I started to look into just how much weight I could safely hang from my garage ceiling before I had to worry about it falling down on my car (or my head if I was in the garage at the time). One of the best ways to open up some extra space in your garage is to get as much off the floor as you can and put it in overhead storage. We've got plastic tubes of seasonal clothes … [Read more...] about How Much Weight Can I Hang From My Garage Ceiling?
How Can I Get Better WiFi in My Garage?
I was pretty stoked when I bought a Ring security floodlight to go above my garage. It turns on the lights as soon as I hit my driveway so I never need to struggle with putting my lights on a timer or try to park in the dark. There was just one problem. My new Ring camera couldn't connect to my WiFi even though it should have been easily inside the range of the access … [Read more...] about How Can I Get Better WiFi in My Garage?
Can you pressure wash a garage floor?
After only a year, my brand new garage floor was looking worse for the wear. It needed a good cleaning. I wanted to buy a pressure washer but because I had an epoxy paint, I had to do a little research beforehand. Can you pressure wash a garage floor? Yes, but it might not be necessary. For untreated or painted floors, it's safe to pressure wash your garage floor using … [Read more...] about Can you pressure wash a garage floor?
How to Keep Water Out of a Garage
If your house is like mine, there's one spot on your garage floor where the water flows to and forms a puddle. Probably more than one. In my garage, that puddle seems to always be in the front right corner and it drives me CRAZY. When I bought the house, my builder made a point to say that the garage was sloped to direct all of the water to the corners. There was … [Read more...] about How to Keep Water Out of a Garage
Design Your Dream Garage With These Garage Paint Color Ideas
When I was designing my garage, I Googled "garage paint ideas" and found dozens and dozens of pictures of garages with red and yellow walls, black and green walls, Harley orange and grey walls. It might look cool at first, but when you have to live with it for years or even weeks, you're going to get sick of it. So what color should a garage be? Keep it simple! I … [Read more...] about Design Your Dream Garage With These Garage Paint Color Ideas