DIY GARAGE GYM WINDOWS! UNDER 100 DOLLARS! 

Thanks Pat, I’ve been thumbing the idea around to add windows for added light. I’m so doing this. I was concerned how to finish the outside. I like the caulk to seal it but I think I’ll shop some thin quarter round pvc molding and miter it around the windows gluing it maybe with same caulking. 👍🏼👍🏼

Hell yeah! This is exactly what I need for my garage! So stoked to do this. Great video you two, and Pat handy as always!

NOOOO! NO! That glass is not tempered. That adhesive probably won’t hold forever. If/when that glue lets go from all the heat and vibration, and the weight of the glass hanging when door is open, it will fall out on your heads! When it breaks, regular glass is sharp like razors! Tempered glass breaks into little pieces that don’t cut you. This is not only completely unsafe, it is also totally illegal by building code.

Hi Pat. Thanks for the great idea! I have two doors, 9' wide so I made four wooden rectangular frames primed and painted for the outside. I used pop rivets to secure the wood picture frames to the outside (from the inside, and the heads will be glued under the glass), drilling into the thick part of the casing 3/8" deep with a collar on a drill bit. 6 pop rivets for each frame, 2 top & bottom and one on each side. The wood frame is 3/8" smaller inside than the hole in the door. This way, when I silicone the glass in place with a 1/2" bead at the wood/steel innerface, silicone came out and sealed the bare steel & bonded to the wood frame as well. Glass has gone up quite a bit since 2020, like everything else. $160 for 4 glass panels; 1/8x16x46 in my situation to cover 8 window openings & 8 $10 smooth door casings for the outside case. Silicone x 2 and paint and primer. All in, $330 in Nov-23 to create 8 windows 13x19 for less than $42 each. Thanks again! It came out beautifully.

Always so handy! I am going to look up your parallettes video soon!

Ohh this is such a great idea! Great handiwork, Pat!

Great stuff Pat! Thanks.

Definitely doing this when Spring comes around! Awesome!

Buen video, justo lo que estaba buscando! Gracias por la idea.👍

Awesome! Exactly what I was searching for ❤

That is so AWESOME that you were able to make your garage gym into a sun room. I didn't think you could make a garage gym into a sun room. You did a WONDERFUL job making your garage gym into a sun room. Keep up the handy work & PLEASE share more videos like this.

Looks great!!! Nice job Pat!! Love the mirror finish😊

Thanks Pat for keeping the vlogs comming while Kristi is out of town. You're one handy dude, where did you lean your DIY skills?

Thank you for the idea! I would not go with glass, but have 1/4 inch thick pieces of plexiglass cut (CA has TAP Plastics or order it online). Then I can safely glue AND bolt it onto the garage door. This would also prevent someone from breaking in. I'll also insulate around the outside & inside along the edges to keep water from leaking in, since my garage door gets hit hard by rain.

Way to go Patrick. You two are great, alway contributing to the fitness community. Thank you.

This is an awesome idea (and all kinds of finishing touches could be added fairly easily for those naysayers). Been trying to figure out a practical way to get natural light in our garage. What type of adhesive did you use for the glass, and did you use tempered glass?

Fitness and DIY projects in one channel great deal, great work Pat.

Thank you so much for the post. I was looking for a cheap way to do my garage

I was watching this and I wasn't really digging it, but as you put on the finishing touches, it turned out great. Outstanding solution. Good work.

Love the white duct tape solution. Very simple and smart in context

Thank you for this video. It is exactly what I needed

This is awesome; I will decently be doing this! Thank you.

Great idea! I may do this! Could you put the mirror tint on the glass before you glue it to the door? Might be a little easier.

Great video. Its something I've been contemplating for years. No need to buy a window segment from the garage manufacturer which is a complete rip-off. I have to come-up with another solution since my garage door have no squares, just gawdy horizontal lines. I think a thicker 3/16" (4.76 mm) plexiglass is the best since its light and glues well - it just scratches easily but its safer. Using glass is risky since its heavy and can fall due to a breach in the glue adhesion over time, temperature changes, vibration, and moisture. I would cold weld (JB Weld) metal corner brackets to a metal garage door to secure these windows. Or if wood garage paneling, I would drill mounting holes on the metal corners and use wood screws. Thanks again for the great video !!

A take away for me from this is to do the tinting before the glass is glued to the garage door. Thanks for this idea.

That was great! A garage door with windows is soooo.... expensive. This looks like something I could definitely do. Thanks for showing us how to do it!

I find myself watching more of your content because of the mix. Keep it up, without losing focus. (fine line but you got this!)

you are awesome....you gave me a great idea to do my garage door...thank you young man

Kristi see what happens when you let Pat control your channel, it turns into Tool Time lol

Great idea!! Thanks for sharing

Great tutorial, thanks!

So glad i found ur video. Miney saving for sure! Cheaper than a sky light! Tha k you!!

This was really cool!

Excellent idea. Congrats.

Great result 👏😀

You’re the man Pat!! 👍

I’d drill a 3/8 hole at the corners and cut between the holes of each opening to help prevent flex cracks in the metal. It may not crack but might. Nicely done!

Nicely done!

Man…that’s real creative option. I talked to garage door company and they would change those panels for as much as the door cost. That is a no go! Thanks for the great video and creative option!

