radioman
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I did this in my garage and my rental property storage room. I used pt deck boards on bottom "as trim" and covered walls with osb. It looks nice/finished and rustic.
Alternate garage wall materials.
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I did this in my garage and my rental property storage room. I used pt deck boards on bottom "as trim" and covered walls with osb. It looks nice/finished and rustic.
paulharvey
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I have build three commercial pre engineered metal buildings, with 5/8th cdx plywood as a interior. Screwed directly to purlions. Seems and knot holes where caulked and everything painted with a grey water based exterior paint. One note, you might/will need a piece of material screwed to back at the edge of one, the add second and screw to backer, keeps the edges even, as plywood tends to bow pretty bad. If your dealing with a stick framed structure, just run backer at 4 ft and screw off at say 12" oc on edge, and maybe 24" oc in field. Fire rated walls are typically only required between diffrent tenants as in condo/apartmenta or mixed industrail/office type building uses.
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Yup paint & plywood...simple and effective. My ex fil had a wall paneling in his attached garage. We did T&G pine over furring on the concrete block wall garage at work. Looks real nice. How much do you want to spend? We also did fiberglass reinforced panels but there almost $40 a sheet
In my mind putting drywall up in a non climate controlled shop is a waste of money. It will be moldy and beaten up in a matter of two seasons. I like the idea of tin or steel, IF I can find the right product.
Jose G
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vinyl could be a solution, already white in color, cheap to replace. OSB + paint will cost more, same for the drywall... the best is probably white sheetmetal.
mjncad
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Not cheap; but here are a couple of other alternatives.
PolyMax Board - FarmTek
PolyMax Corrugated Poly Board - FarmTek
PolyMax Board - FarmTek
PolyMax Corrugated Poly Board - FarmTek
paulharvey
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They do make full preasure treated plywood, but your getting into the $25 per sheet range. CDX plywood is C quality loooks on front, D quality looks on back side, wit eXterior glue. Its not ment to gwt wet over and over because the wood isnt treated, but its not the end of the world if it gets rain for a few days before you dry in a roof. If its in a garage, I would expect no problems for many years at around $10 per sheet for half inch, around $13.50 for 5/8ths. The exterior paint with extend that even more. One thing to keep in mind, if your worried about moisture wicking up from concrete slab you can simply keep the bottons about 1/8th inch off the concrete by shimm ok ng the bottom up with a nail as a spacer as you screw it off. I highly recommend using screws instead of nails so you can take panels off to add outlets, compressed air lines ect with little trouble.
PineRidge
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Years ago I used pegboard in an unattached garage. Turns out the spiders liked it much more than I did because they made webs all over it. It was always a mess. In our present pole barn I finished the 12' ceiling with textured drywall and hung OSB on the walls with screws. Since all the wiring, gas line, phone, water, etc. are hidden behind the OSB it's a nice clean look. Being able to take a panel down to service anything hidden behind is also a plus and the OSB will support a lot of weight in tools or toys. I never even felt the need for paint and it looks good 14 years later. (my how time flies)
I built a hockey shooting pad for my son out of this stuff. It is unbeleivably tough. It sure would make the shop bright, and save on lighting fixtures.... hmmmm....
The biggest part of my garage has 1/4 inch OSB, fastened to horizontal 1x3 furring strips every 16", then I spaced in several sheets of 1/4 inch pegboard. I did lay 1/2 OSB horizontally on the lower four feet (takes more of a beating and on 24" centers). I stained it using the cheap redwood stain from WalMart (about $5 a gallon). It looks pretty good, some chips take a lot of stain and are dark, some chips take less and are lighter in color. The pegboard is fastened on vertical strips because for some reason I thought it would make it better for putting in the hooks.
With the 1/2 inch on the bottom and the 1/4 inch on top with the 16" spacing, it still has enough support to screw shelves and stuff in, I just wouldn't trust it with anything real heavy.
I do like the idea of the metal siding, I may redo the one corner where I keep my welder and metal chop saw with metal. Around here you can get the number 2 metal for about $1.09 a foot, not bad when you factor in the 3' width.
With the 1/2 inch on the bottom and the 1/4 inch on top with the 16" spacing, it still has enough support to screw shelves and stuff in, I just wouldn't trust it with anything real heavy.
I do like the idea of the metal siding, I may redo the one corner where I keep my welder and metal chop saw with metal. Around here you can get the number 2 metal for about $1.09 a foot, not bad when you factor in the 3' width.