We knew we wanted to put up new drywall in the garage. As you can see in the pictures, it was in bad shape. Didn't look so nice. What we didn't really think about was that there was essentially no insulation. There was literally some cardboard stapled up to the ceiling as well as the funky beige water-stained material you see. My father's friend Dave came over and pointed this all out to us. He told me the feel the floor in the study, especially where there was no ceiling at all. Cold. Very cold. So we hired Dave and his buddy and son to put up the drywall. I had to acquire the materials. Oh boy. I ordered the wood. Not really a problem. But then I had to order the drywall/sheetrock (I don't know what's the difference!). The folks at Richardson Gypsum Supply are real nice. And patient. They asked me what thickness I wanted. My reply: "I dunno." I told them what it was for. They told me I needed 5/8 to be up to fire code since the garage it's attached to the house. I'm absolutely sure that the weird beige material broke all sorts of code. Then they asked me about thickness of the insulation. My reply: "I dunno." R11, R13, R19. Who knew there were so many sizes? Well, I agreed to insulation that wasn't thick enough. Luckily, Dave and his crew agreed to pick some up (I believe they went up to R21) for me before they began work. See next post for the "After" photos.
We knew we wanted to put up new drywall in the garage. As you can see in the pictures, it was in bad shape. Didn't look so nice. What we didn't really think about was that there was essentially no insulation. There was literally some cardboard stapled up to the ceiling as well as the funky beige water-stained material you see. My father's friend Dave came over and pointed this all out to us. He told me the feel the floor in the study, especially where there was no ceiling at all. Cold. Very cold. So we hired Dave and his buddy and son to put up the drywall. I had to acquire the materials. Oh boy. I ordered the wood. Not really a problem. But then I had to order the drywall/sheetrock (I don't know what's the difference!). The folks at Richardson Gypsum Supply are real nice. And patient. They asked me what thickness I wanted. My reply: "I dunno." I told them what it was for. They told me I needed 5/8 to be up to fire code since the garage it's attached to the house. I'm absolutely sure that the weird beige material broke all sorts of code. Then they asked me about thickness of the insulation. My reply: "I dunno." R11, R13, R19. Who knew there were so many sizes? Well, I agreed to insulation that wasn't thick enough. Luckily, Dave and his crew agreed to pick some up (I believe they went up to R21) for me before they began work. See next post for the "After" photos. 
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