Finishing Around Garage Door Interior

The old garage door is really in rough shape and will be replaced after the shop goes back to being a garage.

Finishing around garage door interior.

The goal is to install all the drywall that you can fit easily but don t worry if you have to leave a few gaps near the metal. Garage living installed all of the drywall primed and painted the garage. My townhome was built in 1979. Align the trims at both ends and lock them into place with 1 1 4 finishing nails.

To do this attach the drywall to the ceiling studs with drywall screws every four to six inches. To finish above the door with drywall i added blocking for the opener and a furring strip at the bottom of the header to screw the drywall to. Finally work around the door driving the nailheads slightly below the surface with a hammer and a nail set photo 10. Hang the largest pieces of drywall first then the smaller ones.

It s a three story. Re trimming a garage door opening is a small thing that a homeowner can do to make a huge impact. Decorative metal lamp posts metal trim functional metal gutters downspouts railings accent trim. Browse paints available in gloss high gloss finish.

The interior walls of a garage often take a low priority when a home is built because the garage is not a living area. Garage on the ground floor living kitchen on the first and sleeping on the third. Avoid painting in humid or potentially rainy conditions and when temperatures are under 50 f. We can hear the garage door open and talking in the garage no matter where we are in the house.

Wooden garage doors need a coat of primer before the finish coat. The flooring colour is a pebble beach floortex floor coating. The garage has drywall but i do not know if there is insulation behind it. Thick you ll have to predrill the corners before tacking the casing up.

In order to hide the edges of the siding boards and to enhance the look of the your garage you should fit 1 4 trims to the corners and around the doors and windows. The garage door sits on the front of your house facing the road like a giant blank canvass. Before painting completely clean the surface of the door and surrounding trim with a mild detergent and rinse. High gloss this extremely hard and shiny finish provides a rich smooth luster.

This finish is excellent for. Because of this the builder s may. Next predrill the corners for 3d finishing nails one from the top and one from the side photo 8. For now i removed the tracks and just screwed the door to the frame just to close the opening.

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