quicksandfarmer
Veteran Member
One other thing to consider if this work is going to be inspected -- my local code now requires even a detached garage to have a fire-rated interior (i.e. taped drywall). Wood over drywall is OK.
Alternate garage wall materials.
- Thread starter tcartwri
- Start date
windy acers
Silver Member
4X8 PEGBOARD !!??? I PUT IT UP IN A 20X40 GRAGE NO DRYWALL
PILOON
Super Star Member
What about steel ? The type used as roofing but installed horizontally over your studs.
Generally available in about a dozen colors. fireproof, waterproof (you can wash indoors). I have seen many shops around here using this.
Generally available in about a dozen colors. fireproof, waterproof (you can wash indoors). I have seen many shops around here using this.
GPintheMitten
Elite Member
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2009
- Messages
- 3,336
- Location
- Flushing, Michigan
- Tractor
- Kubota B2620 with BH65 backhoe, Ford 2N
It's hard to beat drywall for fire barrier, cost and ease of finishing. Tape it, paint it, and then add what you want after. There are many products to add afterword for garage organization.
Iowan
Platinum Member
One thing to think about is if you will ever weld in your shop, then drywall or tin.
Ed of all trades
Elite Member
What ever you use think of putting 1x4s ripped in two on a 45 Mount on walls so the 45 forms a hook and mount the other part on cabnets, peg board, ect. and you can move things as easy as pie.
mikehaugen
Elite Member
This is what the guy did in my garage before I moved in. It is nice and waterproof but am still up in the air about whether or not I like it. It is put over some real thin osb... so it isn't strong enough to hang stuff on necessarily, but is thick enough to make it nearly impossible to find the studs. It also makes it real tough to get radio reception. I keep the garage mildly heated in the winter.
KennyG
Elite Member
I was seriously thinking about metal liner panel on my walls (I have it on the ceiling) but combination of cost and complexity of hanging stuff on the wall changed my mind. It really looks great though.