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Don’t Buy Garage Gym Flooring Until You Read This
My gym has different areas for each activity. There is thick rubber under the machines and barbells. There's glossy wood in the yoga studio. Martial Arts requires different traction and ...
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10 Multi-Bike Wall Rack Questions to Answer Before Buying
So you went through the process of deciding what type of bike storage is best for your family. You have four to six bicycles to store. You want them off ...
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What is a Concrete Floor Densifying Sealer?
Best Garage Floor Concrete Densifying Sealer An untreated garage floor is vulnerable to road salts, oil stains and leaked fluids. Salt and excess water exposure leads to damage such as spalling ...
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How Many Garage Lamps? Use this Calculator
If you buy lamps from two vendors, will they give the garage the same amount of light? Even two lamp models from the same vendor will vary in color and ...
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Can You Leave Extension Cords Outside?
The emergency generator has an electric start that depends on the battery having power. I need to run an extension cord from the house to the shed if I want ...
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13 Ways to Store Your Lawn Tractor / Mower or Blower
Like most suburban kids, at least when I was growing up, one of my jobs around the house was to mow the lawn. This was back in the day, before ...
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7 Reasons to Get New Garage Doors Plus 8 Things to Consider
Friends of mine were recently trying to decide about getting a new garage door. It's one of those things you really don't think about until you start to think about ...
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Garage Cabinet Guide
Shelves vs Cabinets 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 ...
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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. Also it’s the time ...
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Garage Security Tips
Simple Steps to Secure your Garage Home Break-in Statistics I have a personal distaste for alarmist posts. I am writing this because crime has not ceased to exist and there ...
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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!” There are many good reasons for that. Just two are:: Cement (the material of most garage floors) is ...
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49 Ridiculously Nice Classic Car Garages
Here are some ideas for redecorating your classic car garage ...
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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! Vintaged Old Timey Garage Signs for Sale You can buy this ...
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Don’t Get Left In the Dark! A Lighting Guide For Garages
Why Should I Change My Lighting? There is a strong possibility that your garage lighting could use an upgrade. While the light that came with your garage door opener -- ...
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Elegant Ways to Store Awkward Garage Items
Do you also find it annoying when you have to move one thing to get at another? The ladder is in the way of the hardware drawers, or the kayak ...
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How To Organize the Garage Without Making the Family Hate You
Oftentimes, one member of the family (usually an adult) gets a bee in their bonnet to clean up the garage. This leads to a dictate to the older children that ...
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8 Items All Garage Door Buyers Must Consider Before Buying
We replaced our garage doors recently. A lot of research went into our selection process so I thought I'd share what I learned. Buying a garage door is not an ...
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Can I “Marie Kondo” My Garage?
First it was the book, and now we have the Netflix series. Marie Kondo’s KonMari method of tidying up is everywhere. I see an article about her and her methods ...
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Can I Grow a Garden in My Garage?
So is it possible to grow a garden in the garage? Yes, you can grow a very successful garden in the garage! You can use raised beds, grow shelves, grow ...
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Things You Can Do to Make Your Garage Better
Here's some motivation to get stuff off your garage floor; light your garage; clean your garage; control your garage's temperature; make your garage more secure; make your garage more beautiful; ...
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109 Amazing Garage Floor Tile Designs
Look at these amazing garage floor designs. Learn more about garage floors: How to Repair the Garage Floor Best Products for Garage Floor Stains The Best Garage Floor Mats ...
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Don’t Fix Your Garage Floor Until You Read This
Do you need to repair your concrete garage floor? Do you have cracks in your garage floor? Weird looking areas where the top layer of concrete is peeling (spalling) off? ...
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How Do You Fix Low Spots in Concrete?
Low spots are uneven dips in a flat concrete floor. They are caused by installation mis-steps (read about mis-steps on Concrete is Better). For your safety and to stop the ...
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How Do You Fix Garage Floor Spalling and Pitting?
Concrete floor spalling is a garage floor problem where the thin top layers of concrete separate from the rest of the surface. The layers come off in small sheets or ...
