Burbank House

In 2000, I met my wife. I had my house in Glendale, she had a house in Burbank

As they say in real estate.."location, location, location"

Her house was in a great spot, much better than mine

Unfortunately, it was small and not in extremely good condition. Many hours were spent repairing and improving

My office was crammed into a tiny, irregularly shaped room. This was not workable, so after long discussion, we decided to turn the garage into my office and workshop

This was challenging since the garage was full of storage racks and many, many boxes of stuff

First step, move some of the stuff out of the garage, into my old office

Next, a wall was built, separating the garage into a small storage area at the front, by the garage door, and a larger area in the back

The remainder of the stuff was put into the front area

Since the new office would be used for music production, double walls and a drop ceiling were framed

To hide the garage door opener, and to prevent a parallel ceiling and floor, the drop ceiling was angled

A new 200 amp panel was installed on the garage wall, and conduits installed to tie into the old, undersized breaker panel

All wiring was in conduit as required by Burbank building code

The garage door opener

The connection to the old 60 amp panel. All of the ancient breakers were removed and the box used as a junction box

The back door. Evidently, someone had once pulled a car into the garage a bit too far. This damaged the back wall, and nearly knocked it off the foundation. Many hours were spent repairing this problem

After drywall and primer

The floor was covered with several layers of paint, and was severely cracked. MANY hours of painful sanding with an industrial floor sander were required. Then, the cracks were filled