Broke EF
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Well since a few of you guys asked to see the garage work, here it is! Like my other post, I am going to be pulling this from another site. I will do my best to get rid of shit that was specific to the post over there, but I am sure I will miss some. This project has been going on and off for about 3 years, so there is a LOT to cover. Hope you guys enjoy!
I am FINALLY starting on the major remodel of my garage. We have been in our (first) house for a little over 3 years, and started running out of other projects
The space is nothing special, just a 20'x20' attached "2 car" garage. We have done some things to the space since moving in.
One of the first projects when we moved in was a pseudo home theater. That involved running lots of wire all throughout the house, and adding some outlets for equipment. We also stubbed out of the main panel for the garage sub panel while we were in there. When we moved in there was one outlet (by the door) and one light. The opener was plugged in via and extension cord duct taped to the drywall to the outlet by the door. So a sub panel was clearly going to be needed.
Next on the list of projects was creating more storage space. All we could do was go up, as in, into the attic. First obstacle was the sheer amount of garbage up there! The previous owners had clearly also used the space above the garage for storage. Too bad they put down cardboard and trim, and whatever other crap they could find to make a "surface" to put stuff on.
It took me a full day to rip everything out, and get rid of all of the nails and screws. Quick shot of the SOME of the crap I took down...
Once I had a clean surface I put in some 1/2" plywood that I screwed down. This is the early stages, that conduit ended up coming out later.
Before lighting (and after the stairs)
Next up came some lighting! (Ignore the wire on the right, that was before it was terminated)
Four 75 watt bulbs make it pretty bright up there!
I also put in some attic stairs, and that project was a wrap!
Let me tell you, that was one of the best things we have done so far. We have the whole width of the garage (20') about 6' wide of usable area. Easy to get up there, plenty of light, just makes it very usable.
It took a while, but we finally got around to do the sub panel a few months back.
The outlets are each a separate 20 amp circuit. I will be doing that around the garage as well.
After that my buddy came back out and added some lighting. I ended up just doing a bunch of keyless sockets with 100 watt replacement (5000k) LED bulbs. The total investment was very low, and the light is good enough for me.
That brings us up to speed with the final stage of this whole deal. I don't really have a "before pic", but this is close enough.
After the walls were pretty much done.
I still need to tear down the ceiling, and then we can run the electric around. I am doing insulation, new drywall, more lighting, electric, heat (electric), and AC. I will probably re-coat the floor too since its pretty trashed. Once walls are up I will be building shelving, cabinets, and other storage devices for everything.
Since I am here, I may as well update. We just finished taking the ceiling down. Later today we are going to run the electric.
Not much to show today, but figured I would throw in an update anyway. As you saw above, on Saturday morning the wife and I got the last of the drywall torn down. It went pretty good actually since a large chunk was barely hanging on Only took about an hour to get it down and cleaned up.
Saturday afternoon my buddy came by to work on the electrical. We came up with a game plan, and headed over to Home Depot to get supplies. Since the garage is a mess, I was busy shuffling things around and pulling nails while he was running his home runs. We are going to be surface mounting the outlets and such, but he got the pipes stubbed up from the panel, and then in the far wall. That way I can close up the walls and the ceiling. After that he got on the last of the lighting. Initially I was planning just one more row of bulbs down the middle. As we were looking at it, I asked "what about two rows". Turned out that it would be a little easier to run, and the spacing with the existing rows worked out prefect!
So now I have 16 keyless sockets in the ceiling with 5000k 100W replacement LED bulbs in them. Not a traditional lighting scheme around here, but it was cheap and its pretty efficient. I spent about $100 on bulbs, and they use a little over 200 watts when they are all lit. One other thing we did was put the outer 4 bulbs on a second switch for times we don't need to light up the whole neighborhood. I only had my phone, so it is hard to show how bright it is, but it is BRIGHT out there with them all on!
Sunday we went and ordered up the insulation and drywall, which is being delivered tomorrow. I went with 4' X 10' sheets of 5/8" fire rated drywall, and R13 insulation. I would have like a higher R rating in the ceiling, but its only 2x4 trusses, and I have plywood covering more than half of it. I could have put thicker insulation on the section that doesn't have the plywood, but easier to just keep everything the same.
Monday some stuff showed up for the garage. First up was a couple of air tight bins to hold the salt and oil dry. This was the Wife's idea, and is MUCH nicer than the bags I had jammed in the corner. The corner that lets in just a bit of water, and that never gets cleaned...
