Removing sheetrock for easier access to attic

[voodoowagon]

OK so my idea is to remove the sheetrock in my two car garage to have full access to the attic and the rafters. My thoughts are it will be easier to hang bicycles up higher and store more stuff in the rafters. The garages attic is seperate from the houses so I am thinking of installing a exhaust fan that will pull our out of the garage and into the houses attic to help circulate air and keep the whole house cooler.

AM I CRAZY, has anyone done this, does anyone see any cons to this idea?

Keep in mind I am BROKE and layed off so I am trying to knock out some projects

 

[Bojans]

If the garage is attached to the house the drywall acts as a fire break. Required to be there by code.

 

[voodoowagon]

Aside from code, any other cons?

 

[mtwaterguy]

Don't see how moving warmer air from the ceiling of the garage to the attic of the house would help keep the house cooler. Wouldn't it work better to just exhaust both areas of warm air with separate fans?

 

[blkhonda1991]

i dont see the benefit to doing this really and like someone else pointed out you break the fire separation.

 

[voodoowagon]

My goal is to move warm air out of the garage and keep it cooler, my house isnt really a issue. It already has exhaust fans that kick on it the attic for it

 

[Stuart in MN]

There needs to be a fire rated barrier between the house and the garage. Installing a fan that pulls air from the garage space into the house attic space is a bad idea.

Also, make sure the space above the sheetrock is designed for storage - if this is typical modern construction chances are the roof system uses conventional trusses, which aren't rated for any storage weight at all, beyond maybe a couple boxes of Christmas ornaments.

 

[kbs2244]

Get a separate vent for the garage.
It probably doesn’t need to be powered.
Just one of the square “mushroom” style will exhaust a lot of hot air.

If you drywall the wall between the attic and the garage you should be meeting the fire code.

 

[voodoowagon]

Just checked and the area between the garage and house is already sealed off

 

[Mezzanine]

Keep the sheetrock and add some insulation... My garage has open rafters, and it gets really hot each afternoon when the sun gets past the trees, and it is always cold in the winter. I intend to put sheetrock up and get some more insulation up there. I already have lots of stuff hanging from the rafters, so I am not looking forward to rehanging everything, and loosing the easy access I have for storage up there, but I would much rather have a more consistent temp in the shop.

 

[Falcon67]

In my shop, I designed in attic access. The end joists are doubled and set 48" from the walls and the middle has a 48" gap with doubled joists. I used some 1/4" OSB to make 4x4 moveable panels that I can slide off to the side to get up in there. With your garage, maybe you could floor part of the attic and make use of it. Maybe on one end put in a large fold down stair with a access panel close buy for lifting bikes up into the attic. If you use the bikes very much, that'll get old quick.

 

[matttys]

I just installed 2 attic exhaust fans from the Depot and they **** a whole bunch. You could install one on a gable and one in the garage ceiling.

 

[dankeenan]

If you pull the air from the garage and force it into the house attic, your house will smell like the garage (gas fumes, solvent, oil etc.).

Dan