How To Turn Your Garage Door Into A Wall

Attach the sole plate with masonry nails or with lag screws inserted into pre drilled holes in the slab.

How to turn your garage door into a wall. If the garage door was placed at the end of your driveway consider replacing the driveway with landscaping. How to convert a garage door opening into a wall hunker. We decided to do a wood frame wall rather than a stone or masonry wall for one main reason. If you want to make your space warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer and lower your electric and gas bills start by adding some insulation.

He started by ripping out the old door door frame and the flimsy insulation leaving a giant hole in the house. Landscaping will improve the look and help the new wall blend into the original house. Leaving the asphalt or concrete driveway leading into the new wall is a sure sign that it was created from a garage door opening. Even if the space isn t fully finished you can add some insulation between the studs and make the space more usable year round.

Nail it to the floor with 16d nails to form the bottom plate of a new section of wall. Construct a new sole plate across the opening. The end of day one was looking a lot like this. That hanging plastic was there just to block the wind some and keep the debris outside.

Home to the biggest door on your house your garage is likely a major source of heating loss as well. Measure the width of the door opening and cut a length from a 2 by 4 inch stud with a circular saw to fit lengthwise in the opening.