Recent content by The Colin

some really good advice in this thread, you guys are savants, the knowledge on this board is silly deep! anyhow, to get sound in the center of the room, speaker placement will be a huge impact and the suggestion of ceiling mounted speakers is a great one. the comments on bass are very true...

rogue has a rack that bolts the wall and folds out, that's a big space saver. as long as you don't get it soaked, decent lifting stuff should be fine in a garage. id be concerned about temperature, but it looks like you are in the bay area where weather is always pretty close to perfect, so...

thanks all. yes, i am thinking i 1) put up a frame (replacing the useless half finished stuff that's there) and plywood over it and french cleat on that 2) cleats directly on the concrete (i like this less, and i have enough poorly laid out wiring and conduit that it makes me worry that...

on the contrary, im thinking i can just put up plywood and not violate fire codes because i have the concrete walls. im looking to do a french cleat system, along w some peg board (wall control, stout stuff) that i already have. Thanks Chuckster, i will look that up. so i can leave them...

hey, thanks for the response GMC/KJ. good point on checking w officials, i've put a question out but a response may take some time. would like to know if anyone else on the board has concrete walls for the garage and just put up a frame and some plywood rather than go with the excitement of...

Morning all. So i've learned on this board that 5/8 x type drywall is required for an attached garage for walls on the house side (in order to get a 1 hour fire rating). Im looking to redo my garage, and all of the walls (two touch the house, one is outside) are concrete. Im in the Garden...

hey, thanks for all that! i will refrain from commenting on the irony of the name of this hallowed day (or three days, as it were).

at first i was hurt and offended, but then i realized my need to reno my garage and larp as a skilled craftsman exceeds any level of shame or pride i was feeling. i live in monmouth county and have a garage. i want to make my garage better and more functional for my dorky wood working...