Moving soon, potential garage has unfinished walls.

smokeysevin

smokeysevin

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Swmbo and I have been looking at houses lately and I found one with a bigger, detached workspace. Its listed as a 2.5 car garage is 28'4" x 21'3" with about a 9 foot raised pad on one side and an additional 8ish foot x 21'3" spot on the outside fenced in for an outside storage area/compressor pad/potential jetski stash area.

The interior is unfinished, bare studs and rafters though, I have only ever worked in finished sheetrock garages and I am leaning towards roughing in the new electrical stuff and airlines myself, then doing basic insulation and drywall and paying someone to mud/tape it and paint it. That is not gonna be cheap though so BLGT, what do you recommend for my potential future walls?

I am gonna run some metal wall cabinets all across the back wall at the top across the parking bay area, then do my fab stuff on the raise portion.

Thanks

Sean
 
96f-u250 said:
Instead of drywall, why not some plywood sheets, also, i wouldnt run air lines inside the walls.
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I am good with whatever, I have just always had drywall.

I'm good surface mounting the air lines, Just spitballing.

Sean
 
Definitely rough in the electrical yourself. It's not that hard.
No plywood. Looks cheap but isn't cheap to buy.
Hand, tape, and mud your own drywall. It's a garage so it doesn't have to be perfect. It's really not that hard, and is a good skill for any interior home walls you want to change up. Just make sure to do it before you move anything into the shop. The sanding gets dusty. Make sure to use PVA primer over the drywall before any paint. It does make a difference.
I have the rapid air system for my airlines and I love it. Definitely do them outside the walls.

You can see my blue airlines in some of the pictures. I put dedicated drops at the plasma table and air hose reel. Also plan out your 220 outlets out and have more than you think you'll need. Put a couple on either side of the garage door so you can run an extension cord to anything in the driveway that won't fit in the garage. Thinking ahead helps a ton.

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Ok sweet. Your joists and rafters look good in black. I may steal that idea. I have the same airline setup at my current house and it is great. I think I am going to try and stick my parts washer and compressor outside. I may see if I can get my blast cabinet out there too so its less dusty.

I'll keep yall posted on what happens.

Sean
 
smokeysevin said:
Ok sweet. Your joists and rafters look good in black. I may steal that idea. I have the same airline setup at my current house and it is great. I think I am going to try and stick my parts washer and compressor outside. I may see if I can get my blast cabinet out there too so its less dusty.

I'll keep yall posted on what happens.

Sean
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I have my compressor outside in a little wooden outhouse looking thing I made. Huge difference having it outside. I punched through the stucco and ran a PVC pipe through the stucco hole, then ran my rapidair piping through the PVC to keep it from chaffing.

Painting black made a HUGE difference, but was a big pain in the butt lol. I used a handheld airless paint sprayer. Definitely work from top down. Paint the joists and ceiling first, then run all your electrical, lighting, outlets, etc. Then drywall/paint, then floor.
 
the bodj said:
Definitely rough in the electrical yourself. It's not that hard.
No plywood. Looks cheap but isn't cheap to buy.
Hand, tape, and mud your own drywall. It's a garage so it doesn't have to be perfect. It's really not that hard, and is a good skill for any interior home walls you want to change up. Just make sure to do it before you move anything into the shop. The sanding gets dusty. Make sure to use PVA primer over the drywall before any paint. It does make a difference.
I have the rapid air system for my airlines and I love it. Definitely do them outside the walls.

You can see my blue airlines in some of the pictures. I put dedicated drops at the plasma table and air hose reel. Also plan out your 220 outlets out and have more than you think you'll need. Put a couple on either side of the garage door so you can run an extension cord to anything in the driveway that won't fit in the garage. Thinking ahead helps a ton.

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I like the paint scheme looks like a toyota dealer ship haha
 
I had my garage insulated and drywalled on the walls and ceiling when I built my house and it is so much nicer as the weather swings don't affect the temperature in the garage much at all. I painted it all white and it really helps with lighting. Having done drywall a few times, it wouldn't take you very long at all to install, tape and mud. Using a heavy matted roller and it'll hide most imperfections. Plywall would be nicer to mount things too but at triple the material cost and the fact that it doesn't blend out mud well I'd pass on it. Might be nice for impact resistance but I don't have any holes in mine yet 6 years in.IMG_20160130_171454825_zpslbmetrbl.jpg
 
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I had my garage insulated and drywalled on the walls and ceiling when I built my house and it is so much nicer as the weather swings don't affect the temperature in the garage much at all. I painted it all white and it really helps with lighting. Having done drywall a few times, it wouldn't take you very long at all to install, tape and mud. Using a heavy matted roller and it'll hide most imperfections. Plywall would be nicer to mount things too but at triple the material cost and the fact that it doesn't blend out mud well I'd pass on it. Might be nice for impact resistance but I don't have any holes in mine yet 6 years in.View attachment 32692
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i just want to say SCREW YOU... i wish my garage was this big. I have about 2 inches from front bumper to wall, and back bumper to garage door.
 
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