Building A Room In My Garage

Attach a 2x6 ledger board to the rear wall of your garage using 3 8 or 1 2 inch lag bolts.

Building a room in my garage.

These are relatively easy to install and will make the new garage room blend with the rest of your home. Your other ceiling options are vaulted exposed beam or pitched. Assemble the wall by nailing the studs to the plates with 16d nails. If the conversion is done in an area where there is still plenty of space for the homeowners to park off the street even in a smaller garage the home s value might increase by 6 percent or more.

Lay out the window opening to match the rough opening dimensions provided by your window supplier. With the additional of another family member we had to add another room in our house. It is preferable to avoid the hassle of re wiring so locate the room in an area with electrical access and an overhead light already installed. Use one bolt for each stud getting it at least 2 inches into the wall stud.

The choice will come down to aesthetics ease and cost. Start by cutting the top and bottom plates for the long wall and marking the stud locations on them. Remember that over tightening the bolt will strip the wood and result in a loose connection. Consider adding a drop ceiling to help mask the fact that it was once where you parked the car.

Build the walls on a flat surface like the garage floor. Most garages have very basic ceilings with exposed elements. You will require 5 sheets of mdf board or ply board etc 2400mm x 1200mm x 25mm thickness 20 metres of 50mm x 25mm pine batten 12 l brackets 25mm 60 or 65mm and 25mm screws. Measure the area intended for the enclosed room.

Plan the room so that the two new walls join the garage s exterior walls at a stud. Attach the joists using standard joist hangers and heavy duty joist hanger nails. The only place left was the garage and we didn t have a lot of time. You will need an extra pair of hands to assist with the boards.

If you have a small home and convert just a part of the garage into a room leaving another portion for one car to park then you won t lose as. Stand the wall on the platform straighten. Garages must be single storey with maximum eaves height of 2 5 metres and maximum overall height of 4 metres for a dual pitched roof or 3 metres for any other sort of roof maximum height of 2 5 metres in the case of a building within 2 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the main dwelling no verandas balconies or raised platforms. If you are diy minded this really is a simple task and no planning permission is needed.

It gets pretty.