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Take back your garage and keep clutter contained with these ingenious options for organizing.
If a messy garage is driving you crazy, here’s how to steer things back on course.
The garage door can play a major role in your home's overall curb appeal. Learn more about the types, styles, and options available in this product showcase.
If you're shopping for a new garage door, style and material choices will be abundant, but which will meet your needs best?
Your garage door opener controls what is probably the largest moving object in your house. But it’s not actually the ...
Installing a garage storage system can have the same effect as adding a room, and it’s a good way to increase your ho...
From basic stock to custom designs, you have a range of options when it comes to choosing a garage door.
For decades, homeowners interested in automating their garage doors had three choices: chain-, belt- or screw-driven ...
Regular maintenance ensures smooth and safe operation of garage doors.
Garage storage can simplify your life and add value to your home.
Those of us lucky enough to have a garage space in our home tend to take it for granted. This private and secure park...
Here are some things to consider when building a garage workshop for car enthusiasts.
Bob talks with Robert Rainey of PJ Overhead Door as the new and improved garage door panels and tracks are installed on the Norwell home.
New insulated garage doors will replace the home's originals and be installed on the new garage. They have the appearance of wood and the performance of factory-f...
Bob explores innovative construction technologies – Insul-Tarp and ReddiForm polystyrene blocks – as the structure is reinforced and the first-floor walls start t...
Bob reviews the progress of his western red cedar custom fence, designed to provide privacy and block the carport from the neighbors’ view.
Carpet tiles are installed in the basement, and experts discuss storage and organizing solutions for the basement and master bedroom.
Ernie Hutto installs a garage door and explains to Bob why it’s the most important door in the house.
Dave Colette from Doorworks talks Bob through the installation of the garage doors.
Bob checks out a Sears garage door opener-- at 3/4 horsepower, it's among the strongest on the market.
Bob and general contractor Ted Riley watch the framing crew construct the garage roof using trusses.
Bob helps install the new six-panel garage door at the Victorian restoration project house.
Workers replace the old barn doors with an oversized Ponderosa Pine door (from KML Industries in Canada).
Bob gets up to speed on the progress made, before joining Kent Forsland (from Designer Doors) to discuss the new custom-made, cedar-faced garage doors, which have...
Bob oversees the installation of a grade beam in the garage, which is in compliance with California seismic code.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley review the architectural plans. Features such as loft storage are discussed, in addition to the project's post-and-beam construction.
Bob pays a visit to the site as work on the foundation gets underway. Once the excavation is complete, the forms (for the poured concrete) are assembled and put i...
Bob meets with Lars Anderson (from Owens Corning) to discuss the Lite-Form Insulating System used in the garage's foundation. The forms are pre-assembled and tied...
Bob confers with Paul Pacella (from Maine Post and Beam of Cape Cod) about framing the barn. Eastern white pine is being used; this type of pine is a popular lumb...
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley review the building plans and the progress made on the post-and-beam garage. Framing continues, and Bob discusses the various joints ...
Bob and Paul Pacella (of Maine Post and Beam) discuss the cutting and placement of the engineered wood glulam ridge beam for the garage.
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley review the Insulspan structural insulated panels (SIPs). These Styrofoam panels save steps in construction, since they include struct...
Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley install a salvaged door on the side of the dream garage, which is undergoing construction.
A Grinnell sprinkler system goes into the garage building. Bob gets a brief history of the sprinkler concept and a few tips on installation.
J & G Lightning Protection, Inc. installs a lightning rod system that will draw lightning toward the two copper rods, which perch on the garage roof. The copper p...
Bob discusses the wireless alarm system being put in the garage. Because the building will often be unoccupied, this system won't just monitor the alarm. It will ...
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install southern yellow pine plywood on the interior of the garage. On the exterior, Bob talks with Greg Binford about adding a stain...
The garage door openers are installed on the automotive end of the garage. Bob reviews the brackets and beams used to mount the opener's drive, as well as the cha...
Track lighting is installed in the automotive portion of the garage, and Bob reviews the bulbs, hardware, and mounting techniques used.
Bob helps painting contractor Milo Moran roll solid stain over the yellow pine plywood walls on the boat storage side of the garage. Though not often applied insi...
Bob pays a final visit to the garage for a tour of the full building and a review of all the features installed. Along the way, he details the construction techni...
Bob takes a close look at the boat storage part of the building (the 'boat barn'), highlighting interior features like the lighting and mechanical systems. Contra...
In the storage loft of the garage, a metal shelving system sturdy enough for industrial use is assembled. The boat arrives on a hydraulic trailer and is prepped f...
Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley install a Craftsman garage door opener.
Bob reviews the construction of a carport, bench, and storage structure, situated adjacent to the Naples project house.
Bob joins architect Mike Morgan and general contractor Ron Gan in the basement of the coach house to discuss options for making the basement space useful and/or m...
Bob helps general contractor Ron Gan and his crew take down a section of brick wall in order to make way for a garage door leading into the basement.
The concrete floor has been poured in the basement, and general contractor Ron Gan explains how a ledger board is attached to the masonry wall to support ceiling ...