Awesome! Anything special about the R-Tech insulation? Is just just rolls of fiberglass? I need to do the same thing? How is it adhered to the garage so it doesn’t fall out? Thx!!

Been considering this with ours because we need more light in the garage gym when the door is closed

Thank you for showing this to all of us! I wanted to just add what looks like a rounded top carriage house window to my garage door which is wood not metal and make the door look like it is two doors with handles that open them. I thought surely someone would have faux windows that you could just screw on to the doors but I was wrong. What I have found are a lot of magnet faux windows but I am still looking for that screw on fake. If nothing else I guess I could paint the faux windows and add low profile framing around them but I was just hoping to find something quick. Another thing I wondered about on my door is that it is already heavy and I don't want to add a lot of weight to the door and unfortunately there is a massive beam inside that prevents me from changing out my door to a lightweight roll up door as there is not clearance. If anyone finds what I am looking for would you please let me know in a reply.

Excellent idea for an upgrade on a budget. Just curious as to how the modification would hold up to hurricane force winds in Florida for example. 🤔

Nice! I have been trying to make a decision on the insulating my garage door also. So you decided to buy the sheets and cut them yourself? I have seen so many options on Amazon

Great job 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Scary is the first word that comes to mind. He said mirrors are glued to walls. His glass is moving over peoples heads. In addition, the metal expands and contracts with the weather. Good luck!

instead of mirror tint you can use a frosted effect instead that way people cant see in and it doesn't block sun light.

Hey man great video. Can you please tell me, what measurements you used for the section of glass? I have the same garage door as you. Thanks in advance

Job well done Pat

Nice video you should do series of doing bench mark wods

Great idea, but I probably would stick to plexiglass. If that garage door slams to the ground for some reason, that glass is going bye-bye

You should do the window tint film first on a flat surface will save you a lot of work and on the exterior of the door you can put window weather strip 😉

Any consideration for putting some sort of extra support on inside of edge of windows? Like a piece of trim or something along edge? Having them only glued in makes me sorta nervous....

Cool weekend project 😁

That is AWESOME!

Any suggestions for someone with insulated garage doors. I have a mini split in my garage/gym space, so not creating a huge thermal loss area during the hottest and coldest days would be ideal, but I really don't think single paned glass is going to do a good job insulating!

Pat, you gonna caulk the glass from the outside so water/debris can't get down in the cracks between the door and the glass? Great idea, btw. Clean.

I cannot find that type of sealant adhesive that you mentioned. Could you recommend any other one?

Your a badass thanks for helping my idea come to life. Just didn’t know if it was possible until you showed how it’s done! I didn’t want to spend 4000k just for a garage already made with glass! Keep up the good work man!

Have tried opening and closing the garage door after your mod? I’d be worried the glass might break if there is any twisting going on during this.

Hey man - I'm calling local glass shops to get 45x17 inch pieces of glass and they are waay more expensive than what you mentioned you got yours for ($18). Can you please provide where you bought your glass from?

Is that an angel grinder? What size blade? Is your door aluminum?

John Cena working some DIY 👌🏾 Nice vid!

Hey Pat! Is you privacy film good for daytime & night time ? What's the brand of privacy film you used ?

Great job

I would tint prior to installing the glass

Thanks!

Very nice 👍 why didn’t you tint the window before you installed it ?

Can you do diy freestanding pull up bar

Instead of put tape on the inside of the garage door glass install strips if insulation between the glass and the door framing

dope!

Curious to know what the R-Tech panels are for? Noise or insulation perhaps? Thanks

What did you do to make it open easy?

I live in Florida, and have hurricane rated doors. Will this mod compromise the structural integrity of the door?

But does the door still have its stability?

How did these hold up? Any damage with regular use of the garage door?

What adhesive did you use?

Great work. Get a super bright light directly above the garage door. It’s a deterrent and makes it so that it’s more difficult to look in. Especially at night. Tint works like a two way mirror.

Thanks

1/8 tempered glass would work really well and be strong

Why didn't you tint the windows before you installed them? Probably would have been alot easier...

I'm totally doing this to my. Doors even though it will lose some insulation

What happens if Someone throws a rock through one piece of that glass How do you repair it

What is the reflective tint used?

Any long term issues with the glass cracking?

home come you didnt add trim to the exterior to hide the cutting?

Nice one bro. Do you leave in HOA ? Need to know if I need permission to put this . Thanks

Clean the glass first, wear gloves, use CLEAR adhesive, and static film is way easier to use and install.

Where did you get the glass from?

maybe you can tint film before glue it on.

Very nice.

I need to know where I can get a Pat 😉

Pat, you mentioned winter coming and the garage door staying shut in the gym! I'm in Kentucky, so our winter's are similar, we need a tips/ways of insulating/heating the garage gym during the winter?!

Pro tip: many local hardware stores (not the big box stores) will cut glass pane to size. I used to work at one... and the pricing is dirt cheap.

Pat is so handy!

How did you cut the holes to be exactly right?. Didn't you draw out the lines precisely and then grind away everything right to the lines?. It can look horrible. Not done right

This is what I want, but I’m afraid that the glass will be shattered when the landscaping people cut the grass or kids playing around. Great job.

Is that regular plate glass or a safety glass?

Pat is the diy man

This is genius !!!!