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Hi all - It's been a while since I visited this forum but I've always gotten great input here! Can anyone advise on this one? Next to my garage is a 10x7 shed made of stud/frame/shingles and even a small window and skylight. Very nifty - whoever framed up the garage seems to have knocked out...

Hi all - Always some interesting and useful advice around here, so I wanted to share my current garage challenge. I'd like to add a bathroom (toilet/sink only) to my 18x18 workspace. Since I don't want to lose any space, I'm thinking about doing this in the small shed beside the garage, which...

Hi all - Well, some of you may recall my huge debacle when I had a floor installed and they didn't let the first coat cure enough which led to lingering smell, months of stressful dealings, and eventually replaced floor and small claims court. The first time around (thread here...

Hi all - I did a 2 car garage conversion in Denver a few years ago, and now I'm doing another one here in California (I've just moved back to the Bay Area.). So, I am loving this because I'm doing the exact same plan to convert my new house's garage into an office - including spray foam for...

hi all- Now that I've decided to remove my polyspartic floor, which was discussed in this thread, I need to figure out what kind of floor to replace it with! I certainly like the appearance of the floor that I have now, but after all this time of dealing with nasty fumes I am a little skittish...

Hi all - Last fall I had my garage floor done with a polyspartic coating. It looks great, with a nice granite appearance. The problem is, we have an odor problem and after quite a bit of testing it appears that the VOCs (mostly Xylene) are coming from the floor. A few bits of info: - No...

Hi all - I have a Fujitsu 15RLS3H and it's generally working well except that it's not staying on the set point as well as I'd like it to. I am pretty confident that a remote sensor would solve the problem, and I've been calling around and contacting Fujisu trying to get a price for...

Hi all - Time to install some storage to the newly remodeled garage! I am looking for something sturdy, preferably metal. However, I'm not going to be storing a lot of heavy gear or tools. It will mostly be camera equipment which is more delicate but not particularly heavy or dirty, etc. I am...

Hi all - The new epoxy floor looks fantastic, and was installed by a professional team. I was very concerned about the cold when they installed, but they said it would be ok. I did notice that the way the floor cured was a bit rougher (i.e. it feels much less smooth when you run your hand over...

Hi all - I'm having an epoxy floor installed on Monday, and I'm trying to understand whether the cold temperature will be an issue or not. The installer says that so long as the slab temp is 40 or higher we should be ok. We're having lows in the low 20's and highs in the low 40's next week. I...

Hi all - I had someone doing a sheetrock job in the garage while I was away from home. My brand new wall-mounted Liftmaster and brand new Clopay insulated door were working perfectly, but were unplugged at the time because there is no power in the garage during construction. On the way home...

Hi all - Things are moving along in the garage and it's time to order a mini-split unit. I am having a bit of trouble understanding how to size the unit, and it pains me to pay $250 for someone to come out and give me a pro opinion :) All of the installers have told me to go with an 18k unit...

The spray foam is in! We just about filled the 2x4 cavities, and filled most of the 2x6 cavities with closed cell foam. It's looking good! But now for the cleanup. We had a little snafu: I am planning on leaving the rafters exposed and drywalling all the way up to the ceiling. But the foam...

Ok, I've got a nice brush seal ready to be installed around my garage door! I know that a lot of people install these on the outside, but I figured that if I could put the brush seal on the outside, I could still use the generic vinyl seal on the exterior for double goodness. But I can't figure...

Hi all - I'm trying to figure this out from the documentation but having a little trouble so I thought I'd ask here. I have ordinary 2x4 studs, and a brand new Cloplay insulated door. I want to install a wall mount opener so that I can get rid of the center rail and use that ceiling space for...

Hi all - Ok, I got the Coplay insulated door installed and I am impressed so far. The sun beats down on my door (east facing) for 4 hours a day and I can already see how much heat it's blocking from the garage. But the seal is not great. They installed 'green' hinges which are sprung to put a...

Ok, so it's looking like I'll go for the Mitsubishi mini-split for the garage! Now to choose the size. This is a 20 x 20 garage, epoxy floor, rockwool batts with R15 in the walls and R23 in the cathedral ceiling. Also an insulated garage door. This garage has 7 windows in it (yes, 7) but 4 of...

Hi all - I have a 20 x 20 garage and I'm going to get it finished with a cathedral ceiling, i.e. drywalled all the way up to the peak of of the roof. Boy it's tough to choose insulation. I am doing some video work so i want it to be quiet, and here in Denver we have pretty hot/cold seasons...

Hi all - My 20x20 garage is going to be insulated with spray foam under the roof, rockwool along the wall, and an insulated garage door before hanging drywall up to the cathedral ceiling. So, I expect decent insulation although I'm cutting in a few windows and I really doubt that any garage...