13 Ways to Store Your Lawn Tractor / Mower or Blower
Garages haven’t necessarily gotten bigger but cars have. So let’s talk about all the ways you can store your lawn mower, tractor and/or snow…
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The Best Garage Ladder
For uneven ground, you have to get the ladder with the locking ratches in the legs. These allow you to compensate for uneven ground, so they keep the ladder steady.
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The Best Ladder Storage Ceiling Rack
My favorite ceiling rack for this job is the Store Your Board Hi-Port Ceiling Rack. It’s easy to install, it’s a simple design. You can use the Hi-Port to store two ladders up to 30 inches and 75 lb. per each.
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The Best Way to Start-Off Your Rubbermaid FastTrack Storage
You could get a track and hooks to see how you like the FastTrack as a garage storage system. I’ll show you the best items to consider. Then I’ll show you some specific FastTrack items that will help you solve the tool, ball, and general storage problems in your garage.
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The Best Garage Floor Mats
The Resilia heavy-duty garage floor mat is best for protection from oil spills. It protects from water too, but the water sits on top of the vinyl, so large snow melts turn into puddles. The ArmorAll garage floor mat is best for protection from ice and salt. It handles oil spills, but you will have to use a pressure washer and degreaser to get them out.
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7 Reasons to Get New Garage Doors Plus 8 Things to Consider
Replacing garage doors is worth the investment if the current doors are costing you money, are unsafe, or have aged out of their beauty. Replacement doors can have more effective insulation, keeping out the cold and the noise. They can beautify the house, making it easier to sell your home.
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Garage Cabinet Guide
If you are planning to organize your garage you may be wondering if you should get shelves or cabinets. There are certainly arguments to be made for both. Later in this article I drill down more about the different types of cabinets there are and how to choose the ones you want.
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How to Organize Your Garage
Fall is often a great season for clearing out the garage and organizing. It’s generally less wet than spring and cool enough to do manual work.
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Simple Steps to Secure your Garage
I have a personal distaste for alarmist posts. I am writing this because crime has not ceased to exist and there are some simple things you can do to keep yourself from being a victim of break-ins.
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Three Ways to Use the Wall Instead of the Floor for Storage
One main principle for garage organizing is: “Keep things off the floor!”
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Our Recommended Generator and Shed Components (To Get It Out of the Garage)
How to buy our recommended generator and generator shed component parts.
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15 Ways to Organize Family Stuff (None of Them are Plastic Bins)
Products that will help you organize your garage without your family hating you.
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The Best Konmari Books
Some fantastic books and resources to start your garage de-clutter.
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The Best Garage Lights
I was not on board with this whole LED thing until I did some research. LEDs are brighter and way cheaper than incandescents and fluorescents. I found a highly-rated LED garage lamp that lasts longer and costs less than any old-fashioned type of lighting.HyKolity offers a 4200-lumen garage light at a reasonable price on Amazon. They use only 42 watts, but they give off the brightness of a 280-watt incandescent bulb. The HyKolity shines at 5,000 K, in the sweet spot color between yellow and blue. See below to calculate how many lights you need for your garage’s dimensions.Look at the HyKolity garage lamps on Amazon.
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49 Ridiculously Nice Classic Car Garages
1940’s trucks, Ferraris, Mercedes, old garage art, garage signs, neon signs, sports cars, racers, checkerboard floor classic car garage pictures
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57 of the Coolest Garage Art Ideas
Need some inspiration for your garage makeover? Here are some of the coolest garage art examples we’ve found. Enjoy!
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Don’t Get Left In the Dark! A Lighting Guide For Garages
Why should you change your garage lighting? Aside from just being bad lighting, the regular incandescent bulb you might still have is very inefficient. For the same energy cost, you could get something really worthwhile that will make it possible…
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Elegant Ways to Store Awkward Bicycles, Snowboards, Skis, Kayaks, Ladders and Tools
Store fat tire bicycles on wide bicycle racks. Store multiple bicycles on an adjustable multi-bike rack. Store snowboards on a lumber rack board. Store skis on a ski wall rack. Store lumber on a sturdy arms attached to the wall studs for stability. Store kayaks and canoes on ceiling racks. Store ladders on ladder hooks or using an electric winch as a ceiling storage hoist. Store brooms, shovels and rakes on a spring-loaded tool organizer. Store fishing rods on a garage door fishing rod rack or a floor stand. Store everything in a fabric-sided shed.
