Finishing Concrete Garage Walls

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Finishing concrete garage walls.

It s really cold in the front hallway that shares a wall with the garage and the whole house feels cold. Building new walls inside the existing concrete walls is the standard way of finishing basement walls. So i m going to have to frame garage walls over concrete which makes it a little more challenging. Leave walls natural or paint them to achieve the desired finish for your garage.

The garage ceiling is also dry walled because the furnace ductwork goes through it. If you ve run out of room to park your car because the space has been taken over by bikes tools and sports equipment or if you want to turn your seldom used garage into a workshop or entertainment room transform the walls with one of these easy solutions. Remember to wash off the bristles as soon as you finish brooming concrete. Special concrete brooms are available but a regular push broom will work too.

Covering up these blocks will greatly improve the aesthetics of your interior living space. Garage walls are a little like a blank canvas with shelves hooks and pegboards in place of paint. If you are finishing a basement or if you live in a house that is built entirely of concrete blocks you may be faced with the unsightly presence of an interior wall made of exposed concrete blocks. Stylish metal panels shiny metal panels have long served as a stylish finish for high end garages and workshops.

It s important to have an idea why you want to put drywall up on your garage walls. It can also provide additional wall storage using hooks racks and baskets. As with all the other finishing steps the key to a successful broom finish is to wait until the concrete surface is just right. My only problem is that my garage is unfinished cinder block on three of the walls.

Finishing the walls of your garage allows the space to be used in multiple different ways from added storage to organization as well as adding your own personal style to one of the most used rooms in your home. Slatwall panels provides a clean look on the left side of the garage. The garage has drywall but i do not know if there is insulation behind it. To most people your garage is much more than just a place to park their vehicle or store all those christmas decorations.