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finishing the garage this spring - what order should I do these renovations in?
Since my collection has outgrown the basement bar, I began renovating our unfinished garage as an additional arcade. It's about a 22' x 12' space, your typical New England cape cod style garage (with a ladder to storage area up top). My plan is a heated, insulated combo arcade/home gym.
Done in 2009:
wired three 15 amp and one 20 amp circuits to the area, along with outlets
3 Harvey replacement windows
insulated walls
installed and painted particle board paneling
epoxied floor
What I think is left:
wire for overhead lighting
insulate and panel ceiling
install new, insulated garage doors
heating system (leaning towards a Dimplex-type electric system)
I'm thinking of taking out this door in back and putting in a sliding glass door (not the open door, the 2 closed doors to the left)
What order should I do this in? Do I need access to the ceiling joists when installing a garage door? Or can I just panel the ceiling completely, then bolt the track to the joists thru the panels?
I was thinking this order:
Wire for lights and heater(s)
insulation of ceiling
remove existing tracks for garage doors
completely panel ceiling
install garage doors
install heating system
I'd sure appreciate any advice and input from guys or gals that have done this sort of thing, esp. in colder climes.
Since my collection has outgrown the basement bar, I began renovating our unfinished garage as an additional arcade. It's about a 22' x 12' space, your typical New England cape cod style garage (with a ladder to storage area up top). My plan is a heated, insulated combo arcade/home gym.
Done in 2009:
wired three 15 amp and one 20 amp circuits to the area, along with outlets
3 Harvey replacement windows
insulated walls
installed and painted particle board paneling
epoxied floor
What I think is left:
wire for overhead lighting
insulate and panel ceiling
install new, insulated garage doors
heating system (leaning towards a Dimplex-type electric system)
I'm thinking of taking out this door in back and putting in a sliding glass door (not the open door, the 2 closed doors to the left)
What order should I do this in? Do I need access to the ceiling joists when installing a garage door? Or can I just panel the ceiling completely, then bolt the track to the joists thru the panels?
I was thinking this order:
Wire for lights and heater(s)
insulation of ceiling
remove existing tracks for garage doors
completely panel ceiling
install garage doors
install heating system
I'd sure appreciate any advice and input from guys or gals that have done this sort of thing, esp. in colder climes.