This gives a pretty good picture of the focus of today. The original garage, as built in 1969 was nearly 26' deep and 20' wide. Sometime in the early 70's someone decided it was a better idea to shorten the garage to 20' and put in an unducted shower room with the shower put where the original washer and dryer were located, and an unducted, very narrow laundry room that was untidy, smelly, and downright ugly.
Today we set ourselves on the path of returning the garage to its original nice design. What we found as we demolished the two rooms at the back of the garage was lots of illegal and highly unsafe wiring (dryer plug hanging by wires out of the wall is but one example. We are not done yet, but made huge progress today. By the end of the weekend we expect all the walls to be down, the drywall removed on the back wall down to the studs. Then we will bring in licensed plumbers and electricians to fix the wiring and plumbing disasters that we have uncovered.
Among other issues, the plug for the garage door opener is wired into the light switch so the garage door opener will only function when the overhead light is turned on. Plus the light switch for same is on the wrong side of the garage. I would consider doing all this work myself, but I climbed into the attic today and thought it would be better to pay someone to trudge through the attic. Otherwise, I'd have to put this off until November.
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