My garage showing

[bagged150]

Just figured I would show my garage. It definitely can't compare to some of the garages I have seen on here. I hope to one day have a huge garage. For now this one will work for me. Right now it is really packed and cramped since my buddy moved in for a little while. The garage is 26x29 so it is a decent size.

For those of you with all brick garages, I want to put up drywall but is it really worth it?

I plan to redo all the lighting and electrical wiring and run everything in conduit just to clean it up. I dont really like the 2x4 that is running around the whole garage right in the middle of the wall.

I also plan to install fluorescent lights instead of the stuff that is in there now.

 

[GLHFriends]

Neat F150- looks like a great space youve got yourself too!

 

[wasfast]

Definitely a great space. There could be a couple advantages to studding and drywalling the interior. The stud space allows you to add insulation to the walls and you can run wires inside the wall or build in a raceway if you like to run all your electrical.

Cosmetically, just a fresh coat of paint would really freshen up the interior as it is.

Considering how cold it likely gets where you live, insulating and drywalling the ceiling would be the biggest benefit right off. Do you have a heat source as well?

 

[billwood437]

I had a block garage in Massachusetts and in the summer it was always hot due to the thermal mass. In the winter my wood stove couldn't overcome all the cold block walls. If you can I would stud and insulate.

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[captain14]

Nice sized garage.

Welcome from College Park.

 

[ajohno]

Nice garage.

 

[bagged150]

Neat F150- looks like a great space youve got yourself too!

Thanks man. Its our first house and the garage is part of the reason we bought it.

 

[bagged150]

Definitely a great space. There could be a couple advantages to studding and drywalling the interior. The stud space allows you to add insulation to the walls and you can run wires inside the wall or build in a raceway if you like to run all your electrical.

Cosmetically, just a fresh coat of paint would really freshen up the interior as it is.

Considering how cold it likely gets where you live, insulating and drywalling the ceiling would be the biggest benefit right off. Do you have a heat source as well?

Im still contemplating if it would even be worth hanging drywall. Im not real sure what you mean by a raceway, I will google it but hopefully you can explain it a little better.

I was thinking maybe just painting the walls and just redoing all of the electrical but the drywall would make it a little nicer. I do plan to atleast do the ceiling so that way I can hide anything I store up there. I dont have a heat source yet, but since my house heat is gas, I was playing to get one of the gas wall units.

 

[bagged150]

I had a block garage in Massachusetts and in the summer it was always hot due to the thermal mass. In the winter my wood stove couldn't overcome all the cold block walls. If you can I would stud and insulate.

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After reading your post I may end up doing that. I was just planing to get a kerosene heater for temporary. I eventually play on getting one of the gas wall units. If your fireplace wasn't that effective in the winter, than im sure I would just be wasting gas. Thanks for your comment, that changes the perspective of everything I was thinking.

 

[bagged150]

Nice sized garage.

Welcome from College Park.

Thank you. Your just kinda right around the corner.

 

[bagged150]

Nice garage.

Thank you.

 

[theundermount]

Lots of potential there ! Nice Ford too

 

[AldeanFan]

Great looking garage.
My garage is concrete block, no wall insulation but the ceiling is drywalled and insulated with batts. I heat with a MrHeater hanging unit in natural gas and it's no problem keeping my garage warm and comfortable.
The trick is keeping the garage warm. The first year I had heat I only turned the heat on when I was working out there ant it was always cold. Now I leave it set at 60C and it's always warm.

If I were to add any insulation I would put foam board on the OUTSIDE and cover with vinyl siding. That way I'd use the thermal mass of the block walls to retain heat and not loose any interior space.

Ceiling insulation should be your first priority if you plan to heat it, an insulated door would be the second place to spend money.

Good luck with your project!


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[nicholam77]

Nice space to work with. Looks like it will clean up nice!

 

[wasfast]

Im still contemplating if it would even be worth hanging drywall. Im not real sure what you mean by a raceway, I will google it but hopefully you can explain it a little better.

Surface raceway is mounted to a wall or free standing as shown on this page, scroll down some:

http://www.delucchielectric.com/surface-mounted-raceway

You can build in your own raceway if your stud out the walls, the having the raceway flush with the finished surface. The cool thing is you can get to the wires to add or subtract as you wish and all is still flush.

 

[bagged150]

Lots of potential there ! Nice Ford too

Thanks man. I like that chevy you got too.

 

[bagged150]

Great looking garage.
My garage is concrete block, no wall insulation but the ceiling is drywalled and insulated with batts. I heat with a MrHeater hanging unit in natural gas and it's no problem keeping my garage warm and comfortable.
The trick is keeping the garage warm. The first year I had heat I only turned the heat on when I was working out there ant it was always cold. Now I leave it set at 60C and it's always warm.

If I were to add any insulation I would put foam board on the OUTSIDE and cover with vinyl siding. That way I'd use the thermal mass of the block walls to retain heat and not loose any interior space.

Ceiling insulation should be your first priority if you plan to heat it, an insulated door would be the second place to spend money.

Good luck with your project!


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Thank you. How big is your tank for your heater and how long does it take to need a refill? Since you leave it set, when you open the door to pull your car out, how fast does the heat rebound? Could you link me to the heater that you have?

Your insulation idea is awesome and thinking outside the box, I love it.

 

[bagged150]

Nice space to work with. Looks like it will clean up nice!

Thank you. Hopefully I can get it setup nice.

 

[bagged150]

Surface raceway is mounted to a wall or free standing as shown on this page, scroll down some:

http://www.delucchielectric.com/surface-mounted-raceway

You can build in your own raceway if your stud out the walls, the having the raceway flush with the finished surface. The cool thing is you can get to the wires to add or subtract as you wish and all is still flush.

Those things are badass. I will look into them but they look a little expensive. But a great idea that I could possible build with other stuff. Thanks for the link.

 

[AldeanFan]

Thank you. How big is your tank for your heater and how long does it take to need a refill? Since you leave it set, when you open the door to pull your car out, how fast does the heat rebound? Could you link me to the heater that you have?



Your insulation idea is awesome and thinking outside the box, I love it.

It doesn't take long to warm up after opening the door because the concrete holds so much heat, but I don't park daily drivers in the garage, it's for project cars. The real problem is bringing a cold car covered in ice, snow and salt inside to melt, you have to heat up the mass of the car and melt all the snow and make a mess.
Last month I put the wife's car in the garage on Saturday morning for an oil change and to put on snow tires, the garage was warm but even after an hour the car was still cold.

My heater is natural gas so no bottle, the gas line want expensive and I never runout of gas. My heating bill went up maybe $200 or 20%.

Here's the heater
http://www.mrheater.com/50-000-btu-big-maxx-natural-gas-unit-heater.html
I paid about $500 for it at TSC here in Canada where everything is more expensive.


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[AldeanFan]

I can't take credit for the outside the wall insulation idea. I read that here on garagejournal, although I don't think anyone did it, just suggested it like I did.


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