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Bullockracing

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Hey all, just thought I'd start a thread on here - won't be as awesome or as fast-moving as some, but it's mine, and I'm making the best of it. I'm totally open to ideas and suggestions, since I'm sorely lacking experience in the garage-building arena!

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Anyway, as I bought the house, the "garage" was the fourth bedroom. Such blasphemy. The good part? It's heated and air conditioned. :beer: The bad? It was walled up, and it's a little on the frilly side, so it needs to be "manned-up".
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I really don't care for the color, and I'm up in the air on ripping all the paneling out and replacing it with sheetrock. On the flip side, it's fully trimmed, and the acoustic panel ceiling isn't THAT hideous to me...

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The ceiling fan is inop, provides pitifully little light, and is completely in the way of putting in an automatic opener, so it's gotta go.
 
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So about that carpet...

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What the heck? Tile under the carpet?

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Yeah, that was a pain getting up. I got what I could with the floor scraper, then I was down to putty knife/chisel and hammer. Only a couple busted knuckles involved.

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Saved as much of the wood as I could. The old door had leaked and some of the wood had rotted, so I cut off the bad sections and saved it.
 
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Well, the day the door came, I got some advice on how to get the old door down: nail the top of the door in, and disassemble it from the bottom. Well, it didn't quite work out that way...

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As soon as I tried to get the bottom section off, the whole thing came crashing down unceremoniously... Oh well, can't argue with results? Only scratched up a little trim! I escaped unharmed based solely on the massive amount of scamper inherent in my amazingly developed sense of self-preservation... :willy_nil
 
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Looks good!

I look forward to more.

I'd leave the acoustic tile installed being that the garage is attached. And you have attic access to do any extra overhead lighting.
 
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Bullockracing

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Tyberius said:
Looks good!

I look forward to more.

I'd leave the acoustic tile installed being that the garage is attached. And you have attic access to do any extra overhead lighting.
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Thanks! There's only a small area above where the garage door was enclosed that isn't tiled, but I have an idea for installing a couple of 45 degree fluorescent fixtures in that area, and painting it different from the rest of the garage.
 
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I lot of creative construction by the previous owner it seems. I applaud you for saving the garage. Good luck with the rest of the project. You can definitely count on this forum to keep pushing you along. Everyone will be keeping tabs, make sure to keep those documentation pics coming.
 
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Your doing exactly the right thing there! That new door looks very nice indeed. Once your door got in you can just set the garage up to suit yourself. No problem at all on the ceiling, it looks nice, bright and white. The attic pull down door is a great plus. All you got to do now is design your new Kingdom!!

Great Job!!

Best Regards
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Looks good--as the only male in my household, I get the need for man space! A few hopefully constructive things to think about: You may want to check the code for your HVAC--most places don't let you have the same system do the living space and the garage. I'd also consider investing in a fire rated door (with a deadbolt) for between the garage and the living space if they put an interior door in for access to the bedroom as it will help with both security and safety. If humidity is an issue and you do decide to rip out the paneling blue board may hold up better than conventional drywall. 5/8" drywall is what our code here requires between garages and living space.

Really like your writing style (I detect a fellow smartass) so am looking forward to the updates. As an aside, I have found that cheap cigars (Grenadiers) keep the women in the house out of my garage space!
 
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HSpencer said:
Your doing exactly the right thing there! That new door looks very nice indeed. Once your door got in you can just set the garage up to suit yourself. No problem at all on the ceiling, it looks nice, bright and white. The attic pull down door is a great plus. All you got to do now is design your new Kingdom!!

Great Job!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer
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Thanks!
 
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jsherid1 said:
Looks good--as the only male in my household, I get the need for man space! A few hopefully constructive things to think about: You may want to check the code for your HVAC--most places don't let you have the same system do the living space and the garage. I'd also consider investing in a fire rated door (with a deadbolt) for between the garage and the living space if they put an interior door in for access to the bedroom as it will help with both security and safety. If humidity is an issue and you do decide to rip out the paneling blue board may hold up better than conventional drywall. 5/8" drywall is what our code here requires between garages and living space.

Really like your writing style (I detect a fellow smartass) so am looking forward to the updates. As an aside, I have found that cheap cigars (Grenadiers) keep the women in the house out of my garage space!
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Good points! Since the garage used to be a bedroom, I'll bet that's when the vent was added - and it was up to code then (I hope). I'll check into that. I do need to change the door to the rest of the house - wanting to do a paned glass door for visibility between the two spaces. I am considering changing the paneling out, but I'm not sure how much re-inventing of the wheel I want to do. It's not THAT hideous, but there's nothing better than the clean slate of freshly-installed sheetrock... And yes, the humidity here *****, so definitely the blue (green?) sheetrock will be the way to go.

I will definitely consider the cigar-deterrent method if there is an estrogen plague in the man-cave!!!
 
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First off, Nice Pony for the stable! :3gears:

As for sharing the HVAC with the house, even if by some odd chance it passes code, not sure your going to want exhaust and other fumes passing through the house!

Might also consider a solid fire proof door between house and garage.
 
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stngfever said:
First off, Nice Pony for the stable! :3gears:

As for sharing the HVAC with the house, even if by some odd chance it passes code, not sure your going to want exhaust and other fumes passing through the house!

Might also consider a solid fire proof door between house and garage.
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The only reason exhaust fumes should get into the house is a return air for that room. It can be blocked off and you may need to install a fire damper for the heat run though. Anytime you penetrate a fire rated ceiling or wall with an open end duct into a garage you need one.
 
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