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Fellas, thank you for the advice! Much appreciated and plenty to think about.

No doors or windows other than the big door. My thinking with the paint was, there's this old tar paper which has to go, I doubt it's going to look good underneath. So if I paint, why not use a vapor barrier paint. I think I have to do something to the walls - I may be wrong in thinking paint is...

Great point, and I should have mentioned that there's old tar paper on the walls that is totally shot, I was thinking of a vapor retarder primer and paint to at least have some kind of vapor barrier.

John, you nailed it, I'm in the San Fernando Valley and my garage does look similar to yours. Temps are a concern and definitely in the 'don't put lipstick on a pig' column. Part of my hesitation is I don't have time to do the work myself and don't want to too much over the value I can derive...

Hi all, joined to ask about this. I have a detached garage in SoCal, built in 1941, redwood studs (I believe) with stucco exterior. It's in cosmetically rough shape inside, and I was thinking of just priming and painting everything, then sanding and sealing the concrete floor. This would be...