attic room

[mepstein]

I've been working on rehabbing my 24x22 workshop. I wanted a usable space in the attic for a bicycle repair shop.

1. Clean out
2. Remove pull down attic stairs
3. Install stair kit from Fast Stairs
4. Primer floor
5. Landscape fabric
6. Garage floor tiles

Tiles came from Garage Flooring LLC. I'm 100% satisfied with them. They are the cheaper, $2.39 priced tile and perfect for my application. The floor went down in under 2 hours from start to finish. I still need to do a little trimming to fit the space properly. I should have done walls and ceiling first but I really wanted an easy project that would make the space look good. My wife couldn't believe the transformation.

 

[Krfjkm]

Nice job! Looks great!

 

[captain14]

Good looking project. Can you tell us about the stairs and the installation?

 

[CombatNinja]

Good start, bro. Your "before" picture looks like the inside of a dumpster at a municipal solid waste facility, lol.

Two recommendations if you don't mind:

1. Consider enlarging that tiny window if you are handy with a sawz-all and can do some basic framing. If you spend a bunch of time up there, it will be so worth it to have the natural light. Much less calorie burn to do it now rather than after the walls and trim are done.

2. Bike repair presents an interesting little option for storage of bikes. Consider leaving several spaces open between the trusses as little "garages" for bikes. Need not be all of them but you could leave, say, two per side open and put down a little plywood floor. That would be awesome.

 

[mepstein]

Good looking project. Can you tell us about the stairs and the installation?

The metal stair stringers are made by a company called fast stairs. I ordered online on Sunday. They arrived on a Wednesday and then I built and installed them on a Saturday. They were about $750 shipped and you cut your own steps. Very easy and very strong. They are 1000% better than pull down attic stairs.

 

[mepstein]

Good start, bro. Your "before" picture looks like the inside of a dumpster at a municipal solid waste facility, lol.

Two recommendations if you don't mind:

1. Consider enlarging that tiny window if you are handy with a sawz-all and can do some basic framing. If you spend a bunch of time up there, it will be so worth it to have the natural light. Much less calorie burn to do it now rather than after the walls and trim are done.

2. Bike repair presents an interesting little option for storage of bikes. Consider leaving several spaces open between the trusses as little "garages" for bikes. Need not be all of them but you could leave, say, two per side open and put down a little plywood floor. That would be awesome.

I wish a bike would fit in each space. They aren’t that deep but they do hold 28 bins of parts. I have about 20 bikes that usually stay inside but I was painting in the basement and needed the space.

A larger window is a thought. I already purchased a replacement window for that spot but I still have to frame the gable walls for insulation so enlarging the opening isn’t a show stopper.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I've been working on rehabbing my 24x22 workshop. I wanted a usable space in the attic for a bicycle repair shop.

1. Clean out
2. Remove pull down attic stairs
3. Install stair kit from Fast Stairs
4. Primer floor
5. Landscape fabric
6. Garage floor tiles

Tiles came from Garage Flooring LLC. I'm 100% satisfied with them. They are the cheaper, $2.39 priced tile and perfect for my application. The floor went down in under 2 hours from start to finish. I still need to do a little trimming to fit the space properly. I should have done walls and ceiling first but I really wanted an easy project that would make the space look good. My wife couldn't believe the transformation.

Thanks for the post and the PM. Looking good!