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Next on the list... home gym in the garage. I wasn't fully aware that we were building walls for this but my wife reminded me of the project spec three days ago. So what you see was accomplished in three days. Frame out the walls drywall, mud, paint, sort of organize the junk pile, and then scrub and pressure wash the floor all before our new treadmill got delivered today at 4pm. Oh and of course paint the other walls too.
I had to draw the line on quality of the patch and paint on the existing walls due to running out of time... but she wants mirrors on those walls anyway.
As for the new walls, we also sectioned off the washer and dryer area so that will be a more useful area where we can have a folding table and have it feel less like we're in the garage when doing laundry.
The garage floor slopes almost an inch from the house to the garage door so the studs had to be cut to be level along the wall. Built the wall just below the garage door. The little return at the end by the garage door was necessary for rigidity. Also I was very diligent about getting the otherwise wobbly walls plumb before screwing the drywall in... which I also used a lot of screws on to make sure I was getting as much strength from the drywall as I could. In retrospect, I could have used 5/8 inch instead of 1/2 but I was happy with the strength in the end.
You might notice that I use mesh tape instead of drywall tape on the joints. I've done a number of drywall projects now and must say I really don't like drywall tape. It's a pain to work with and I always wind up with issues. I don't really see new construction using mesh on seams but I find it to be far superior from a productivity standpoint.
I've also learned that drywall is a lot of work to make it perfect. I don't mind that but it's exhausting to get smooth coats. What you see here was done with absolutely no sanding... just two coats of 90 minute hot mud and one careful coat of topping mud. I then use a damp sponge to carefully smooth out the lines in the topping mud. Usually I'd do a fourth coat to touch up if I wanted it prefect with no sanding.
Next on the list... interior doors, entry doors, and pocket doors.
I had to draw the line on quality of the patch and paint on the existing walls due to running out of time... but she wants mirrors on those walls anyway.
As for the new walls, we also sectioned off the washer and dryer area so that will be a more useful area where we can have a folding table and have it feel less like we're in the garage when doing laundry.
The garage floor slopes almost an inch from the house to the garage door so the studs had to be cut to be level along the wall. Built the wall just below the garage door. The little return at the end by the garage door was necessary for rigidity. Also I was very diligent about getting the otherwise wobbly walls plumb before screwing the drywall in... which I also used a lot of screws on to make sure I was getting as much strength from the drywall as I could. In retrospect, I could have used 5/8 inch instead of 1/2 but I was happy with the strength in the end.
You might notice that I use mesh tape instead of drywall tape on the joints. I've done a number of drywall projects now and must say I really don't like drywall tape. It's a pain to work with and I always wind up with issues. I don't really see new construction using mesh on seams but I find it to be far superior from a productivity standpoint.
I've also learned that drywall is a lot of work to make it perfect. I don't mind that but it's exhausting to get smooth coats. What you see here was done with absolutely no sanding... just two coats of 90 minute hot mud and one careful coat of topping mud. I then use a damp sponge to carefully smooth out the lines in the topping mud. Usually I'd do a fourth coat to touch up if I wanted it prefect with no sanding.
Next on the list... interior doors, entry doors, and pocket doors.
