The new Garage

[r3dd0g]

I talked to a friend yesterday about doing the back driveway. He had too much going on with work to help out, but we were going to arrange to have his crew come pour the concrete some Saturday.

Then I get a call today that the job they were on got delayed, so they showed up and started prepping. It was a nice surprise to come home to this!

 

[JoshHefnerX]

There enough room to get your RV out that back gate? Just curious.

 

[r3dd0g]

There enough room to get your RV out that back gate? Just curious.

I don't think it will fit with the way everything is situated right now. Originally I was going to make the gate even bigger with a sliding gate that went around the corner, but when they ripped my gate down I decided it was too big of a project to get knocked out in a short period of time so I just went with what I did. Even if the gate were wider it may be very difficult/impossible to get around the lift in the garage once it's installed.

 

[r3dd0g]

The driveway is done! From trying to figure out when we were going to do it on Tuesday to completely done on Friday before noon!

Shawn came over a few days ago and put an idea in my head about adding a second lift outside on the driveway slab so I went ahead and had them pour the whole slab at 6" with extra footers for the lift. I'm not sure when/if I'll do it, but the driveway is ready for it if I do.

Of course there's drone shots too!

 

[r3dd0g]

As of Friday I only had 2 friends lined up to help me on Sunday and one to help Monday. I wasn't sure how much I'd get done, but I was hoping to at least get one wall sheet rocked. My other friends came through. It was just Amber and I on Saturday, but we had 3 people here Sunday with us and 5 today. All the walls are insulated and sheet rocked, holy cow what a difference that made.

I was dead, but Amber went ahead and wired up all the 110 outlets down both walls.

It was a productive weekend for sure.

 

[ktmoutfront]

Looks good. Now for mudding and taping. The lift was a smart move.

 

[Fastereddie]

As of Friday I only had 2 friends lined up to help me on Sunday and one to help Monday. I wasn't sure how much I'd get done, but I was hoping to at least get one wall sheet rocked. My other friends came through. It was just Amber and I on Saturday, but we had 3 people here Sunday with us and 5 today. All the walls are insulated and sheet rocked, holy cow what a difference that made.

I was dead, but Amber went ahead and wired up all the 110 outlets down both walls.

It was a productive weekend for sure.

Hell yes!

 

[kgblazerfive]

Looks really good

 

[r3dd0g]

Looks good. Now for mudding and taping. The lift was a smart move.

We had no idea how to get the top row done, it's the only thing we used the lift for. Standard drywall jacks only go up to 12 feet which isn't tall enough to do it.

I was planning on finishing the top row next weekend, but so many people showed up yesterday we knocked out the entire East wall in 1.5 hours (minus the top row). I sent Amber and one of my friends on a run to get a lift so we could finish the drywall.

My back and shoulders are suffering today, but the heavy lifting for the garage is done now. On to other things (bathroom build, mud, tape, paint etc. etc.).

 

[ashman]

Standard drywall jacks only go up to 12 feet which isn't tall enough to do it.

Not that it'll do you any good now, but specialty rental companies can usually get one that goes up to 16'. That's how I did the ceilings in mine (14' ceilings). When I've done tall walls in the past, I just did the bottom row horizontal, then turned everything above that vertical so that you can slide it up the wall from the ground.

Either way, the lift you rented is way easier. Looks great!

 

[r3dd0g]

When I've done tall walls in the past, I just did the bottom row horizontal, then turned everything above that vertical so that you can slide it up the wall from the ground.

That's the way I was planning on doing it. It's the way we did the front and back walls. Unfortunately the studs in the walls were so crooked this wasn't an option on the side walls. Even in a 4' section on the end we had issues getting it to line up properly with the stud, especially on the corner cut. Those were out 2+" from top to bottom.

 

[ktmoutfront]

That's the way I was planning on doing it. It's the way we did the front and back walls. Unfortunately the studs in the walls were so crooked this wasn't an option on the side walls. Even in a 4' section on the end we had issues getting it to line up properly with the stud, especially on the corner cut. Those were out 2+" from top to bottom.

That is why you always have extra 2x4s as nailers for the warped boards at the drywall sheet joints.

 

[r3dd0g]

I understand that, but this wall was severely bad. We would have been stacking 2-3 2x4s on multiple runs. It just made more sense to do them horizontally.

 

[ktmoutfront]

I meant even horizontally we have had to. And structurally, the drywall is supposed to be horizontal. Unless the building was designed without drywall.

 

[r3dd0g]

So I'm going to post up a question here, I don't know if this will work well or if I should post up a separate survey thread.
As you can imagine, the garage is quite loud now that the sheet rock is in. Hard surfaces everywhere and nothing to soak up the sound.
I want to do something that nobody does anymore, I want to shoot the ceiling with popcorn.
This solves a few issues for me:

• I don't have to do any further tape/mud etc. work on the ceiling other than taping the joints where it adjoins the walls.
• I don't have to sand the ceiling
• I don't have to paint or prime the ceiling
• I don't have to figure out how to "quiet down" the garage

The only downside I see is that people hate it... But at 16' is anyone going to notice it?

 

[yellowK20]

So I'm going to post up a question here, I don't know if this will work well or if I should post up a separate survey thread.
As you can imagine, the garage is quite loud now that the sheet rock is in. Hard surfaces everywhere and nothing to soak up the sound.
I want to do something that nobody does anymore, I want to shoot the ceiling with popcorn.
This solves a few issues for me:

• I don't have to do any further tape/mud etc. work on the ceiling other than taping the joints where it adjoins the walls.
• I don't have to sand the ceiling
• I don't have to paint or prime the ceiling
• I don't have to figure out how to "quiet down" the garage

The only downside I see is that people hate it... But at 16' is anyone going to notice it?

Dust , the popcorn is going to be a magnet for dust , welding fumes , etc it will look like crap in short order and make the place seem like a dungeon

 

[r3dd0g]

I have popcorn in my current garage and it's not that bad. It's at 8ft and I've built 2 trailers from scratch as well as 3 rigs in that garage, I can't imagine a 16' ceiling would be anywhere near as bad.

 

[yellowK20]

the echo is going to be much less once you have the garage full of tools , motorhome , etc .

 

[ktmoutfront]

I buy ear plugs 1000 at a time. They go in the minute I walk in.

You need to start stealing racing banners. And hang onto to your BB raffle tickets and win that banner.

 

[ashman]

@yellowK20 is right, once you get a bunch of stuff in there is will quiet down a lot.

I'm sure you were expecting a bunch of negative responses, but I'm not knocking the idea itself for sound deadening, I just dont think it'll be necessary. Mine was echoing too (40x40x14) but once i but a few things in it it quieted up just fine.

And yeah, a couple of banners will do wonders too and not make it look like your grandmother's living room.

As far as sanding goes, I wouldn't bother sending the ceiling anyway. Just paint it, it'll be fine.