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  1. Wall-Mounted Garage Door Opener: Torsion Bar Install and Sensors

    Published: 21 Mar 2026

    A Lowe's associate guides two homeowners through replacing a missing ceiling opener with a wall-mounted (jackshaft) garage door opener on the torsion bar.

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  2. Replacing a Garage Door Opener With a Belt-Drive Model

    Published: 7 Mar 2026

    A Lowe's associate guides two first-time DIYers through replacing a noisy garage door opener with a belt-drive model.

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  3. Organizing a Garage by Zones: Laundry, Storage, Gym and Workshop

    Published: 10 Jan 2026

    A Lowe's associate guides a homeowner couple through organizing a large garage used as a gym, laundry, storage area, DIY workshop and office.

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  4. Epoxy a Garage Floor: Acid Etch, Two Coats and Pot Life Limits

    Published: 16 Aug 2025

    A step-by-step guide to epoxying a garage floor: measure the area, fill cracks, remove items, degrease, acid-etch, let the floor dry 24 to 48 hours, then mix and roll two coats of epoxy with flakes…

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  5. Epoxy, Flake and Polyaspartic Garage Floor: A DIY Walkthrough

    Published: 16 Jun 2025

    A professional concrete coater, Tim Seay, travels to Maryland to help YouTuber Joe Simpson DIY the epoxy floor of his 2,400 sq ft shop.

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  6. 12 Workshop Organization Ideas: Drawers, Racks, Reels and Foam

    Published: 14 Apr 2024

    MWA Woodworks shares 12 workshop organization ideas: friction-fit plywood drawer dividers, deli containers for fasteners, sliding trays, a drill charging station, grab-and-go storage, a slide-out…

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  7. How GFCI Receptacles Sense 5 Milliamps and Protect Other Outlets

    Published: 29 Oct 2022

    Master electrician Heath Eastman explains to Kevin O'Connor how ground fault circuit interrupters work, sensing a current difference as small as 5 milliamps.

  8. Garage Floor Coating: Epoxy Primer, Chips and Polyaspartic Top Coat

    Published: 19 Jan 2022

    A professional concrete coatings contractor shows how two garage floors were done in two days: grind the concrete, patch cracks, roll a high solids epoxy primer, broadcast vinyl chips, then clean up…

  9. Shop Vac Dust Collection from 2-Inch PVC and Blast Gates

    Published: 30 Aug 2021

    A small-garage woodworker shows the shop vac dust collection system he set up under his workbench.

  10. Garage Floor Epoxy Over Old Epoxy: A DIY Job Under $400

    Published: 22 Mar 2021

    Mr. Build It cleans, degreases and pressure washes the concrete floor of a two-car garage in a new house, then rolls on a two-part epoxy and scatters flakes.

    View project: Concrete Slab House Reno
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  11. Epoxy Garage Floor: Grind, Prime, Roll and Seal a 750 sq ft Slab

    Published: 17 Jan 2020

    A contractor shows how his crew coats a roughly 750 square foot garage floor with a tinted 100% solids epoxy.

  12. Shop Vac and Cyclone Dust Collection on a DIY Roll-Around Cart

    Published: 28 Oct 2016

    A woodworker with a small garage shop explains why a full dust extraction system can be expensive and impractical, and recommends a shop vac as an affordable option.

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  13. Epoxy Coating a Garage Floor: Etch, Roll Two Coats, Add Flakes

    Published: 11 Apr 2014

    This Old House host Kevin O'Connor helps epoxy-coating expert Doug Fasching coat a garage floor.

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