We passed our final inspections and I wanted to show off some pictures of a recent project that involved changing an old garage into new finished space that’s slated to be an office. When I started the uninsulated walls were covered with 3/4″ boards and the floor was very rough concrete that was far from [...] Read More

My garage conversion project is winding down to the final details. The room has a cement floor (remember this post?). All along, the plan was to carpet the entire room, however, as we got close to finishing, the homeowner asked me if I’d lay some tile at the backdoor. Tile at doorways is a great [...] Read More

Trim is usually a highlight of a project, mainly because I’m finally doing something that people will see and enjoy, as opposed to framing which is important but hidden in the walls. The room that used to be an old garage is becoming a nice office or bedroom, looking nothing like its former self. One [...] Read More

The old garage/utility room is finally starting to look like finished living space. After passing our rough-in inspections it was time to insulate and drywall the place. The insulation was fairly straight-forward. The walls are 2×4 studs so normal R13 fiberglass rolls worked well for this. The bottom 16″ of the walls, however, are concrete [...] Read More

It’s been a busy couple of days at my garage-becomes-living-space project. We’ve had a flurry of activity in preparation for the rough-in inspections. These are the inspections that take place before the insulation and drywall are installed. At this project, we’ll have both a building and electrical inspection. John Dorn handled the electrical work for [...] Read More