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I live in a two story home and there's a furnace in the crawl space for the first floor and a furnace in the attic for the second floor. The second floor attic has a built in humidifier that is working properly. My house is pretty well insulated and the upstairs furnace doesn't kick in very...

If I don't need to put up drywall I probably won't. At least not for a while. Can the rigid foam be painted over? I'd like the walls to be white to make the garage brighter.

Is it city code to cover the foam board to make it 'firesafe'? If the drywall only adds a marginal benefit for insulation purposes, takes up extra space, and requires studs.. I think I'll pass, if I can get away with it. I'm not planning on getting a permit for this work but I don't want to do...

Bump to get those last couple of questions answered and then this thread can fade away into the ether.

There is a natural gas line already connected to the garage, so I was thinking a natural gas blower somewhere in the ceiling over the workbench area. I'd need to add a vent. I'm not keen on ventless solutions due to the carbon monoxide or condensation they can generate, but I may be ignorant on...

I live in Chicago. I'm starting with a detached two-car concrete block garage with wooden trusses and a flat roof. There is a roof deck on top with a pergola where friends gather to hang out. The outside of the garage is stucco. After long or heavy rain some parts of my concrete walls, usually...

What type of mortar did you use? I think I need a specialty kind to handle the temperature swings and to keep the moisture out. I have some control joints cut into my two car garage slab. I need to honor these joints, right? In other words: I should not tile over them.

I've decided to go with porcelain in my garage. The garage is unheated and exposed to all elements and temperatures from below freezing to over 100 degrees. Please do not try to talk me out of porcelain.. The porcelain should be strong enough for basic shop duties and slip resistant when wet. I...

Crewchief: thanks for responding. I know my post was already buried several pages deep! I've decided against insulating.. unless you can talk me into it. Here's why: The garage is old, 50 to 100 years old??, and built out of concrete blocks with stucco on the outside. Occasionally moisture gets...

Yes sir, I've been grabbing ideas for a while. I know exactly what garage you're referring to. IIRC, Jack lives in CA, or maybe I'm assuming he does because I recently read he's a writer. Anyway, the ceramic tiles sound great but I imagine they would be very slippery when wet. Also, I don't know...

Hey folks. I was hoping you could help me out with this hypothetical scenario: You have a small, uninsulated, detached two car garage. 18' wide x 26' long x 7.5' high. You live in the midwest. It can be 90 degrees one day and 20 degrees the next. Your cars get wet. Fortunately, there is a...