Small addition for a small shop

[motormech1]

Nice! Seeing the ceiling shot and the garage door track reminded me of sheathing my shop ceiling and dealing with my two door's tracks. That was sucky. lol

 

[AlfromNH]

Yeah, @Batmanacw did you unbolt the door track hangers? I have a 3 stall garage and I’m looking at the door track hardware and hating the thought of trying to Sheetrock around it all. But unbolting the hangers sounds kind of sketchy…

 

[Batmanacw]

Yeah, @Batmanacw did you unbolt the door track hangers? I have a 3 stall garage and I’m looking at the door track hardware and hating the thought of trying to Sheetrock around it all. But unbolting the hangers sounds kind of sketchy…

I just took out the lags in the joists and let them hang. I cranked the drywall jack above them and slid the drywall right into place.

Then I just guessed when I ran the lags back in and they followed the original holes as they drilled through the drywall.

 

[Batmanacw]

The hardest part is how uneven the ceiling joists are in my garage. I made the walls 1" shorter than the ceiling so I could slide the drywall right over the top. It worked out okay but it wasn't pretty. I suck at drywall......lol

 

[AlfromNH]

I suck at it too, and my wife says she’s never heard me cuss as much as when I was taping and muddying the bathroom. But it costs enough to have it done that I keep winding up diy-ing it

 

[motormech1]

I just took out the lags in the joists and let them hang. I cranked the drywall jack above them and slid the drywall right into place.

Then I just guessed when I ran the lags back in and they followed the original holes as they drilled through the drywall.

Same here. Except I used OSB. It was cheaper than sheetrock at the time

 

[Batmanacw]

Same here. Except I used OSB. It was cheaper than sheetrock at the time

I originally intended to use osb but it was crazy expensive at the time. I'm glad I did go with drywall because my shop is very bright with the light walls.

The drywall is really just there to protect the insulation. Lol

 

[motormech1]

Yeah, I pre-painted them on the floor before hanging them. Bit of a pain but worth it for the light.

 

[Batmanacw]

Quick shop tour.

New shop lights. I think I really only need one more above the grinder bench.



Insulated the garage door.



Opened the garage door. I think I'll move the stock shelf into the main garage. I need a bigger press!



Through the 4 ft door into the machine shop.



It's small but that makes it easy to heat and clean.

The shop extension cost me around $1k all in. It has already helped declutter my main garage. The space is very easy to heat quickly. It's well lit and there is room for a welding table.

 

[motormech1]

Looks great man, nice job! That's gonna be nice to work in.