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How Do You Fix Garage Floor Cracks?
Concrete cracks are splits in the floor surface. They run from a hairline to a few inches wide. Concrete cracks are one of the most common garage floor problems. So ...
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Move the Generator from the Garage to a Generator Shed
We updated out 20+ year old generator with one that's a lot quieter. But I still wanted it out of the garage, where it took up way too much space ...
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Unboxing My New VacMaster Wall-Mounted, Wet-Dry Garage Vac
I bought my pick for the best garage vac of 2019, 2020, and 2021 (I chose the same vac each year, because it was the only one that checked all ...
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Should You Insulate the Garage Door? Read This Before You Do
I was in the garage the other day and wondered why the temperature was so unbearable. I did a little research and discovered that the garage door can be a ...
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Read this Before Storing Your Family’s Bicycles
Don't Choose a Family Bike Storage Method Before Reading This Some bike storage methods won't work if your bike has the wrong sized tires for the bike organizer. Fenders and disc ...
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A Complete Guide to the RubberMaid FastTrack Storage System
Alert! Read This Before Buying FastTrack! Rubbermaid FastTrack hooks don't attach to the garage wall. They attach to the Rubbermaid FastTrack rail. The beauty of this system is that you ...
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I Will Never Epoxy My Garage Floor (What I Will Do Instead)
A concrete floor is porous and moist. Epoxy will not adhere to concrete unless that floor is clean and defect-free. The amount of work that requires is way more than ...
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11 Wall-Mounted Garage Vacuum Facts You Need to Know Before Buying
My Shop Vac is wedged between my car and the garage wall. I regularly trip over the hose. Does anything make me want to curse more? (Can't think of anything.) ...
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What’s the Best Way to Store Hazardous and Flammable Materials in Your Garage?
If you're like most people there is at least a smattering of poison and hazardous material in your garage. Most people give little thought to the potentially dangerous nature of ...
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What Can I Store On a Proslat Wall System? (with Pictures)
I'm looking at installing a slatwall garage organization system. Each vendor's slat wall hardware is proprietary. I'm researching all vendors before deciding. I need to hang yard tools, power equipment and ...
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How Do I Store a Ladder in the Garage?
My ladder is currently sitting horizontally across the wall. This ladder is both bulky and heavy. It is taking up the real estate where a slatwall or utility hooks could ...
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3 Weights You Need to Store Garden Hoses on the Garage Wall
I have 4 hose reels and at least 450 ft. of rubber-vinyl hose. It clogs up my basement every winter. I want the summer yard equipment off of my basement ...
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Does Kitty Litter Really Clean Oil Stains?
Years of neglect have left my mother’s garage looking like a toddler’s bib after an ice-cream party. Here are a few things to learn about cleaning a concrete floor. So ...
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One Weird But Really Effective Way to Store Safety Equipment
The other day I was talking to a friend who does construction for a living. He was having problems with his eyesight. He told me that five times over his career, ...
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Should I Paint my Garage Floor?
I was feeling ambitions a few weeks ago and thought I should sweep the garage. I pulled the car out and before I could brush the cobwebs off of my ...
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Sports Ball Garage Organizers that Fix Wasted Space
Storing sports balls can waste a lot of garage space. Round things don't like to be stacked. Sports ball bags are portable but not secure. Cages are secure and portable, ...
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How Much Weight Can I Hang From My Garage Ceiling?
If you've maximized your wall space (read about some of the best ways to do that here) or just don’t have a lot, you may be looking to your ceiling ...
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Are Fiberboard Pegboards Unsafe? Is Steel a Better Choice?
Is the formaldehyde in a garage storage pegboard dangerous to breathe? Yes, but only if you cut the board, or you allow it to deteriorate. The inner fibers carry the ...
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How Much Weight Can a Garage Shelf Hold?
I was helping my mother by reorganizing her garage for her. As with any garage there was a random assortment of things some of which were quite heavy. I wanted ...
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