I am currently trying to figure out how to redo a single car garage for my boyfriend for christmas. The garage is open framed (i think thats what youd call it) and is pretty bare. Im caught between pegboard/slatwall and painting the floor or just getting the floor cover mats. Any help/ideas would be really welcome! He works on harleys and bugs and i want to finally give him a space thats his own.
Garage Newbie looking for tips
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rickairmedic
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My first question would be what part of the country your in that and is the garage attatched to the house or a seperate structure . These will help us to know wether you should try to insylate the walls before you put up wall panels ( pegboard/slatwall . I would always recomend insulation regardless of where you live but Fla and Southern Cali are not quite as bad without insulation as Jersey or Michigan might be 
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Red Green
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Are you planing on adding insulation?
goodfellow
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It's already insulated -- The most effective fix is to put up some sheetrock and then paint. It's amazing what a difference clean white walls will do to the atmosphere in a small shop. It will make the place look bigger, less cluttered, clean and inviting.
akdiesel
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What kind of budget and time frame do you have for this project? I think this is going to dictate what direction you need to go.
Piper
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considering how soon Christmas is I don't think it's going to be done before that. So, if I were in your boyfriend's shoes, I'd love on Christmas day to open up a package that has all sorts of garage type materials, info, pictures, catalogues etc. Include maybe a handmade coupon that entitles him to "a space of his own" or something. Maybe you include a $$ amount that he could spend or a gift card to get him started... I dunno. Guys have certain things in mind (despite what our better halves think) and maybe what he'd love is something you wouldn't think is important. I'd hate you to spend money on something he didn't necessarily think was important.
I'd somehow try to include him in your present and make it a project to work on together. Aside from that, I'd think as mentioned earlier drywall, paint and some new light fixtures would make that space look really good.
Good luck and welcome to the board!
Piper
I'd somehow try to include him in your present and make it a project to work on together. Aside from that, I'd think as mentioned earlier drywall, paint and some new light fixtures would make that space look really good.
Good luck and welcome to the board!
Piper
Thank you! =) I have a week off where hes not home and i want him to walk into something on christmas so im thinking about cleaning it up, doing the floor and the walls and then giving him a gift certificate so he can choose what storage, benches, etc he wants... sound good? Would yall like that on christmas?
goodfellow
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rburke65
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How about On Christmas morning putting on a pair of heels and maybe a tool pouch and then offer to give him a hand re doing the garage.
I have not seen a good looking pegboard installation yet. However, I'm biased since I own a slatwall manufacturing company.
You might consider putting up 1 ft. slatwall strips. This is easier and less expensive than putting it floor to ceiling. I have included a couple of examples.
Jay - CEO Wind Mill Slatwall Products
You might consider putting up 1 ft. slatwall strips. This is easier and less expensive than putting it floor to ceiling. I have included a couple of examples.
Jay - CEO Wind Mill Slatwall Products
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robert mitchell
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The first thing you need is lights-so he can see to complete the garage.
Maybe a new tool box from sears-good box for the money-all seems to be on sale this
time of the year.Can buy a good box for 250.00. And for sure a gift card from
Lowes for the lights.
Maybe a new tool box from sears-good box for the money-all seems to be on sale this
time of the year.Can buy a good box for 250.00. And for sure a gift card from
Lowes for the lights.
JakeD
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It's a very nice sentiment, but I wouldn't do the floor without his input. There's a lot of work involved in doing it properly, as you could tell by reading the flooring forum. If he's like me, he'd probably want to be making the decisions about the product used and the colors etc. I'm just imaging if my wife "painted" the garage floor for me for Christmas...
pattenp
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Since this is an attached garage you need to be aware of national fire code. It requires 5/8 inch dry wall between the garage area and living area. At a minimum you're looking at dry walling the ceiling and the one adjoining wall to the house. Seeing your pictures makes me think you're in a older home. Seeing the ductwork makes me also think you may have heated living area above the garage
If you put the drywall up and you want to avoid the hassle of sanding the seems you can get a texture spraying gun (Harbor Freight usually has them for about $20) if you have access to an air compressor. Fill the seems with mud and smooth them off the best you can with the knife then thin some more mud with a little bit of water and put that into the gun's hopper. Spray the entire wall / ceiling with a light coat for a fine textured finish. Make sure you mask off anything you don't want textured such as switches, outlets, window sills, etc. The seems should disappear with no (or very little) sanding. Wait one to two days for all of the mud to dry then paint with a thick nap roller.