been acting up lately, sometimes it works fine and other times it doesn't work at all. Sometimes it opens and closes only partially? Now it only works when I unplug it and plug it back in, but ...
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Repair garage door chain
My Genie garage door chain is broken. (There is a related issue at issue).
See the images.
Also
What I want is to connect two sections together via a rivet. But I don't know if the theory right?
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Wayne Dalton Garage
So I recent had a Garage door "professional" come out to my house and look at my garage. I originally thought I was having a motor problem because it would only lift door sporadically. After ...
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Can I connect 12 AWG wire to 10 AWG in a junction box?
This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm adding some electrical outlets to my garage using 10 AWG wiring in conjunction with 30 amp circuits. I am running 10 AWG THHN through conduit to multiple ...
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What wire and conduit is required for an attached-garage subpanel?
To make my garage more usable as a workshop, I'm planning to add a subpanel which can feed a number of additional outlets. 60 amps would be plenty for my current needs, but I'd like to go with 100 so ...
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How should I attach the cable of a cable-supported shelf?
I'm planning to build a shelf in the garage, 22" deep and about 16' long. The back edge and one side will be supported by wall cleats, with 2x3s under the other edges. I'd like to support the front ...
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Is a vapor barrier necessary beneath blown in cellulose insulation in a garage ceiling in a cold climate?
Is it necessary to put any kind of vapor barrier beneath blown in cellulose insulation in an attached garage? The ceiling is sheetrocked, but that's it. It's a cold, dry climate (north half of ...
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What are the consequences of allowing paint to freeze?
Insulating and heating my garage sounds like a pain. What are the consequences of simply allowing water-based latex paint to freeze in the winter? Is it ruined forever or does it just need tons of ...
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What's the best way to keep my garage from freezing?
I live in Colorado. My 1950s house has a one-car attached garage that was built in the 2000s. The walls that are not shared with the house are not insulated: the studs and sheathing are visible from ...
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What is the best way to light a Lexan (Polycarbonate) sheet?
I've recently installed a Lexan 'whiteboard' in my garage which works as well as I'd hoped.
I now want to use some type of lighting to light up the board in a useful/visual appealing way.
Shown ...
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Can I upgrade my garage to 20amp service without a headache?
I have an unfinished garage which I am looking to upgrade the service to.
Currently it is 15amps running through some difficult to access sub-ground conduit, but if I run the band saw plus the ...
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What is involved in enlarging a concrete garage door opening?
I have a concrete garage with an opening measuring 99" wide by 85" high. There is 10" of concrete from the door opening to the left and right walls and about 1' above. All walls are 8" thick and ...
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Danny Lipford Workbench Questions
How to Build a Built-in Garage Workbench
By: Danny Lipford on Today's Homeowner
I would like to build a built-in workbench in the garage, attached to the beans of the structure.
This is the only ...
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How to repair garage interior back wall damage hit lightly by my car
I accidentally ran my car into the interior back wall of my garage three years ago. Now that we are moving out, we would like to get it fixed. Please see the damage area attached. I am not even sure ...
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How to properly insulate a garage?
I'm considering insulating (and drywalling) my garage, which already has insulated garage doors. My main goal is to keep it from getting much below freezing during the winter.
This garage is located ...
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Can I convert ceiling mounted octagon box to electrical receptacle?
I've installed a number of strip lights in my garage to replace the single incandescent fixture on the ceiling. They all use a 3-prong plug, not hardwired. I want to replace the incandescent fixture ...
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What are some inexpensive options for replacing a single-stall garage door?
The house we recently purchased has a detached 3 1/2 car garage that has seen better days. The entrances to the garage door consist of a 2-stall garage door, and a 1-stall garage door. Luckily, the 2-...
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What should I do with the white wire when wiring a 240 volt garage heater?
I was given a 240 volt garage heater from a friend. When I built my garage I had the electrician run a wire so I could put a heater in down the road. He ran a orange wire with 4 wires in it black red ...
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Garage door won't close
My garage door has randomly decided to not close. The door will close a few inches to a few feet before reversing. It may take 2 attempts of 10 until it will fully close. I have checked:
Sensors are ...
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Can a slab under load be concrete jacked or otherwise supported without taking down the wall?
I have an issue with soil erosion below the front corner of my garage floor which has caused a crack to form and a piece of the slab (~4sq.ft) to sink.
This in turn is affecting the portion of the ...
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What are Automatic Garage Door Options for a Garage with a Low Ceiling Clearance?
I have a tuck under single car garage in my bungalow that currently has carriage doors that have seen better days.
I would like to replace the carriage doors with an automatic (and insulated) door, ...
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Is floor paint on concrete purely aesthetic or actually functional?
I have a large thatched barn recently (6 months) laid with a concrete floor to replace the original mud floor. The concrete was dusting badly, especially near where a table tennis table sits, so I ...
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How to handle air condenser with garage addition
I'm planning a garage addition onto my house and want to know what the best way to handle existing A/C condenser units that are there is.
The current setup is as follows (with the C's being the ...
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Craftsman 3/4 hp garage door won’t go down.
I have a craftsman 3/4 hp garage door that will not go down, sometimes it goes down about 2 inches then back up and flashes 10 times. It will go all the way down if I hold the wall button until it ...
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Garage belly board needs fixing
My garage was built quite a while ago, and the belly boards need some fixing. They are either seeping moisture into the garage or leaking from cracks. I'm wondering if people think I should replace ...
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More than one circuit in a fluorescent fixture, OK?
I'm adding some more circuits to a finished garage. Most of the wiring is going in the joist cavities (or in EMT otherwise). Perpendicular to the joists, in the middle of the garage, is a steel I-beam....
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Is it possible to replace just the garage door opener console?
My old house has a garage door system that must have been 20 years old. It has been working fine for many years. But recently my car got broken into and the remote is stolen. I have no way to re-...
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How does a garage door wall button differentiate between a door open button, and a light button?
How does the wall button know, if there’s only two wires (+ and -), what’s a door open button press, and a light on press? Is it a voltage transmission difference?
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Managing water entry at garage door during high winds on rainy days
I have a garage floor that's level, and the driveway slopes very slightly away from the garage door. On rainy days, I don't have any issues with water entry, but on high-wind days, the rain hits the ...
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Garage gable fan proper installation
I want to add a gable fan in my garage to help cool it and help to let out the humidity in the winter. My garage doesn't have a high peak, so there is about 24" of height at the peak on the gable and ...