Next came my favorite piece of the puzzle, the AC unit! It is nothing special, just a 12,000 portable unit, but should be great for my small garage!
I was looking at these after I sold my old window unit. I know window units are more efficient, but I have no windows in there and I did not want it sticking through the wall. If the back wall wasn't the kitchen I would have done that, but one side is the front sidewalk to the door, and the other is the sidewalk to get to the backyard and is narrow. Anyway this popped up on prime day, and the wife saw it and sent it to me. Quick check on the specs said it was pretty much identical (or slightly better) than the one I had my eye on for around $150 less.
Well that's all I have for now. Today we clean up (more) and clear out a spot for the delivery tomorrow. Then I can start on getting the insulation up ASAP. I have a bit more work to do before I can do that, but I should have that done this week hopefully. Plan is to be done with insulation and ready for drywall by the end of this weekend.
I got bored last night, and decided to play around with SketchUp. This kind of gives you an idea of how small my garage is.
Just got this pic from my wife
Looks like the real work can begin! BTW, you can clearly see I expected them to put the sheets in the other direction. Lucky for me there was just enough space to fit them.
It's time for the weekly(ish) update!! I am just gonna post pics since the timeline is all blurred together.
Power stubbed up out of the panel. The box above will be for the heater.
The drops down the opposite wall
Drywall, insulation, heater, and fan
I ended up re-hanging my opener since it was on some tiny angle pieces that were screwed together.
Put up some scrap wood to support the heater
Got some support up for the fan and the speakers. Also ran the stereo wiring so now the garage is "Zone 2" from my main receiver in the basement. There is a lot going on with home audio/video/networking, if anyone cares I can get into it.
Also, I have no idea what the hell is going on with that vent monstrosity. Who thought that was a good idea?! It will get fixed, but not in this round of work. I am also going to be closing up those holes between the rafters, that is coming up soon.
Got insulation almost completely done on the walls.
Next up is finish the walls out, then move on to the ceiling. As I mentioned I need to close up those holes. That means putting in some bracing so I can later cut panels to close the gaps. I am also going to add some supports in a couple areas that get the most traffic. In hindsight I probably should have used 3/4" plywood for that project, would have had less flex. No big deal, just some braces up there and then I can insulate the ceiling and start hanging drywall! I hope I get a weekend that isn't hot as hell soon, that would speed this whole project up
Slow weekend this week. Had a bunch of other things going on, which was annoying since the weather was damn near perfect. Oh well, still got some done regardless.
Friday we cleaned up and moved everything to one side of the garage.
FLOOR!
We are pretty lucky that our town will collect just about anything for free. The oil is mine, but all the rest of this pile-o-chemicals came from the previous owners.
That is the last of the junk left over from the previous owners. It didn't seem like they left all that much, until we got dumpster bags on three separate occasions, and a call for the hazardous pickup to get rid of it all!
Moving on, Saturday I was only able to get out there for a little over an hour. So I finished insulating that outside wall.
I also removed the last little bit of drywall (on the ceiling) that I wasn't able to get at before, along with the last of the nails. I was planning on installing my vent for the AC, but my holesaw arbor needs a 1/2" chuck. Unfortunately for me my batteries took a crap on my 18v Lithium Ion Makita drill, so all I have is my 12v set that only has a 3/8" chuck. I did think I had a smaller arbor around, but I couldn't find it. Ill either borrow a drill, buy some batteries, or buy a new drill.
I did also run the additional wires for the speakers out back. I got some outdoor cameras that showed up on Friday, and I was able to plan out the mounting and wiring for those as well.
Well that's all for this week. I might be able to start putting up drywall this coming weekend. I need to do a little bit more work, and then I can insulate the ceiling (that will be fun), then drywall!
Fingers crossed for some pics of installed drywall next week!
Time for an update. Two weekends ago was pretty much dedicated to insulating the ceiling on the open half. There was some other things that came up which delayed things a bit. I did get a drywall lift, but never ended up getting any drywall installed that weekend.
One up
Started getting warm with the garage door shut, so I temped in the AC
Working well!
Discharge
Exhaust
Then I grabbed my 8' ladder to help support the insulation while I was putting it up.
Installed!
It was a bit easier with some support, but lots of up and down to move things around. I also broke a light bulb when I got the ladder out. DOH! As I said, I got the rest of the insulation up on that half of the ceiling and that was about it. Doing that by myself was not fun. I am sure there are MANY things I could have done to make it easier, but I am no pro at any of this so it can be slow going. The good news was that I also ordered up some tools to help me with t he drywall.
