Starting to work on my garage again now that it's not as cold out. Finished adding the ceiling joists so I can add insulation, vapour barrier, and probably drywall. This was way more work than it should have been since 80% of the time was spent moving stuff back and forth to have room for the ladder and the joists were all twisted so had to use clamps and leverage etc to get them straightened out so they can be straight at both ends. In the process I moved lot of stuff to the shed and outside so it got easier.
The darker ones were already in place to act as collar tie supports for the roof so I just worked around them and put them at same height, built that wall on the left side in first pic a year or so ago. Not everything is 16" OC so I'll add 2x4 strapping going across the joists too for drywall. I will do the insulation and vapour barrier first though so that there is a space between the plastic and drywall to act as a space to run wires etc. For lighting I'll most likely just put back the T8 fixtures I had before. The bulbs that are there now were just thrown there temporarily. I'll be putting a few security cameras around the house and running the wiring through garage too before I close up the ceiling.
The end goal is to turn this into a small shop for wood working projects etc and condition the space so I can use it year round.
The rest of this post is older pics of progression of the project. First order of business was removing the old fireplace chimney and fireplace itself in the living room which is on other side of that wall as the garage is small so it took up lot of space. Then wanted to add more concrete as that floor was in rough shape.
Ready to start on chimney, this is the cleanest the garage has ever been.
Progress pic of when I was removing the chimney, I didn't bother removing that hunk of solid concrete at the bottom. Will just foam that in when I insulate and the work bench will cover it anyway.
Also added conduits going from house crawlspace to garage floor so I can run power, data, etc.
In house:
Under garage:
Garage floor:
New concrete:
and epoxy:
This is more pics that I wanted to add, but figured I'd post the progression from the start. It's been a long project that started in like 2019 as I kinda skipped working on it some years and work on other projects. My goal this year is to at least have the ceiling insulated and the walls partially insulated. There's lot of stuff I want to do like run an EV charger circuit outside and also security cameras so need to do that before I cover up everything. Also will need to add a new electrical panel and bring in a bigger feed. That's what the conduits are for. Power, data, and possibly hydronic heat from the house, and a spare for future use.