Cans over the garage

In a construction project, or rather a remodel project, everything is sort of connected. You can't start B until A is finished, and C has to be done before A can be touched, all the while not until you're done with B. Makes sense?

We've had an area over the garagedoors open for a while, allowing COLD air in on top of the insulation in the garage ceiling, and thereby also cooling down the hardwood floor in the master bedroom. That open area was waiting for recessed lights (cans), but before those could be put in, had to drill all the floor joist AND get the electrical feeders run, as well as some rewiring of old outlets and outside lights. Everything takes time, and since all this had to be done from the outside, I was not eager until we had a few dry but not too cold, days.

It's all taken care of now and the end result looks good (wood paneling will be added in the spring), but most important is that we finally got this area better sealed up than ever before. When we moved in to the house in 2000, there was no insulation in the ceiling above the garage, nor were the garage doors insulated or sealed. All led to really cold hardwood floors, I mean REALLY cold, in the master bed room.

I took care of that in the fall of 2001 and it made a world of differcne but I was never totally satisfied with how the overhang over the garage doors was insulated or finished. That's now taken care of and should show a noticeable difference indoors.