Got all 3 for $200 which I thought was good deal. I needed a bigger (1/2" chuck) drill since my Makita has dead batteries, so I jumped on it. They all worked great, but the batteries are a bit lack luster being only 1.4 or 1.5Ah.
That brings us to this past weekend, which can only mean one thing... DRYWALL!!!
One sheet up!
The cutout tool did a nice job when I had it adjusted right. I was a bit hit or miss overall, but when I didn't screw up it was very nice. It sped things up quite a bit for sure.
Three up! That end one was fun, lots of cutouts. I am planning on trimming around the attic stairs, so the fact that my measurement was slightly off for the one piece isn't an issue.
This was the end of the day on Saturday. Ceiling done, and one piece up on the wall (which we took down and redid Sunday)
End of the day Sunday!
The small piece on the bottom to the left of the door is just sitting there. Now that its done, I know what to change for the rest of the garage. I know the small gap will be a pain in the ass, but it seemed like a better idea to position them how I did when I was hanging it. Going forward I will leave a larger gap at the bottom since I am going to trim anyway. Again, I am no pro, but I think it is looking decent so far.
UPDATE TIME!!!! I haven't had a lot of time lately to get out there and do some work, that is until this past weekend. We had nothing to do over the labor day weekend, so the wife and I dove in and got a lot done.
Started by moving EVERYTHING over to the other side of the garage. That is a massive undertaking all in itself. If I haven't said it yet, I really cant wait for this project to be done! Anyway, after that was done, we put the the insulation in the ceiling. That went a whole lot quicker this time with a second set of hands.
You can't see in the pic, but I also added in a few extra braces for the floor up there. The cross 2x4 that you can see is the old scuttle frame.
Next up came MORE DRYWALL!!!!
First sheet up
I am starting to get decent with the cutout tool
And just like that the ceiling was done!
Next up came the walls, but not before hooking the tunes back up AND the ever important fan!
Wall all ready for drywall (I still had a little insulation work to do over there)
BAM, wall is done!
Let me tell you, the walls are SO much easier. First off because they are on the walls and not over head. Second because I was able to use totally uncut sheets (the two closest to the door). Those are the only two sheets in the entire garage that did not need to be cut or trimmed in any way.
Last up was some drywall around the garage door.
During this I found out I had a lot more conduit (and scrap wood) than I thought!
That's all we got done for the weekend. Not that we were in any kind of a hurry, but we were also slowed down by me hurting my knee on Sunday morning. Going up and down the ladder all day Sunday was a real treat. But we got everything done for the weekend that I had planned on getting done. There are still some fill pieces to do where I didn't think out my seams (left a 1" gap). I also have to finish around the garage door, but of course now there is stuff in my way on that side. I also need to install a camera before I close that up. Last on the list is the bottom left piece on the front wall (under the speaker). There is a water spigot over there that I need to replace while the wall is open. I got the spigot, but forgot to get solder. Hopefully I can knock out that (without issue) this weekend.
There is still quite a bit to do, but I am really happy seeing it all (mostly) drywalled for the first time ever! The pile of stuff is getting smaller, the place is looking cleaner, and I an starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, that's all I got. Thanks for following along!
Its update time! I was able to get just a little more done to the garage over this last weekend. I am pretty sure I mentioned that I needed to replace the spigot that comes though the wall into the garage. It not only was leaking, but they also tapped it for the ice maker down stream of where it shuts off...
So I got back in there to see what I was working with. I knew it was a bit jacked up, but I forgot how bad. I also didn't expect it to be quite like this.
Before I opened it up
There was duct tape, plastic bags, and a shit ton of spray foam. Mind you this is an inside wall between the fridge and the pantry.
Here is what I was working with after I cleaned it all out
And here is the pic of the old spigot with the tap on it
No pics of the process, but here was the finished result.
The black on the wall is actually burn marks from the last time it was worked on. I was able to solder everything without scorching everything Just need to drywall and paint and that will be done.
Before I put the new spigot in I put in new insulation, and hung the sheet of drywall. That way I was able to drill the correct size hole.
