TXNinAZ
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Well I got my new house! After a million inside projects: gas line for range, gas cooktop install, new washer/dryer, 6 ceiling fans, kitchen faucet and garbage disposal, 14 gallons of paint, scrubbing and steaming tile by hand (ugh), new furniture shopping and buying, wifi thermostats...it has gone on and on...but now I'm working on the most important room in the house!
Currently have a 23x32' attached 3 car, which was slightly worse than empty- loose pegboard hanging on one wall, badly patched drywall and mismatched paint in a few spots, and a noisy garage door. The good: 10' ceilings, oversized doors- 18' and 9' instead of our area's standard 16' and 8'. Here's the front from the day our offer was accepted in December.
First was the lighting- standard, builder grade T8 fixtures that were filthy and weak. Started with a pair of Lithonia 2400 lumen LED replacements, then added 3 more to brighten things up. The big problem here was that the trusses above the garage are sheeted with 1/2" plywood, so access was limited to above the 2 bay side. Well, the electrical panel is on the exterior wall above the single bay, so I had to make a new access. First try wasn't successful, as the joists run the opposite direction than above the two bay, so I cut a hole right below a triangle of truss joints and had to make an adjustment [emoji36]. The cut in the wall is for dropping power for the compressor.
Lighting in progress:
Finished lighting as of today:
Getting access to the whole attic meant that I could now run power to the air compressor, a line for the AC unit, and finish my lighting project.
Next I tackled the garage door insulation. My house faces west and down the street, so I'll get blasted all summer with AZ's finest heat, so I had to get this done before the AC. 1.5" Polyiso panels with an R9.6 rating, adhered with 3" metal foil tape. 6 foam panels did the trick, with enough left over to insulate the drywall access covers for the attic, and block off chunks for the louvered vents to outside. The table saw made quick work of this project- hallelujah.
Finished doors:
I'll have to get them balanced and may need new springs due to the extra weight, but we'll see.
As it starts to warm up this time of year, it was good timing to get the AC going, once I finally accepted how expensive it would be. Joe from Frigid Air came today to install an LG 2 ton mini split that should work perfectly.
I didn't want the lineset exposed to the sun more than necessary, so I opened drywall to run everything pretty and tidy (once I get the wall closed again).
Next on the schedule is getting water and a drain for this guy I picked up for $100 on CL:
Was pretty nasty, but Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus did the job:
I'll install it here, since the laundry sink is directly on the other side of the wall:
Epoxy floor, 2 more Strong Hold cabinets, and more coming soon!
Currently have a 23x32' attached 3 car, which was slightly worse than empty- loose pegboard hanging on one wall, badly patched drywall and mismatched paint in a few spots, and a noisy garage door. The good: 10' ceilings, oversized doors- 18' and 9' instead of our area's standard 16' and 8'. Here's the front from the day our offer was accepted in December.
First was the lighting- standard, builder grade T8 fixtures that were filthy and weak. Started with a pair of Lithonia 2400 lumen LED replacements, then added 3 more to brighten things up. The big problem here was that the trusses above the garage are sheeted with 1/2" plywood, so access was limited to above the 2 bay side. Well, the electrical panel is on the exterior wall above the single bay, so I had to make a new access. First try wasn't successful, as the joists run the opposite direction than above the two bay, so I cut a hole right below a triangle of truss joints and had to make an adjustment [emoji36]. The cut in the wall is for dropping power for the compressor.
Lighting in progress:
Finished lighting as of today:
Getting access to the whole attic meant that I could now run power to the air compressor, a line for the AC unit, and finish my lighting project.
Next I tackled the garage door insulation. My house faces west and down the street, so I'll get blasted all summer with AZ's finest heat, so I had to get this done before the AC. 1.5" Polyiso panels with an R9.6 rating, adhered with 3" metal foil tape. 6 foam panels did the trick, with enough left over to insulate the drywall access covers for the attic, and block off chunks for the louvered vents to outside. The table saw made quick work of this project- hallelujah.
Finished doors:
I'll have to get them balanced and may need new springs due to the extra weight, but we'll see.
As it starts to warm up this time of year, it was good timing to get the AC going, once I finally accepted how expensive it would be. Joe from Frigid Air came today to install an LG 2 ton mini split that should work perfectly.
I didn't want the lineset exposed to the sun more than necessary, so I opened drywall to run everything pretty and tidy (once I get the wall closed again).
Next on the schedule is getting water and a drain for this guy I picked up for $100 on CL:
Was pretty nasty, but Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus did the job:
I'll install it here, since the laundry sink is directly on the other side of the wall:
Epoxy floor, 2 more Strong Hold cabinets, and more coming soon!
