The Garage Blog

Welcome to our blog! We’ve created and put together a list of helpful articles about garage building and everything garages! All information contained within this blog is intended to be inspirational and informative. Before undertaking a project, always consult with a professional contractor or builder. While some projects may be suited to do-it-yourselfers, major undertakings such as a garage should be performed by professional contractors.
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How To Clean Your EV Charging Station?

How To Clean Your EV Charging Station? The first step in acquiring the electric car you have always wanted is a ...
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5 Tips to Prevent Your Garage from Freezing Shut

5 Tips to Prevent Your Garage from Freezing Shut Skiing in the Alps, ice skating on a frozen pond, and ...
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How to Properly Store All of Your Holiday Decorations in your Garage

How to Properly Store All of Your Holiday Decorations in your Garage The first of December brings chilly, snowy nights. ...
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The 5 Most Popular Colors to Paint Your Garage

The 5 Most Popular Colors to Paint Your Garage Redecorating or painting your garage can be an exciting, as well ...
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How to Prepare Your Garage for an Emergency

How to Prepare Your Garage for an Emergency People always keep more than just their car in their garage. It ...
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Troubleshooting Faulty Garage Door Springs

Troubleshooting Faulty Garage Door Springs Many people often use their garage door more than the front one. Because it serves ...
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How to Align Garage Door Sensors?

How to Align Garage Door Sensors? Garage doors serve as vital entrances to both residential and commercial properties. Garage door ...
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How to Wire a New Garage for an EV Charging Station?

How to Wire a New Garage for an EV Charging Station? Many people are deciding that the time is right ...
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How to Properly Seal Your Garage Floor

How to Properly Seal Your Garage Floor Your garage floor sees a lot of abuse.  Cars, lawnmowers, bikes, and heavy ...
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How to Make Your Garage Pet-Friendly

How to Make Your Garage Pet-Friendly Your garage can serve many purposes—a place for your cars, a place for your ...
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Tips on How to Replace Your Garage Light Bulbs with LEDs

Tips on How to Replace Your Garage Light Bulbs with LEDs Garages are usually musky, damp, dark, and dated spaces.  ...
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How to Customize Your Garage for Larger Vehicles

How to Customize Your Garage for Larger Vehicles Older homes have “all the charm,” but they are typically not built ...
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How Do I Properly Store Paint in My Garage?

How Do I Properly Store Paint in My Garage? It would be nice to live in a world where you ...
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How Do I Set Up a Workshop in My Garage?

How Do I Set Up a Workshop in My Garage? Garages can be used for much more than simply parking ...
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How to Prepare Your Garage for the Fall

How to Prepare Your Garage for the Fall After a long summer of lawn mowing, weeding, biking, kayaking, and roller ...

Tips to Keep Your Garage Pest-Free

Tips to Keep Your Garage Pest-Free Garages are home to many things: bikes, seasonal sporting equipment, the faithful lawnmower, power ...

How to Build a Garage for an Electric Car

How to Build a Garage for an Electric Car Electric cars are no longer just a thought for the future ...
Garage Floor Shine

Best Ways to Make That Garage Floor Shine

Best Ways to Make That Garage Floor Shine Your garage shouldn’t become the typical damp, musky, and neglected space that ...
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Should Your Garage Have Windows?

Should Your Garage Have Windows? If your home has its original garage, you might be asking yourself whether or not ...
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7 Things You Shouldn’t Store in Your Garage

7 Things You Shouldn’t Store in Your Garage Your garage is a different zone. It’s not like your main house—temperature ...
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How to Cool Down Your Garage During the Summer

How to Cool Down Your Garage During the Summer Why does your garage get so hot?  For a lot of ...
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Eagle Scout Turns to Danley’s

Eagle Scout Turns to Danley’s In 2016, a young scout working on his capstone project from the Tinley Park area ...

Does Your Garage Need to Be Properly Ventilated?

Does Your Garage Need to Be Properly Ventilated? Here’s something homeowners tend to skip over: garage ventilation.  You park your ...

Does Adding a Two-Car Garage Add Value to Your Home?

Does Adding a Two-Car Garage Add Value to Your Home? Not all of us are granted a two-car garage (let ...

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