Expand Garage Ceiling Into Attic

This attic was divided into three zones.

Expand garage ceiling into attic.

10 ways to expand into your garage. This is essential if you are converting your garage into a living space. Several years ago we wanted to beef up the insulation in our main attic to help make our home more energy efficient. The original insulation was near 40 years old and sitting below the ceiling joists in many spots.

Insulating your garage ceiling is an excellent way to keep the heat trapped in the attic from transferring into the garage. The one in the picture is nothing more than a gable fan in the ceiling and would act as a chimminey. If your goal is to keep your garage in an excellent overall temperature i highly recommend insulating the garage ceiling. I have inspected alot of them in homes here in az and the company that makes them is in tempe az.

Apply construction adhesive to the joists and then nail the panels into place. Here is what the gf 14 garage fan looks like. Transforming an attic into a closet. Before removing a section of the garage wall you ll have to add a header to support the weight of the roof above it.

Screw s hooks into the center of a tall a frame style ceiling then attach a heavy duty chain to the hooks so you can hang items within reach and still utilize the storage space. Exposed ceiling beams are great for hanging equipment and because the garage is separate from the rest of the house noise isn t the issue it. Attics they re dark and dingy but great for storage if you can gain the right access especially in a garage attic. To give the bathroom a spa like feel luxe features were added like a soaker tub a frameless shower enclosure a new toilet complete with heated seat and led lights marble and glass mosaic tiles and a crystal chandelier.

It has a fire damper that closes in case of fire keeping the fire our of the attic. The gable end of this truss framed garage roof doesn t support much weight so we were able to add the double 2 10 header and remove the wall section without adding temporary supports. Cut beadboard ceiling panels to fit and attach to the ceiling joists. A bedroom dressing area and master bathroom.