Need some opinions please guys...

[red90q]

There is a 30" high foot wall that is on 3 walls of my garage. I dont know what to do to make it look 'finished'. I was thinking of painting it a darker grey than what the wall paint colour will be. Any ideas guys?

Thanks
Ian

 

[p_mori7]

ceramic or porcelain tile.

 

[red90q]

Forgot to mention. Doing this on a budget and that option is a little pricey. But that would look sharp

 

[jwhcars]

Painting the wall may be your most cost effective thing to do at this time. Tile would look good when you have available funds.

 

[red90q]

What about this look? On the wall in the back, it goes from light to dark seperated by a red line.
http://www.garagejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/porsche.jpg

 

[Daniel Dudley]

Put an actual band of trim on the drywall as a chair rail/contrast stripe. It will cover up the transition. Get a concrete finishing stone, and lightly wet scuff the snot off the concrete before painting. You don't have to do much, just knock off the goobers.

Painting the concrete will make it look 50 times better. It just does.

 

[red90q]

Thanks. I think I might need a grinder though. The concrete is REALLY rough and ugly close up. The chair rail is a good idea

 

[Kilo70]

How about some Epoxy like you might put on your Floor?I did that around the bottom edge of my garage.

 

[Jack Olsen]

You could cover the concrete part with wood, and then continue the wainscoting (sp?) look all around the circumeference of the garage.

Or paint. I agree about a line of trim masking the transition.

 

[Spareparts]

Diamond plate bright aluninum.

 

[p_mori7]

Diamond plate bright aluninum.

He said he was on a budget...but that would be uber cool...

I would for sure 'look around' to find a closeout deal on tile. i did that in 1991 for the very first garage i had (new house).

i got the tile for $0.25 each for 12x12, plus the adhesive & the grout. in total i spent like $40 bucks for the tile, maybe $100 bucks with the adhesive & grout.

you gotta make sure the wall is super clean before you start the job. i ended up having to sell the house a year later, drove by last summer, tiles still there & looking good.

i regularly see 'closeout' tile around my neck of the woods these days for $0.75 each (12" x 12").

 

[mastech08]

dimond plate would look good along the bottom, just my 2 cents

 

[DIC]

Paint...And a stripe.................

 

[red90q]

like this

http://www.diamondlifegear.com/maxtile_images/garage.jpg

 

[NUTTSGT]

How about some metal siding over it. You would have to tapcon some 2x4s (flat)to it for the siding attachment, but it would also give you room for some 1 1/2" styrofoam(polystyrene?) insulation.

 

[Finley]

id say step one is getting some drylock on there, then painting it like mentioned above. a nice separation stripe works wonders.

 

[Abbott]

fur it out with 1"X2"s and drywall/paint it.

 

[usmc_noma]

build some cabinets along that wall then it'll be covered up and no need to have a transition. depending on how long those walls are, the cost should be within reason.

 

[IH82BL8]

I'd paint it. My house has a poured concrete foundation wall. I painted part of it for use as a storage area and have been very pleased with it. Just use "block fill" first--the only place I could find it was Sherwin-Williams and then whatever paint you want. You'll need a long-nap roller cover and then work it into the holes and pores with a brush. Epoxy would be expensive overkill for this project. I just used water-based semi-gloss but, because yours is a high-traffic area, you might want oil-based. Then install the equivalent of a chair rail to cover the transition from drywall to concrete.