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The Best Ladder Hooks
The best rubber ladder hook should have a thick, sturdy rubber coating, a wide hook mouth, a decent load capacity, a reputation for holding up through time and weather
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The Best Garage Project Safety Gear
These are the gloves and goggles we use when working in our garage.
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The Best Garage Floor Repair Products
These are the products we recommend for prepping, repairing, protecting and, enhancing your garage floor.
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How to Buy an Outdoor Hose Hook
For good hose storage, you want to know: the load capacity, because hoses get very heavy, especially with water in them; the depth of the rolled up hose, so that the hook is wide enough to carry it; the hook’s weather resistance, so you get one that doesn’t rust.
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The 15 Best Ways to Store Awkward Garage Items
Clever storage for bikes, skis, snowboards, lumber, ladders, kayaks, canoes, brooms, shovels, rakes, fishing poles, wheelbarrows, and tractors.
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Wrap-It Storage Strap
Wrap-It is a set of hook and loop straps that hold extension cords, cables, ropes, pool hoses, vacuum hoses and wires
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How To Organize the Garage Without Making the Family Hate You
So is it possible for the garage-cleaning adult to get cooperation from the family? Can’t we all just clean the garage together? Yes, you should ask for family cooperation, but…
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8 Items All Garage Door Buyers Must Consider Before Buying
How much do new garage doors cost? Should you repair or replace? Which door material is best? Which has the best insulation? What is the best garage door spring?
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Can I “Marie Kondo” My Garage?
Clearing way unwanted items is a great start. You’ve probably done it before and felt the benefits. A simple and clutter-free environment is one where peace of mind can exist. It will give you the mental as well as physical space for planning and…
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Can I Grow a Garden in My Garage?
You can convert your entire garage into a garden, or allocate part of the garage using a grow tent or vertical aquaponics.
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5 Things You Can Do to Make Your Garage Better
Clear out the garage floor. Light the garage. Clean the garage. Control the garage temperature. Beautify the garage floor.
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Top 3+ Best Hoist Winches to Lift Your Stuff (for Garage and Truck))
The best and really the only garage winch that we will recommend for bike storage, ladder storage any any other electric hoist garage storage.
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109 Amazing Garage Floor Tile Designs
View 109 beautiful examples showing off stunning Swisstrax, Racedeck, Block Tile and Incstore garage floor tile installations.
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The Best Garage Ceiling Pulley
When I originally researched garage ceiling pulleys for this article (several years ago), I couldn’t help but notice that too many of them were flimsy and therefore dangerous. I’ve ditched the idea of a hand-drawn ceiling pulley, as you’ll learn in this article, I don’t trust even the good ones anymore.The best garage ceiling pulley is an automated platform from Garage Gator. It allows you to store 220 lb. on a 6 ft. x 3 ft. platform on the ceiling. The automated platform makes it easy to access ceiling storage while removing the garage stuff from the floor.
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The Best Tennis Ball Organizer
The Tourna tennis ball cart carries 180 tennis balls and has a bottom tray for teaching gear and rackets. This is Tourna’s sturdiest cart, with extra heavy-duty casters and wheel brakes.
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How Do You Fix Garage Floor Spalling and Pitting?
How do you fix concrete garage floor spalling and pitting? Test for and remove weakened adjacent areas; clean and prepare the surface to be repaired; and patch the area with an epoxy-based topping. Before fixing the problem, though, check for serious moisture or structural issues that would require professional help to fix.
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How Do You Fix Low Spots in Concrete?
Use a de-greaser to remove oil from the surface. Use a wire brush, or a grinder or an acid-substitute, to prepare the concrete. For large areas use a floor buffer with a grinding attachment. Vacuum up loose material. Trowel a patch kit onto the surface.