I was all excited to start mud and tape out in the garage pretty soon, but then we found some water in the basement. I found the leak today (that we weren't even sure WAS a leak), but I will fill that all in later. For now I am going to bed
I am FINALLY starting on the major remodel of my garage. We have been in our (first) house for a little over 3 years, and started running out of other projects
The space is nothing special, just a 20'x20' attached "2 car" garage. We have done some things to the space since moving in. One of the first projects when we moved in was a pseudo home theater. That involved running lots of wire all throughout the house, and adding some outlets for equipment. We also stubbed out of the main panel for the garage sub panel while we were in there. When we moved in there was one outlet (by the door) and one light. The opener was plugged in via and extension cord duct taped to the drywall to the outlet by the door. So a sub panel was clearly going to be needed.
Next on the list of projects was creating more storage space. All we could do was go up, as in, into the attic. First obstacle was the sheer amount of garbage up there! The previous owners had clearly also used the space above the garage for storage. Too bad they put down cardboard and trim, and whatever other crap they could find to make a "surface" to put stuff on.
It took me a full day to rip everything out, and get rid of all of the nails and screws. Quick shot of the SOME of the crap I took down...
Once I had a clean surface I put in some 1/2" plywood that I screwed down. This is the early stages, that conduit ended up coming out later.
Before lighting (and after the stairs)
Next up came some lighting! (Ignore the wire on the right, that was before it was terminated)
Four 75 watt bulbs make it pretty bright up there!
I also put in some attic stairs, and that project was a wrap!
Let me tell you, that was one of the best things we have done so far. We have the whole width of the garage (20') about 6' wide of usable area. Easy to get up there, plenty of light, just makes it very usable.
It took a while, but we finally got around to do the sub panel a few months back.
The outlets are each a separate 20 amp circuit. I will be doing that around the garage as well.
After that my buddy came back out and added some lighting. I ended up just doing a bunch of keyless sockets with 100 watt replacement (5000k) LED bulbs. The total investment was very low, and the light is good enough for me.
That brings us up to speed with the final stage of this whole deal. I don't really have a "before pic", but this is close enough.
After the walls were pretty much done.
I still need to tear down the ceiling, and then we can run the electric around. I am doing insulation, new drywall, more lighting, electric, heat (electric), and AC. I will probably re-coat the floor too since its pretty trashed. Once walls are up I will be building shelving, cabinets, and other storage devices for everything.
Since I am here, I may as well update. We just finished taking the ceiling down. Later today we are going to run the electric.
Not much to show today, but figured I would throw in an update anyway. As you saw above, on Saturday morning the wife and I got the last of the drywall torn down. It went pretty good actually since a large chunk was barely hanging on
Only took about an hour to get it down and cleaned up.Saturday afternoon my buddy came by to work on the electrical. We came up with a game plan, and headed over to Home Depot to get supplies. Since the garage is a mess, I was busy shuffling things around and pulling nails while he was running his home runs. We are going to be surface mounting the outlets and such, but he got the pipes stubbed up from the panel, and then in the far wall. That way I can close up the walls and the ceiling. After that he got on the last of the lighting. Initially I was planning just one more row of bulbs down the middle. As we were looking at it, I asked "what about two rows". Turned out that it would be a little easier to run, and the spacing with the existing rows worked out prefect!
So now I have 16 keyless sockets in the ceiling with 5000k 100W replacement LED bulbs in them. Not a traditional lighting scheme around here, but it was cheap and its pretty efficient. I spent about $100 on bulbs, and they use a little over 200 watts when they are all lit. One other thing we did was put the outer 4 bulbs on a second switch for times we don't need to light up the whole neighborhood. I only had my phone, so it is hard to show how bright it is, but it is BRIGHT out there with them all on!
Sunday we went and ordered up the insulation and drywall, which is being delivered tomorrow. I went with 4' X 10' sheets of 5/8" fire rated drywall, and R13 insulation. I would have like a higher R rating in the ceiling, but its only 2x4 trusses, and I have plywood covering more than half of it. I could have put thicker insulation on the section that doesn't have the plywood, but easier to just keep everything the same.
Monday some stuff showed up for the garage. First up was a couple of air tight bins to hold the salt and oil dry. This was the Wife's idea, and is MUCH nicer than the bags I had jammed in the corner. The corner that lets in just a bit of water, and that never gets cleaned...
Next came my favorite piece of the puzzle, the AC unit! It is nothing special, just a 12,000 portable unit, but should be great for my small garage!
