02-12-2018, 07:40 AM | #11 |
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I think that dimensions and photos of the potential lift spaces would be helpful.
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02-12-2018, 10:09 AM | #12 |
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Yes pics please !! I know I’d like to see these garages, sounds really cool !!
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02-12-2018, 10:45 AM | #13 |
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02-12-2018, 11:24 PM | #14 |
The old cranky SOB....
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I'll do that in a day or two.
I also just realized I will probably need to reconfigure the garage door to allow the car to be lifted at the same time as the door is up. There is an old non-insulated steel door there now. I was going to replace it anyway with a nice insulated fiberglass one - this just make it a 'requirement' - I think. Details to follow...
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02-13-2018, 10:13 AM | #17 |
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Also, call around on quotes. Most of the door suppliers that we were looking at wanted double the final quote for our specified door. Which is a lot when it's an insulated glass Clopay.
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02-13-2018, 11:06 AM | #18 |
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When I was looking at doors, I found that HD runs sales that blow away any other quotes I got anywhere else - then they sub-out the work to the same guys who were giving higher quotes. We never actually bought a door, but that's another story.
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02-13-2018, 03:40 PM | #19 |
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FWIW, I have a Bendpak 2-post 10klb lift and it has been great.
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02-13-2018, 06:35 PM | #20 |
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When we need a new garage door, we just wait for a neighbor to park her stick shift car in the driveway, leave it in neutral, not set the brake, and then let her insurance pick up the tab. I thought that's what everyone does.
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