DeadSock
Well-known member
Hi all,
After some distractions from general home remodeling, I'm finally getting serious about refurbishing my 20x20 attached garage.
Attached is a diagram of the floor plan I'll be working with.
The transformation so far has involved:
1) Gut rotted osb/drywall and crappy bench/shelves to expose framing (and see what I was dealing with).
2) Address some structural issues I wasn't comfortable with. This thread from a while back is what I've dealt with, and I'll followup in a day or two with the solution I came up with.
3) Plumbed in a wash sink. Part of the remodel was to move the laundry out of the garage and into the house. This made it fairly simple to also add a sink at shared wall.
4) Move/add some man-doors. The primary entrance to the house was along the top wall of my floor plan (and not code). That's been replaced by a proper door on the left wall now. I also added a new exterior man door on the upper wall that leads out to the side yard.
5) Shrinking the garage door. The original door was a barely functional 16x7 door (un-insulated, cracked panels, non-functional opener). I've shrank the opening to be 12x7 instead now and a new insulated door is getting installed next week.
The next immediate work will be:
6) Wire up for light workshop use (some metal work, some woodworking, car maintenance, etc). I'll start a thread in the Light/Elec forum about this.
7) Insulate walls and ceiling and drywall it in.
In the next week I'll be moving some of the contents around for access purposes and will add pics of where it's starting from. I have some general ideas about how things will layout once I get to that point but will appreciate additional thoughts for that ...
- Rob
After some distractions from general home remodeling, I'm finally getting serious about refurbishing my 20x20 attached garage.
Attached is a diagram of the floor plan I'll be working with.
The transformation so far has involved:
1) Gut rotted osb/drywall and crappy bench/shelves to expose framing (and see what I was dealing with).
2) Address some structural issues I wasn't comfortable with. This thread from a while back is what I've dealt with, and I'll followup in a day or two with the solution I came up with.
3) Plumbed in a wash sink. Part of the remodel was to move the laundry out of the garage and into the house. This made it fairly simple to also add a sink at shared wall.
4) Move/add some man-doors. The primary entrance to the house was along the top wall of my floor plan (and not code). That's been replaced by a proper door on the left wall now. I also added a new exterior man door on the upper wall that leads out to the side yard.
5) Shrinking the garage door. The original door was a barely functional 16x7 door (un-insulated, cracked panels, non-functional opener). I've shrank the opening to be 12x7 instead now and a new insulated door is getting installed next week.
The next immediate work will be:
6) Wire up for light workshop use (some metal work, some woodworking, car maintenance, etc). I'll start a thread in the Light/Elec forum about this.
7) Insulate walls and ceiling and drywall it in.
In the next week I'll be moving some of the contents around for access purposes and will add pics of where it's starting from. I have some general ideas about how things will layout once I get to that point but will appreciate additional thoughts for that ...
- Rob
