Nice job @shanekingsley! I'm almost tempted to turn my garage into a proper living space...not like a car fits there anyway!
Looks like it'll be nice and warm in there.
Looks like it'll be nice and warm in there.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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A quick insulated wall thrown up in front of the garage door would make a huge difference and be easily reversible in the future. Throw in a mini-split heat pump and you are set. Even if you turn it back into a vehicle garage the mini-split will be nice to have.
What do you mean by this?
Like something that attached to back/inside of the garage door?
because I grew up on a farm , dad was a diesel mechanic, I spent early yrs in a trade, we have a lot of tools that dont turn up in most homes. 3/4" drive sockets , rotary hammers , 24" 3 jaw pullers .
And my brother is sales manager/vice president of a machinery and power tool company, there are doubles and triples of everything, they often buy other brands to test then they get "parked" .
I dont mind loaning tools , but dont make me come to your house to get it back.
And my brother is sales manager/vice president of a machinery and power tool company, there are doubles and triples of everything, they often buy other brands to test then they get "parked" .
I dont mind loaning tools , but dont make me come to your house to get it back.
As a conversion, just build a wall just inside the garage door. The garage door is a large area of marginal insulation and a huge crack all the way around. If you want it back as a garage, tear the wall apart. If you built it with plywood instead of drywall on the inside face, you could reuse the wood for a different project.
Attaching things to the door leaves the crack which is the worst heat loss and you have thickness issues if you want the door to be able to move.
I don’t think I have the space to store that and we open that door a couple times a week even in the winter.
But it does get me thinking about the fact that the garage door is the weakest insulated spot now, so it would be nice to make that door and perimeter seal as good as possible.
Not as good but you can even make one that can be installed and put into place without tools, specially for single car garages. Turn the garage into a motorcycle man cave for winter and back to normal every spring.
Tell us more! Only reason to open the garage for me is to get the snow blower out and charge the car. Outside of that…no reason.
For perimeter seal, you can probably improve it in a few ways. There is a seal kit that goes outside the door (seals against the face ~1" in) and you may be able to get a secondary seal inside against the side of the door (although that would be a sliding seal with a finite lifetime). You want the door to push on the seals when it is closed. You can move the tracks out to press against seals, use something like wedges or destaco clamps to push door tight (obviously more positive seal but you need to release them before opening), etc.
I havent tried it but a sheet of poly taped to the ceiling and resting on the floor may help to minimize drafts and keep the door exposed to a lower temp gradient and therefore less heat loss. Easy to pull up to get in and out (or tie up for the summer).
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48Connor
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It definitely wont be as impressive to you as it is to me. Trust me it looked a lot worse before. I've got more plywood to put up on the back and left side, then I'm going to tile it. Need practice on doing backsplash so I can do my kitchen once I get new countertops.
All the water on the ground is because I didn't hook the vent tube up - its all good now though.
Got all my tile done for the garage sink. I'm like 7/10 happy with how it turned out. I think I need to watch a video on how to do grout for when I go to do my laundry room - the grout looks ok from 3ft away but when you get up close you can see its not consistent. Sometimes its flush with the face of the tile, and other times its more concave like I'd expect grout to look. Likely something to do with how I used the sponge after. Oh well
Good job. It's a garage sink so it doesn't really matter but is the support rod ~1" left of centre?Got all my tile done for the garage sink. I'm like 7/10 happy with how it turned out. I think I need to watch a video on how to do grout for when I go to do my laundry room - the grout looks ok from 3ft away but when you get up close you can see its not consistent. Sometimes its flush with the face of the tile, and other times its more concave like I'd expect grout to look. Likely something to do with how I used the sponge after. Oh well
48Connor
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Thanks, yeah the sink and the faucet are perfectly centered to the opening, but then I built in from the left side with 1/2" plywood, then mortar & tile, so now it sits off centered to the wall.
Wow good job! I need to learn tiling and may just get some scrap drywall to try.Got all my tile done for the garage sink. I'm like 7/10 happy with how it turned out. I think I need to watch a video on how to do grout for when I go to do my laundry room - the grout looks ok from 3ft away but when you get up close you can see its not consistent. Sometimes its flush with the face of the tile, and other times its more concave like I'd expect grout to look. Likely something to do with how I used the sponge after. Oh well
If that’s your first time I’m impressed. Congrats!
48Connor
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Thanks, this was my first attempt at tiling. I need some more practice, but had to start somewhere
I'm a worry wart over liability. Am I loaning something to someone that I failed to verify as competent to use the device. That could make me a link in the chain of the lawsuit.
When you loan a tool do you make sure they have the manual?
What if the borrower loans the tool to a third party and the third party gets injured?
If they are idiots I don't loan, solves most of that.
I loan out lots of drills/clamps. I don't loan out sharp spinning things (other than to a very select few). An even smaller list is allowed to borrow festool.
I know a company that advertises for help adding that applicants have to supply their own tools. They found that people that don't own tools usually don't know how to use them. That said, I have a very short list of people I trust and they have lots of tools but just need an oddball one that I may have.
I still remember using the table saw for the first time.
Didn’t keep the plank straight, it bound, and kicked back like a mofo….big bruise on my stomach (when it was still a 6-pack).
Buddy was using a table saw at a job site and some idiot came up and slapped him on the back to greet him. 3 fingers gone.
Buddy punched the idiot out, cops show up to arrest my friend, he shows them 3 missing fingers, idiot gets charged instead.
Didn’t keep the plank straight, it bound, and kicked back like a mofo….big bruise on my stomach (when it was still a 6-pack).
Buddy was using a table saw at a job site and some idiot came up and slapped him on the back to greet him. 3 fingers gone.
Buddy punched the idiot out, cops show up to arrest my friend, he shows them 3 missing fingers, idiot gets charged instead.
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