jpedi001
Member
Hello Everyone,
My wife and I moved into our first home about a year ago. Ever since we bought the house I've been enjoying the hard work, craftsmanship and excellent written and pictorial documentation skills
of fellow members on the site.
Our house is a 2 story single family home that has gone through a number of renovations. One of those renovations (not sure which owner before us) turned the car port into an enclosed single car garage.
I'd like to use this thread to document what I've done so far, my plans in the future and get all the input I can.
As I said we moved in about a year ago. Yes, it's taken me this long to start this thread but the house has given me some veteran problems to deal with in my first year. Six months in, my second floor shower pan decided to spring a leak and one month after that a water pipe busted underneath my slab. $7000 and one year later here I am; finally able to get back to the fun stuff of enhancing my garage space.
The first 5 photos are of the garage as it is now. The only improvements I've made are take down a terrible excuse of a bench, put down an epoxy coating over the concrete and add a garage door opener. So far I was able to complete all the work by myself or with the help of my father. Of course I've added some of my own little touches as well. (criticism welcome for my selections.
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The next two photos are of the garage before the epoxy floor and garage door opener. I've also started prepping to paint the walls with drywall tape and mud.
Here's my first question. On a number of the photos there is an exposed wood "header?". This header sticks out about 3/4" from the surface of the drywall. I want to paint the drywall and have everything look uniform. Do I need to drywall over this header as well? Does anyone know why it is like this?
If you have gotten this far thanks for reading. I appreciate it and taking the time to offer any suggestions, feedback or answers to my questions.
Thanks,
Jeremy
My wife and I moved into our first home about a year ago. Ever since we bought the house I've been enjoying the hard work, craftsmanship and excellent written and pictorial documentation skills
of fellow members on the site. Our house is a 2 story single family home that has gone through a number of renovations. One of those renovations (not sure which owner before us) turned the car port into an enclosed single car garage.
I'd like to use this thread to document what I've done so far, my plans in the future and get all the input I can.
As I said we moved in about a year ago. Yes, it's taken me this long to start this thread but the house has given me some veteran problems to deal with in my first year. Six months in, my second floor shower pan decided to spring a leak and one month after that a water pipe busted underneath my slab. $7000 and one year later here I am; finally able to get back to the fun stuff of enhancing my garage space.
The first 5 photos are of the garage as it is now. The only improvements I've made are take down a terrible excuse of a bench, put down an epoxy coating over the concrete and add a garage door opener. So far I was able to complete all the work by myself or with the help of my father. Of course I've added some of my own little touches as well. (criticism welcome for my selections.
)The next two photos are of the garage before the epoxy floor and garage door opener. I've also started prepping to paint the walls with drywall tape and mud.
Here's my first question. On a number of the photos there is an exposed wood "header?". This header sticks out about 3/4" from the surface of the drywall. I want to paint the drywall and have everything look uniform. Do I need to drywall over this header as well? Does anyone know why it is like this?
If you have gotten this far thanks for reading. I appreciate it and taking the time to offer any suggestions, feedback or answers to my questions.
Thanks,
Jeremy
