Material for garage ceiling

lhfarm · Oct 29, 2009

Purchased a furnance for my unfinished garage. Before I install it, I want to close the ceiling. The contractor doing some remodeling work on the house right now says he will enclose the ceiling with either 1/2" OSB or white metal panels. The panels will be $700 more, but he likes them because there is no painting and do a good job reflecting light.

Anyone use white ribbed panels? Good or bad experiences?

Thanks,

Duffster · Oct 29, 2009

We use white steel for ceilings all the time and prefer it over OSB.

EddieWalker · Oct 29, 2009

I thought about using metal panels for my ceiling. My trusses are 4ft apart, so it would be the easist thing to use that would have the strength to span that distance and hold insulation. 7/16 OSB would need some purlins or furing strips to hold the OSB, which would be more work. I also thought about sheets of foam and even having a guy spray it. In the end, I've decided to use 10 in fiberglass insulation that's 23 inches wide. Two of them, side by side will fit between my rafters, and then I will use 1x3 every two feet to hold the insulation bats in place. That's my current plan, and what I was going to do this weekend, but something just came up, so it's put off another week or two.

Good luck,
Eddie

Kays Supply · Nov 2, 2009

I have white barn metal on the ceiling in my shop and foil board in the lower bays. The shop ceiling has been in for over 20 years. I would do it again. The lower bays have 15' ceilings so the foil works good there. I wash cars in the shop and handle steel that hits the ceiling some times. A few small scratches but I am totally pleased with it.

lhfarm · Nov 2, 2009

Kays Supply said:
I have white barn metal on the ceiling in my shop and foil board in the lower bays. The shop ceiling has been in for over 20 years. I would do it again. The lower bays have 15' ceilings so the foil works good there. I wash cars in the shop and handle steel that hits the ceiling some times. A few small scratches but I am totally pleased with it.

Thanks for your note. I need to make my decision today and was still debating the extra expense. I was concern about how it would hold up long term. Based on your experience and other comments here I think I'll commit to the extra bucks.

woodchuckc · Nov 2, 2009

I've had white metal ceilings in my woodworking shop building for 10 years now. Works really well and very easy to put up (provided you have at least a couple of people to help hold it in place while screwing it in place). I had insulation blown in on top of it and I have been very pleased - the insulation works great for heating/cooling, and dampens sound reflection off of the metal as well.

/pine · Nov 2, 2009

I may not have the right picture in mind...but if it was mine and only a garage/shop I'd use OSB or plywood and install it on top of the ceiling joists or bottom cords (if they're trusses) so it could be used easier for storage...possibly with a set of pull down stairs...

Willl · Nov 2, 2009

I like the ceiling job Carpenter383 did in this thread.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/152918-putting-up-metal-garage-ceiling.html

carpenter383 · Nov 2, 2009

Willl said:
I like the ceiling job Carpenter383 did in this thread.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/152918-putting-up-metal-garage-ceiling.html

Thanks for the compliment Willl

Pole barn metal works out really nice for a shop ceiling. Mine was around 60 bucks per square for #2 metal if I remember correctly. (a square is 10x10 or 100 sq. ft.)

QRTRHRS · Nov 3, 2009

Ribbed steel siding on the inside of a pole barn is very much a good choice. Especially if your going to be welding in there. The builder I used to deliver for did a lot of commercial applications replete with all the standard available trim stock for a totally finished job.

I have also seen walls done with osb laid on the side to back up the first four feet of a wall where damage is likely to occour. Tin on the walls will require some sort of interior purlins.