franklin2
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I agree also with the above. I have put on plenty of roofs in my day, those shingles are heavy to get on the roof, and it takes forever to get them nailed down by yourself. Now that I am older, not sure I could do it.I've nailed quite a few singles in my day. Never thought of it as easy. Not terribly hard, but easy? NO. Also backbreaking for us that are over average height and weight. LOL. That said, I'll never nail another shingle on anything more than a doghouse or small pump house. Everything else will be covered by metal. It's better all the way around, IMO. Lasts longer, better insurance rates and goes on quicker and "easier" if you know what you're doing and looks just as good to me. If you really want shingles, use metal ones. They make those too.
I put my own garage doors up. If you get one over 7ft tall it's considered commercial and the cost goes way up. I never installed them myself before, but I installed 3 in my last garage and it took a little head scratching to get them in there correctly. Later on I got a lift, and the garage door was in the way. I had to make sure I remembered to pull the door down before I lifted the car.
In the building I have now where I modified the trusses, I had a big problem, it had 7ft garage door and once I had all that room in the building for the lift, I had no where for the door to go when it was up. I took 2x4's and made a frame. I then took the old door and screwed the sections flat to the wooden frame, and then put a track on the outside of the building and made a sliding door. This worked out great. No intrusion into the work area, and it's very easy to open just a little bit to walk in without needing to add a personnel door.