There will also be shelves on the adjacent wall.

I wanted the hard top to be as far to the opening of the garage as possible because I will be building a workbench to go at the head of the garage and will want space to move around without hitting my head on the hardtop. I decided on my location based on obstacles such as the garage door, the opener, and walls. I began the by finding the location that I wanted the hardtop to be when it is suspended from the hoist. However, because it is a little shorter, hooks won't reach, but the straps work perfectly. If I had used a longer cross piece instead of the 48' piece I used, I would have been able to use hooks similar to the one I used for the rear part of the hardtop. Using one, longer strap in this fashion would make things a bit easier. The holes were also drilled for the straps used for the front section of the hardtop and the hole for the rafter hook used in the rear. Once the paint dried, I slid on the pieced pipe insulation to protect the hardtop from being scratched more than necessary. This is where I also took a some rattle can black spray paint and coated the 'T' to prevent rust. Just to clean it up a bit, when I got home with the 'T' I took to the grinder and cut off some of the excess gusset material and left a triangle shape instead of the sharp square. We used some flat sheet metal cut into squares and welded them in as gussets for added rigidity. Since i cannot weld, I had one of the guys at work weld the two pieces into a 'T' shape. I gathered the two pieces of 16 guage 48' long square tubing and brought them to work with me one day. From this point on, I will refer to this as the 'T'. I knew the basic design I wanted for the thing that would attach to the hardtop and then to the hoist. The 'T' Before the actual installation began, I gathered as many materials as I could that I knew I would need.

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