How do I transform my garage into a rec. room?

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For as little money as possible? or where can I find good info on this?

Answer 1

if you do it...I would not take out the garage doors, I would build a wall in front of the doors, that will allow you storage on the door side of the wall. Also, houses that have garages have a much higher resale value (or that can be converted easily back to a garage).
I renovate houses and I will not purchase a house that does not have at least a carport (I live in FL where carports are common on traditional FL houses). No matter how nice a house is on the inside, houses with driveways that end at a wall look strange, but you could do some outside work and make your driveway no longer run into the house and create a nice looking parking area

Answer 2

If you don't care about the car every going back into the garage, then you can put down tile or even raise the floor and replace the garage door with a window wall.

If you think the garage needs to be able to revert to being a garage someday, then you can use an inexpensive industrial vinyl tile or epoxy-based concrete paint on the floor. Use a good insulation in the walls if you're in the north, then 3/4" drywall over that. If you're not in an area where there are extremes of temperature, then simple 1/2" drywall on the walls and ceiling would be cheap and easy. It's only $4/sheet and each sheet is 4' x 8'...so the whole garage could easily be transformed for under $100.

Answer 3

I am doing a similar project this fall.. I've drawn plains and will gut the existing garage down to bare walls. Most garages have a standard truss design mine does not, I will be scissoring some supports and cutting the bottom chord so we can cathedral the ceiling.. You need to build up a small footer for a wall where the garage door sites, I am placing an entrance door in the new wall.

I will run electrical, insulate sheet rock, and then put some carsiding on the ceiling..
My garage size is about 20x20 and I estimated with a laundry room of about 4x6 in one corner my costs at about $5000..
This doing everything myself. Even electrical and plumbing. FWIW

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How do I transform my garage into a rec. room?
For as little money as possible? or where can I find good info on this?

Answer 5

My husband and I did this when we moved into our house. Find a few different people to complete the task instead of just one. It will usually cost you less to get a plumber who does electrical work on the side than to hire an electrician. First, you need to find someone to seal your garage door and finish the walls. A good person for this is a siding contractor because this is usually out of their league, but they have the skills, which means pricing would be low. Then have someone lay your carpet and wire your lights and receptacles. After that, you should be good to go. Depending on where you live, Case Handyman Services is good with individual contractors, but be sure to check their licenses. You'll be better off in the long run should something go wrong.

Answer 6

Insulate and drywall the walls, something you can do yourself. If you need to do the ceiling as well, you might hire someone, it gets trickier.

Paint.

Inexpensive carpet (like carpet tiles) or rubber foam squares for the floor.

You may need to install a window unit AC and/or some thing for heat, depending on your local climate.

Don't wall up the garage door(s). This will preserve the resale on the house and if the weather is nice, you can open them up. (Make sure the doors have a good lock).

Answer 7

Take the car out of the garage. Put a pool table in it's place. Voila! Cheap, inexpensive rec room.

Answer 8

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Best to get advice from a home center (e.g., The Home Depot). That said, R-19 is generally recommended for roof applications...but what about the walls? A floor vent doesn't sound efficient because cold air is heavier and will stay near the floor rather than dispersing. Have you considered a separate self-contained AC unit?

Answer 9

My friends just did their's. They started by drywalling all the walls. The ceiling was finished. They put ceramic tile down on the floor, painted the walls and voila-->we have a great place to play cards,etc.

Answer 10

if you live up north you have to consider the cold floor in winter. some folks lay insullation between floor joists and build a floor up from there. are you going to wall in where the door was? Start there. then the floor then walls then ceiling then paint and trim.