I was looking at these after I sold my old window unit. I know window units are more efficient, but I have no windows in there and I did not want it sticking through the wall. If the back wall wasn't the kitchen I would have done that, but one side is the front sidewalk to the door, and the other is the sidewalk to get to the backyard and is narrow. Anyway this popped up on prime day, and the wife saw it and sent it to me. Quick check on the specs said it was pretty much identical (or slightly better) than the one I had my eye on for around $150 less.
Well that's all I have for now. Today we clean up (more) and clear out a spot for the delivery tomorrow. Then I can start on getting the insulation up ASAP. I have a bit more work to do before I can do that, but I should have that done this week hopefully. Plan is to be done with insulation and ready for drywall by the end of this weekend.
I got bored last night, and decided to play around with SketchUp. This kind of gives you an idea of how small my garage is.
Just got this pic from my wife
Looks like the real work can begin! BTW, you can clearly see I expected them to put the sheets in the other direction. Lucky for me there was just enough space to fit them.
It's time for the weekly(ish) update!! I am just gonna post pics since the timeline is all blurred together.
Power stubbed up out of the panel. The box above will be for the heater.
The drops down the opposite wall
Drywall, insulation, heater, and fan
I ended up re-hanging my opener since it was on some tiny angle pieces that were screwed together.
Put up some scrap wood to support the heater
Got some support up for the fan and the speakers. Also ran the stereo wiring so now the garage is "Zone 2" from my main receiver in the basement. There is a lot going on with home audio/video/networking, if anyone cares I can get into it.
Also, I have no idea what the hell is going on with that vent monstrosity. Who thought that was a good idea?! It will get fixed, but not in this round of work. I am also going to be closing up those holes between the rafters, that is coming up soon.
Got insulation almost completely done on the walls.
Next up is finish the walls out, then move on to the ceiling. As I mentioned I need to close up those holes. That means putting in some bracing so I can later cut panels to close the gaps. I am also going to add some supports in a couple areas that get the most traffic. In hindsight I probably should have used 3/4" plywood for that project, would have had less flex. No big deal, just some braces up there and then I can insulate the ceiling and start hanging drywall! I hope I get a weekend that isn't hot as hell soon, that would speed this whole project up
Slow weekend this week. Had a bunch of other things going on, which was annoying since the weather was damn near perfect. Oh well, still got some done regardless.
Friday we cleaned up and moved everything to one side of the garage.
FLOOR!
We are pretty lucky that our town will collect just about anything for free. The oil is mine, but all the rest of this pile-o-chemicals came from the previous owners.
That is the last of the junk left over from the previous owners. It didn't seem like they left all that much, until we got dumpster bags on three separate occasions, and a call for the hazardous pickup to get rid of it all!
Moving on, Saturday I was only able to get out there for a little over an hour. So I finished insulating that outside wall.
I also removed the last little bit of drywall (on the ceiling) that I wasn't able to get at before, along with the last of the nails. I was planning on installing my vent for the AC, but my holesaw arbor needs a 1/2" chuck. Unfortunately for me my batteries took a crap on my 18v Lithium Ion Makita drill, so all I have is my 12v set that only has a 3/8" chuck. I did think I had a smaller arbor around, but I couldn't find it. Ill either borrow a drill, buy some batteries, or buy a new drill.
I did also run the additional wires for the speakers out back. I got some outdoor cameras that showed up on Friday, and I was able to plan out the mounting and wiring for those as well.
Well that's all for this week. I might be able to start putting up drywall this coming weekend. I need to do a little bit more work, and then I can insulate the ceiling (that will be fun), then drywall!
Fingers crossed for some pics of installed drywall next week!
Time for an update. Two weekends ago was pretty much dedicated to insulating the ceiling on the open half. There was some other things that came up which delayed things a bit. I did get a drywall lift, but never ended up getting any drywall installed that weekend.
One up
Started getting warm with the garage door shut, so I temped in the AC
Working well!
Discharge
Exhaust
Then I grabbed my 8' ladder to help support the insulation while I was putting it up.
Installed!
It was a bit easier with some support, but lots of up and down to move things around. I also broke a light bulb when I got the ladder out. DOH! As I said, I got the rest of the insulation up on that half of the ceiling and that was about it. Doing that by myself was not fun. I am sure there are MANY things I could have done to make it easier, but I am no pro at any of this so it can be slow going. The good news was that I also ordered up some tools to help me with t he drywall.
