Aside from any legal requirements, if I was finishing an attached garage, I would use drywall. If there is a fire and it gets into the roof of the garage, I expect the house to be a total loss.
What did you do in your garage today..?
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When I built my shop the contractor suggested corrugated, white PVC panels for the walls and ceiling like they use in milking barns because it's moisture resistance.
Both he and the building inspector were surprised that it didn't meet fire code standards here, even though it does elsewhere, including (I believe) other provinces. So we had to install drywall underneath on the wall adjacent to the office space, including in the attic/void below the roof.
I would take your approach too. Both to be safe and also incase an insurance adjustor or company decided to be difficult.
This. Along with what @Scuba Steve wrote.
Talk to your insurance company to see what they have to say. If your garage is detached like mine you're ok for by-law. But okay for by-law doesn't mean your insurance won't be looking for a cop out not to pay out of there's a fire so talk to them before you decide.
While out today I found this socket. What does it hook up to?
Rear brake. How bad do your brakes have to get to eject a piston on the road?
There was a bunch of work being done around the area a few days ago. I left it for a couple of days thinking some one would come back for it. It is also 10 yards downhill from a rail crossing. Never considered a brake piston as the ones I’ve taken apart had flat tops. I was fixated on some sort of speciality tool.
Thanks, mystery solved.
Anyone need it?
Thanks, mystery solved.
Anyone need it?
I did the walls in my garage with 3/4” plywood over top of existing drywall. I’ve actually done that in my last 2 garages and would do it again if I had to. They were both detached so fire rating was not required. Plywood makes it super easy to hang all your stuff on the wall and get it off the floor or to add shelveng.I surface mounted all my electrical in 1/2” and 3/4” conduit so it’s super easy to add an outlet anywhere.All receptacles are 20 amp.
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The only thing I would do differently is to strap the walls with 1x3 or 1x4 strapping before putting up the plywood. Putting up the plywood goes a lot faster and more securely, especially when all your studs are not exactly on 16” centres, which they usually aren’t. I was less than halfway through the job before I started kicking myself for not doing so.
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This thing is just a big dirtbike so I usually just give it a basic wash but each Fall I give it a thorough clean/inspection. It does clean up pretty nice. Bit annoying that you have to take off the lower plastic and crash bars to take the skidplate off though (oil change).
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I call shenanigans.
Tell the truth - once you get a bike dirty, you immediately trade it in for a brand new one.
My bike has never been that clean, even on day one...
Mad Mike
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Not in my garage, but I helped a local young feller get his 71 340 Demon going. No start, cleaned and set points, bypassed ballast resistor till Amazon delivers a replacement.
Brough back a few memories. Next week I'm going to help him with a 70 Torino GT.
His late father left him these cars, along with a 442, and a 69 Ford 500 police interceptor.
But the big discovery for me is the dozen heavy vintage non-running motorcycles that have clogged his mothers garage for 20 years.
Brough back a few memories. Next week I'm going to help him with a 70 Torino GT.
His late father left him these cars, along with a 442, and a 69 Ford 500 police interceptor.
But the big discovery for me is the dozen heavy vintage non-running motorcycles that have clogged his mothers garage for 20 years.
Markham or Porcupine? That's a cool collection of iron.
Mad Mike
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Porcupine.
The cars are classics, not huge collector models but very nice.
I'm going to see the MCs later this week. They want 2 revived, their late dads 71 Harley and 69 Commando. I'll get them running safely, in exchange for a few. Supposed to be a WLA complete but disassembled, a complete R100, and a MATCHLESS 650 desert sled in the bunch.
Should be fun.
The cars are classics, not huge collector models but very nice.
I'm going to see the MCs later this week. They want 2 revived, their late dads 71 Harley and 69 Commando. I'll get them running safely, in exchange for a few. Supposed to be a WLA complete but disassembled, a complete R100, and a MATCHLESS 650 desert sled in the bunch.
Should be fun.
I've learned that if you coat it with enough slick stuff on delivery it'll break less when you crash it (repeatedly in my case).I call shenanigans.
Tell the truth - once you get a bike dirty, you immediately trade it in for a brand new one.
My bike has never been that clean, even on day one...
Marriage tip: wipe off household vacuum wheels after using it on the garage floor or they'll leave little dirty tire marks on your white carpets.
Priller
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Oof. The '69-70 442 is one of my all-time favourites. Such an underrated beast, and absolutely gorgeous.
Ah, there's my problem.
I coat my bike with slick stuff *AFTER* I crash it.
Blood, sweat and tears.
Mainly tears.
Lots of it...
I've been insulating the garage ceiling (for months now, more on that later), and today I decided to look at it from above...
I'll let you guess which part of the ceiling is the only part that hasn't been insulated.
This was supposed to be a 1-2 day project, instead, because of the accident and me only being able to do like 30-90 minutes of physical movement a day every few days or else I feel like I'm ready to fall over and die, it's been like a 3 month process, so it was cool to see that the insulation really is working. This was the motivation I needed to get me excited to go to the hardware store, buy the last bag of insulation, and finish the damn job.
I'll let you guess which part of the ceiling is the only part that hasn't been insulated.
This was supposed to be a 1-2 day project, instead, because of the accident and me only being able to do like 30-90 minutes of physical movement a day every few days or else I feel like I'm ready to fall over and die, it's been like a 3 month process, so it was cool to see that the insulation really is working. This was the motivation I needed to get me excited to go to the hardware store, buy the last bag of insulation, and finish the damn job.
