What is "rock"?
Sheet rock?
What is "rock"?
Sheet rock?
Are you guys recommending insulation to keep it cool in the summer or warm in the winter? I`ve never been cold in the winter in a garage.
Both!! My garage is unheated and uncooled and just the insulation keeps it reasonable all year. As far as winter I guess it depends on where you live--in SW PA we get some cold weather and I`ve never had my garage go below 42 even during the worst of it most of the winter it stays at 50-55, but neighbors without insulation see well below 32.
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Rock..yes is sheetrock.
It`s was hard to understand what insulating really does until you go from not having much to having it.
My house had about 6" of insulation in the attic since it was built in 62.
Last fall I had R-49 blown in.
Huge difference. ..cooler in summer. ..rooms are nice and warm in winter.
Also had my crawl space walls insulated . ... much more comfortable.
Maybe you were never cold in a rocked garage but once you have it installed you`ll realize what you were missing.
You might be able to open a door into the house while working in there without losing the heat or cool from the living area too.
Congrats on the new house.
Can you just have the builder put in electrical outlets in the ceilings and walls where you think you may want light fixtures? That would allow you to mount them where they are needed, and to be changed as lighting technology advances.
My advice would be to put in about 2x as many outlets as you think you need.
Those lay in fixtures are for drop ceilings...I mounted four of them on my unrocked garage ceiling. Perfectly spaced within an inch.
They came from a health place we were doing.
I wasn`t into detailing at the time so they only each have 2 T8 32w lamp ballasts. My plan is to eventually retrofit four lamps in each. I just need to add tombstones and put another ballast or change it to a four lamp.
You`ll also might want lights near any planned workbench. Not necessary but better when working on things.
How about posting the floor-plan of the garage so we can take a look.
A few weeks ago I started typing how to lay out lights perfectly spaced.
I think you said you didn`t want anything fancy right? I`m not a lumen engineer but have installed so many fixtures its easy once someone takes two minutes to show you the trick on getting the measurements. You can decide how many lights you want.
For a 24x24 garage my four fixtures aren`t enough but once I double the lamps it should work. T
Just have a junction box with a cover for your feed waiting for you and run MC cable or romex light to light.
Hopefully you get a 3-way or four way switch located at each door.
The biggest mistake in my layout is with the garage door up, two fixtures are completely covered by the door. I should have laid it out for 3 rows of lights to prevent that.
My garage ceiling is a regular ceiling - if I recall. There is attic space above it.
I went to look at lights today, and I think the best value for my lighting buck is T8 fluorescent strips. I`m thinking of a bunch of them flush mounted to the ceiling.
I`m thinking maybe a total of 18 T8 bulbs. I kinda like the 2 X 2 (long wise) T8 flush mounted fixtures. Maybe 3 of those and 3 or 4 dual T8 fixtures.
This would all be hard-wired in. To turn on with a few switches. Hopefully, this doesn`t require any crazy electrical panels or what not. I am completely new (and overwhelmed) by all this.
I am having several meeting with the builder over the next few weeks about everything. We will see what happens.
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I`d take whatever you think is sufficient and add a few to that. Seriously...you`ll be surprised over time.
The more switches the better as it gives you options. And I`d have one small light setup that has its own switch in case you want "just a little light" on, like for security purposes or getting in/out late at night.This would all be hard-wired in. To turn on with a few switches.
Doesn`t sound like it should to me. And this is *the* time to do it rightHopefully, this doesn`t require any crazy electrical panels or what not..
In the works.
Garage should be here:
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Wow cinder block walls, never see that here anymore all poured concrete walls. I am not sure why maybe the cold or snow load from roof or just over regulation building codes. Keep up with the updates love to watch the progress even the little things.
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I`m not sure if cinder blocks are good or bad - I`m really not too knowledgeable on this subject. But, anyway - that`s what they use. This builder has been around since the early 1950s, so maybe they are old school?
One thing that I found unique, is the architect (who is the founder`s son), still draws all his blue prints by hand. They gave me copies of the hand drawn blue prints - and I was expecting computer print outs.
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