Stains on your garage floor are unsightly and they can be an embarrassment. However, many people simply live with the stains or try to find a way to cover them up with mats. Fortunately, you will actually be able to remove a number of stains with a variety of different methods.
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At Middlesex Door Systems, we know everything about garage doors and lots about garages. Here is some good advice about making your garage a place you’ll be proud of.
Shelves make garage organization quick and easy, and ensure that you can find things when you need them. You have the option of making your own shelves or buying ready-made options that you just have to install. To help you decide which option is best for your needs, check out the pros and cons of each choice.
Did you ever think it would happen? Well, it has. Winter is finally at an end, and all of the cold weather, snow, sleet and freezing rain are giving way to budding flowers, greener trees and warmer temperatures.
While you’re probably eager to get out to enjoy the warmer weather, there’s something that comes first: spring cleaning. As you get ready to give your home the once over, be sure not to neglect your garage. In fact, the garage should probably be the place where you begin your whole spring cleaning ritual. Why? Well, it’s always best to do the difficult chores first, and having a clean garage gives you a place to move things from inside that you need to get out of the way.
If you’re a person that likes to work on cars, then having the ultimate garage setup is an absolute must. It gives you a place to store your automobiles, and a place to work in absolute comfort, with all the tools you need never more than a short reach away.
In order to help you have the ultimate garage, one that will only stoke your enthusiasm for automobiles, here are the things you’ll want to have:
Your garage can be so much more than a place to park your cars, because you can use it as a workspace, too! If you’ve been thinking about converting your garage into an awesome workspace, then here are the things you’re going to need before you get started.
An important aspect of homeownership is ensuring that the value of your investment is maintained, if not increased. Included in this is your choice of garage door as you want to make sure you install a high quality door built with the best workmanship and guaranteed to last for decades, while also adding to your home’s curb appeal. A cost-value study published in the magazine “Remodeling” about the 2014 national averages shows that midrange garage door replacement projects recoup 83.7% of the garage door cost when the house is sold.
The garage is often times the best place to store expensive belongings. The list of things individuals or families store in the garage is relatively standard – sporting goods, your car or truck, bikes, work tools, etc. While it’s assumed that the garage is a safe place to store these items, often times homeowners make mistakes that can lead to break-ins or thefts from the garage (and often times then the home). Garages are indeed not the safest places to store goods (given the high amount of traffic in and out of the home), unless proper precautions are taken.
Believe it or not, you can easily and rather quickly organize your garage. If the only thing you use your garage for is storing your car and whatever mess you have accumulated over the years, you are wasting one of the largest open spaces in your home. Taking a little bit of time to organize the items in your garage allows you to maximize the use of that space, which makes sense, since you are already paying for it.
It is not uncommon for those who own homes to run out of storage space. Often times we end up with more belongings than we can store in the space that is currently available. We would like to show you how you can create a garage in an existing basement room to increase your storage capacity. In this example, the homeowner took out his patio door and installed a 6’10” by 6’6” garage door, and included an electric garage door opener.