Got all 3 for $200 which I thought was good deal. I needed a bigger (1/2" chuck) drill since my Makita has dead batteries, so I jumped on it. They all worked great, but the batteries are a bit lack luster being only 1.4 or 1.5Ah.
That brings us to this past weekend, which can only mean one thing... DRYWALL!!!
One sheet up!
The cutout tool did a nice job when I had it adjusted right. I was a bit hit or miss overall, but when I didn't screw up it was very nice. It sped things up quite a bit for sure.
Three up! That end one was fun, lots of cutouts. I am planning on trimming around the attic stairs, so the fact that my measurement was slightly off for the one piece isn't an issue.
This was the end of the day on Saturday. Ceiling done, and one piece up on the wall (which we took down and redid Sunday)
End of the day Sunday!
The small piece on the bottom to the left of the door is just sitting there. Now that its done, I know what to change for the rest of the garage. I know the small gap will be a pain in the ass, but it seemed like a better idea to position them how I did when I was hanging it. Going forward I will leave a larger gap at the bottom since I am going to trim anyway. Again, I am no pro, but I think it is looking decent so far.
UPDATE TIME!!!! I haven't had a lot of time lately to get out there and do some work, that is until this past weekend. We had nothing to do over the labor day weekend, so the wife and I dove in and got a lot done.
Started by moving EVERYTHING over to the other side of the garage. That is a massive undertaking all in itself. If I haven't said it yet, I really cant wait for this project to be done! Anyway, after that was done, we put the the insulation in the ceiling. That went a whole lot quicker this time with a second set of hands.
You can't see in the pic, but I also added in a few extra braces for the floor up there. The cross 2x4 that you can see is the old scuttle frame.
Next up came MORE DRYWALL!!!!
First sheet up
I am starting to get decent with the cutout tool
And just like that the ceiling was done!
Next up came the walls, but not before hooking the tunes back up AND the ever important fan!
Wall all ready for drywall (I still had a little insulation work to do over there)
BAM, wall is done!
Let me tell you, the walls are SO much easier. First off because they are on the walls and not over head. Second because I was able to use totally uncut sheets (the two closest to the door). Those are the only two sheets in the entire garage that did not need to be cut or trimmed in any way.
Last up was some drywall around the garage door.
During this I found out I had a lot more conduit (and scrap wood) than I thought!
That's all we got done for the weekend. Not that we were in any kind of a hurry, but we were also slowed down by me hurting my knee on Sunday morning. Going up and down the ladder all day Sunday was a real treat. But we got everything done for the weekend that I had planned on getting done. There are still some fill pieces to do where I didn't think out my seams (left a 1" gap). I also have to finish around the garage door, but of course now there is stuff in my way on that side. I also need to install a camera before I close that up. Last on the list is the bottom left piece on the front wall (under the speaker). There is a water spigot over there that I need to replace while the wall is open. I got the spigot, but forgot to get solder. Hopefully I can knock out that (without issue) this weekend.
There is still quite a bit to do, but I am really happy seeing it all (mostly) drywalled for the first time ever! The pile of stuff is getting smaller, the place is looking cleaner, and I an starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, that's all I got. Thanks for following along!
Its update time! I was able to get just a little more done to the garage over this last weekend. I am pretty sure I mentioned that I needed to replace the spigot that comes though the wall into the garage. It not only was leaking, but they also tapped it for the ice maker down stream of where it shuts off...
So I got back in there to see what I was working with. I knew it was a bit jacked up, but I forgot how bad. I also didn't expect it to be quite like this.
Before I opened it up
There was duct tape, plastic bags, and a shit ton of spray foam. Mind you this is an inside wall between the fridge and the pantry.
Here is what I was working with after I cleaned it all out
And here is the pic of the old spigot with the tap on it
No pics of the process, but here was the finished result.
The black on the wall is actually burn marks from the last time it was worked on. I was able to solder everything without scorching everything
Just need to drywall and paint and that will be done.Before I put the new spigot in I put in new insulation, and hung the sheet of drywall. That way I was able to drill the correct size hole.
I was all excited to start mud and tape out in the garage pretty soon, but then we found some water in the basement. I found the leak today (that we weren't even sure WAS a leak), but I will fill that all in later. For now I am going to bed
So glad you posted this, that was wayyyy more work than you made it seem in your car thread 
Holy shit. What a hell of a job you all did as well, that's a dream garage to work in. What's the deetz on that home theater? I would really like to know what your sub box sounds like. I mean, that home theater alone could also use it's own thread, man 
