Material for garage ceiling
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To finish off this tread, wanted to let you know that I went with the white metal ceiling. It looks great and I can't believe the difference in the amount of heat retained. The furnace works great. I plan to work on insulating the walls as time allows. But it will nice to work in a warm garage this winter!
You can see I still need to install more lights. Also you can see the folding stairway that allows me some above ceiling storage. The jeep in the picture is our nearly completed 1949 CJ3a. It is loaded with items headed for overhead storage that I had moved to the barn during installation.
Thanks for all the comments and advice.
You can see I still need to install more lights. Also you can see the folding stairway that allows me some above ceiling storage. The jeep in the picture is our nearly completed 1949 CJ3a. It is loaded with items headed for overhead storage that I had moved to the barn during installation.
Thanks for all the comments and advice.
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Has anyone put up a metal ceiling when their rafters are 4 foot on center? Did you put up purlins first? I was just wondering if the metal holds it shape (avoids sagging) and can also hold the weight of the insulation if its put up without purlins.
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My Morton building had ceiling rafter spacing about 7 foot on center. Steel ceiling panels attached that spanned the entire 7 foot with no purlins. 15" of blown in insulation on top. After 3 years it still looks perfect! You should have no problems going 4' on center.
We do 8' o.c. all the time and it holds very well.
The only thing I do different is place a screw on both sides of the rib instead of one.
Thanks guys. It makes my day to hear that I can use the metal without having to install purlins or other additional means of support.
How are the end joints normally handled? If you have rafters that are 4 foot OC, would you put up a 14 foot long panel so that it extends 2 foot beyond the last rafter or would you put up a 12 foot panel and have it end right at the rafter? I'm assuming instead of a butt joint that the next piece would overlap the end of the first piece? I'm trying to get a feel for how much overlap you want on the ends and where the joint should fall in relation to the rafter.
Thanks so much for the help. I've been wrestling trying to figure this one out for awhile.
How are the end joints normally handled? If you have rafters that are 4 foot OC, would you put up a 14 foot long panel so that it extends 2 foot beyond the last rafter or would you put up a 12 foot panel and have it end right at the rafter? I'm assuming instead of a butt joint that the next piece would overlap the end of the first piece? I'm trying to get a feel for how much overlap you want on the ends and where the joint should fall in relation to the rafter.
Thanks so much for the help. I've been wrestling trying to figure this one out for awhile.
I typically install it seamless.
Otherwise overhang the first piece 8"-12" and end the top piece(bottom in this case) close to the truss.
It is not real critical either way.
Oh, sorry, one last question. Do you use the same gauge metal on the ceilings as on the walls? I called Menards and a 16 foot sheet (white) is $31.66. So I figure its gonna run $2,300.00 for the ceiling of my 14 x 70 pole building.
Just want to make sure I'm buying the right stuff and not spending more than I need too.
Yes just the regular 29 gauge.
