Adding an Electrical Outlet
Posted by Wayne
One of the things that bothers me most about my garage is that there is only one electrical outlet, and it’s not in a great location. As part of my built in work bench I wanted to have at least one additional electrical outlet on top of the bench. Unfortunately the entire area is already drywalled so running new wire from somewhere else isn’t really an option.
I had considered tearing down the drywall to get some more electrical outlet to the location that I wanted it, however recently I noticed that there is an outlet on the inside of the house directly on the other side of the garage wall where I wanted another outlet. I knew that with some careful planning I could tap into that circuit without doing much damage to the existing drywall in the garage.
Inside Outlet
Finishing a Garage, Part 1
Posted by Wayne
After a much needed (and much deserved, if you ask me) break, this past weekend I started on a new house project.
I’ve spent the past couple of months deciding on which project I wanted to tackle next. I’ve been wanting to finish off our garage just so I can have a nice place to work on the rest of the house projects. Our garage is gloomy and ugly. Some of the drywall work is the worst I’ve ever seen. The walls of the garage are covered with that “holey” material to hang tools from. There is only one electrical outlet in the garage. There is only a single light bulb in the garage. I temporarily fixed the lighting issue before we even moved into the house by adding some fluorescent lighting, but nothing is hardwired and there are cords running all over above and below the rafters above. With a little effort I can fix all the shortcomings of the garage and have a really nice place to work.
This past Saturday my friend Tito was helping me pick up our old appliances and countertops to load up in a trailer to take to the dump. While I had the trailer (borrowed from my folks) I figured I should swing by Home Depot to get some drywall and start on the project.
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