You may want to consider a motion sensor light switch instead of switches. Should come on when you open the big door, which is nice.
I put in 2 50A 220v circuits for electric car chargers. Sure I don't have one, and it may be awhile but it didn't cost me much(about $250) and figure easier now than later. Plus I can use 'em for a welder in the mean time!
20A circuits in a few spots are a good idea too. If you don't go with a 50A, I'd still run a 20A near the car becuase plug in hybrids can use them.
These openers cost a bit more, but are way better than your standard opener, and if the builder is installing, might even save labour costs as they go in easier. The nice part is you don't have overhead gear so you can use that area easier for storage. I love mine, and most of the cheaper stuff is garbage anyway that will break in 2 years, so get something good to start with. You will need an electrical outlet to one side for it.
I'm building a new house so I'm going to try get a bunch of things done in the attached garage first.
- hot/cold hose bibs
- natural gas and a 220V circuit - I'd like a heater but not sure what kind to get so I'm hedging with both of these.
- the builder puts the light switch to the garage inside the house by the man door, and one at the far end by the garage door
- add another two lights with a switch inside the garage by the man door
- I assume there's a rough in for built-in vacuum but we need one regardless
Am I missing anything important?
I wanted a floor drain in the garage of my current house but the builder said they couldn't because the city doesn't allow it. They said it was a risk because someone could potentially dump oil or antifreeze down it. There's nothing stopping someone from from dropping it down the drain inside the house instead though.
Thanks for your help CP!
I put in an 18’ trough in my garage but just didn’t plumb it in. Any runoff typically just evaporates or I take the shop vac to it.
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Let us know how much they quote you Ducay. I would love to have that in my garage.
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- hot/cold hose bibs
When I had my house built I had them install a laundry sink in the garage. My wife thought it was the dumbest idea ever at the time, and now she thinks it was one of the best ideas we had when building our house.
I went laundry sink as it was an inexpensive way to get hot, cold and a drain into the garage.
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I was going to suspend it about 4 or 5 feet up, and that space won't really be useful for much anyway. The furnace is only about 10 years old, but ya I do need to do some research on duct sizing and stuff. I'm not 100% in on this plan yet, so thanks for the thoughts on it. One nice thing about doing a proper furnace would be that I could run ducts to the back, which is where the workshop area is. The alternative is extending the gas pipe all the way back there.
I have an old house furnace in my garage and this is what I did. Its 5 feet off the ground as I have 14 foot ceiling. I had the house furnace guy build me an upside down 'L' shaped piece of tin with louvers to disperse the heated air into the main garage area. Been working like a charm for 10 years.
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I have an old house furnace in my garage and this is what I did. Its 5 feet off the ground as I have 14 foot ceiling. I had the house furnace guy build me an upside down 'L' shaped piece of tin with louvers to disperse the heated air into the main garage area. Been working like a charm for 10 years.
Nice, if you get a chance could you share a pic? Did you do anything for cold air return, or just stuff a filter in front of it?
Actually just waiting on a quote from the below Company here in town to see what I'm looking at
Me x3 for the quote costs. Damn, that's exactly what I need for my melt water problems. Right now I'm using a containment mat (made by a well loved member of CP) which is doing the trick but this would be a neater solution.
I've got 5 of those wired in my garage. Life changingly bright, highly recommend those one.
To "hardwire" I simply removed my crappy incandescent bulb fixtures and replaced them with 2 and 4 outlets. The lights plug right into them now and are switched as if they were lights.
I also installed 4 at my parent's place, but went the lazy route of just screwing in bulb adapters that have the outlets on them and plugged into those.
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Just built a new house and our builder installed 2 floor drains in our garage no problem. Not sure why its always such an issue with some builders in Calgary.
Haha - as sarcastic as it was, comment was still valid. If OP is going to need a permit and inspection on the line and HVAC install, I can't see a floating furnace (or maybe I missed the chapter on "structural cabinets") passing all the various requirements for make-up air, cold return, etc. On the ground is tricky enough in a space like that, but floating is a whole new ball game. I'm sure it is permitted, but you'll likely not be able to install it on a flammable 2x4 structure.
Don't get me wrong, its a beautiful idea and Im sure yours works great, Im just commenting since there was already questions on him passing inspection as-is, versus going for a garage heater made for this application.
