Garage Remodeling & Finishing
Reclaim the biggest under-built room in your house.
Service Tiers
The Finished Garage
Insulation, drywall, and durable flooring that make the garage clean, comfortable, and usable year-round.
- Insulated and drywalled walls and ceiling
- Epoxy or polyaspartic floor coating
- Upgraded LED lighting and outlets
- Fresh paint and trim
- Optional gas or electric heater
The Workshop & Storage Build
A purpose-built shop or organized storage hub with custom systems, power, and climate control.
- Custom cabinetry and slatwall storage
- Dedicated 240v circuits for tools
- Overhead storage racks
- Heated and ventilated workspace
- Workbench and task lighting
The Garage-to-Living Conversion
Full conversion of the garage into conditioned living space — a bedroom suite, gym, office, or flex room.
- Insulated floor build-up over the slab
- Full HVAC integration and egress
- Replaced overhead door with framed wall or windows
- Finished floors, trim, and lighting
- Plumbing rough-in where a bath is added
Key Benefits
- Make a cold, dusty garage into a comfortable, dust-controlled space
- Protect vehicles and stored goods from Utah temperature swings
- Gain a real workshop, gym, or office without a home addition
- Get floors that shrug off salt, oil, and freeze-thaw grit
- Add flexible square footage while keeping — or converting — the garage
Our Process
Goals & Assessment
We clarify whether you want a finished garage, a shop, or a full living conversion, then check the slab, framing, and service capacity.
Design & Permits
For conversions we handle zoning checks and the building permit; finish-only work is scoped and scheduled.
Envelope & Systems
Insulation, any new framing, electrical circuits, heating, and HVAC or plumbing rough-in as the scope requires.
Surfaces & Storage
Drywall, floor coating or finished flooring, cabinetry, slatwall, and storage systems.
Detailing & Handover
Lighting, trim, paint, final inspection where applicable, and a walkthrough of the finished space.
Cost Guide
Garage projects cover a huge range because "remodel" can mean anything from coating the floor to converting the whole bay into a bedroom suite. A clean finish-out might run $8k, while a full conditioned living conversion with egress and plumbing can pass $70k. The single biggest cost lever is whether you are keeping the garage as a garage or turning it into heated living space. The estimate ranges below reflect typical Wasatch Front work.
Finish vs. conversion
Insulating, drywalling, and coating a garage that stays a garage is far cheaper than a living conversion, which triggers insulated floor build-up, egress, HVAC, and inspections — often a $25k–$50k difference.
Floor coating system
A rolled epoxy is the value option, while a ground-and-broadcast polyaspartic system with a chip finish costs more but resists Utah road salt and hot-tire pickup dramatically better, typically adding $2k–$5k.
Heating and insulation
Bringing the envelope up to comfortable and adding a unit heater or mini-split commonly adds $3k–$9k, and the insulated overhead door is a piece homeowners often forget.
Storage and cabinetry
Off-the-shelf shelving is inexpensive; custom cabinetry, slatwall walls, and overhead racks for a true organized shop can add $4k–$12k.
Electrical capacity
A workshop or living conversion often needs new dedicated circuits or a subpanel, and older Utah homes may need a service upgrade, adding $1.5k–$6k.
Project Timeline
Assessment & design
1–2 weeksDefine the use, evaluate the slab and framing, check zoning for conversions, and specify insulation, heating, and storage.
Permitting (conversions)
1–3 weeksBuilding permit and zoning confirmation for living conversions; finish-only work skips this and schedules directly.
Envelope & systems
1–2 weeksInsulation, new framing, electrical circuits, heater or mini-split, and HVAC or plumbing rough-in as needed.
Surfaces & storage
1–2 weeksDrywall, floor grinding and coating cure time, cabinetry, slatwall, and racks.
Detailing & final
3–5 daysLighting, trim, paint, final inspection where required, and walkthrough.
Materials & Options
Polyaspartic floor coating
It cures fast even in cool garages, resists UV yellowing near open doors, and stands up to the chlorides and grit Utah winters track in better than standard epoxy.
Insulated overhead door
A polyurethane-core sectional door is the biggest single hole in a garage envelope; insulating it is what lets a heater actually keep the space warm.
Steel slatwall systems
Wall-mounted steel slatwall keeps tools and gear off the floor and reconfigures easily, turning a cluttered bay into an organized shop.
Ductless mini-split
A mini-split heats and cools a converted garage or shop independently of the main house, which matters when the space is a room away from the thermostat.
Rigid-foam wall insulation
Continuous rigid foam or high-density batts in the walls and ceiling hold heat and cut the echo that makes bare garages loud and cold.
Permits in Utah
A cosmetic garage finish usually needs no permit, but adding circuits, gas heat, or converting the garage to living space does — and Utah cities inspect that work. A garage-to-living conversion also requires zoning confirmation because many Wasatch Front municipalities mandate a minimum number of enclosed or off-street parking spaces; removing a bay can violate that rule unless you add parking elsewhere. Conversions are inspected for egress, insulation and energy compliance, HVAC, smoke and CO alarms, and any new plumbing. We verify parking requirements with your city, pull the permit, and coordinate inspections so a conversion is fully legal.
Maintenance
- Rinse road salt and magnesium chloride off a coated floor a few times each winter to protect the finish and the concrete beneath.
- Check and reset the garage-heater or mini-split filters at the start of each heating season.
- Inspect the overhead-door weatherstripping annually and replace it when it stiffens or cracks in the cold.
- Re-torque and clean slatwall and overhead rack hardware yearly, especially where heavy tools hang.
- Watch for slab cracks and reseal joints so meltwater and grit do not work under the floor coating.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Coating the floor without grinding it
A coating rolled over a slick, unprepared slab peels within a season under hot tires and Utah winter grit; mechanical grinding is what gives it a lasting bond.
Heating an uninsulated garage
Adding a heater before insulating the walls, ceiling, and overhead door pours money out through the envelope and never keeps the space comfortable.
Converting a bay without checking parking rules
Many Utah cities require a set number of enclosed parking spaces; removing a garage bay without providing them can trigger a violation and force you to reverse the work.
Skipping the insulated floor build-up in a conversion
Living directly on a cold slab feels perpetually chilly and invites condensation; a proper insulated, framed, or subfloor build-up is what makes a converted garage livable.
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