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Dont Fix Your Garage Floor Until You Read This
Concrete cracks are easy to repair so long as they’re not structural. Spalling is the pockmarks that come from freezing and thawing. Aging causes pitting, which looks like spalling but with deeper holes. Salt moving through water to the concrete surface causes laitance and efflorescence. While both are usually harmless, efflorescence can be a sign of structural problems. Consistent puddles of water can point to a serious underlying issue.
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Move the Generator from the Garage to a Generator Shed
Learn how to store a generator so that it doesn’t take up garage space; doesn’t get exposed to rain and snow; and isn’t wicked loud.
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Unboxing My New VacMaster Wall-Mounted, Wet-Dry Garage Vac
The unboxing, assembly and installation were incredibly easy. The machine has well-designed on-board accessory storage, a blower and a wet-vac function. The vacuum cleaner hangs neatly on the wall, but I can also pull it off to use the wheels. I have 20 ft. of cord, 21 ft. of hose, and a remote on-off switch. I love this vacuum cleaner for my garage.
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Should You Insulate the Garage Door? Read This Before You Do
Should you insulate your garage door? Yes, if you first seal any air gaps, and analyze other garage areas, including the walls, windows, ceilings and floor.
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What Are The Best Garage Wet Vacuum Cleaners (This Year)?
This year the top two wet-vacs for the garage check all the boxes. I included the VacMaster and DeWalt for best wet vacuum cleaners. I also threw in the Craftsman because it’s equivalent to the DeWalt.
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What Are the Best Wall Mounted Garage Vacuum Cleaners (Right Now)?
We chose the Vacumaid GV50PRO as the best garage vacuum for 2023. This vacuum has the highest quality and best warranty, a 50-foot-long hose, and powerful suction even at a distance.
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The Best Sports Ball Hanging Basket
Gladiator makes the best wall-hanging sports ball basket. But be aware, Gladiator is a garage storage system. To hang this basket, you’ll need a Gladiator GearTrack wall channel to hang it on.
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The Best Portable Sports Ball Storage Organizers that Fix Wasted Space
This sports gear and ball bag easily stores on a garage shelf or hangs from a pegboard or slatwall hook. One of the best portable sports ball storage bags I’ve found is the Fitdom Heavy Duty XL Ball Bag. I wish I could find a gym bag that stands as nicely as this container does. The upright stance and open mouth make it much easier to load and unload gear, compared to those bags that flop over. The firm sides keep the balls from falling out, too.
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The Best Basketball Storage Near the Garage
The Basketball Butler is the best basketball storage for near the court.
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How to Lock Up and Roll Out Your Teams Gear
The best wheeled cage sports ball storage, locking cable and lock.
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The Best Garage Slatwall Storage System (Gladiator Review)
The best storage systems get garage items neatly off the floor. One of the nicest ways to do that is a “slatwall” system. This allows you to move your storage anywhere on the system with a simple locking hook. Here’s our favorite slatwall system.
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Best Garage Fixed Wall Shelves (for a Cleaner Look)
Fixed wall shelves should install into the garage studs with huge lag bolts for maximum load. The best option is simple enough to install without help.The Fleximounts 2×6 garage wall shelves are simple to install, and carry up to 400 lb. each. One box of two shelves has a load capacity of 800 lb.
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7+ of the Best Garage Adjustable Wall Shelves (You Can Install Yourself)
The best garage adjustable shelves are the Fleximounts 3-Tier Storage Wall Shelves. They are sturdy, well-engineered, and hold a ridiculously large amount of weight.
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I Will Never Epoxy My Garage Floor (What I Will Do Instead)
I wouldn’t mind having an epoxy-coated concrete garage floor. It’s just that I know how hard it is to get it right. I’d rather cover the floor in PVC tile to protect the concrete from salt, water, ice, chemical and oils.
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11 Wall-Mounted Garage Vacuum Facts You Need to Know Before Buying
Some garage wall-mounted vacuums are also wet vacs. Some act as blowers as well as vacuums. Some have long cords and some have short cords. The one thing a garage wall-mounted vacuum must have is…
