Alternatives to drywall?

[nosualc]

WOW!, thanks for all good ideas guys...

So far we have OSB, luan plywood, Hardiplank, exterior siding, pegboard, the farmtek stuff, exterior plywood, car siding, and log siding.

I had never heard of some of this stuff, had to look it up (thanks, Google).

Somebody mentioned "milking parlor" sheeting, and another mentioned vinyl clad hardboard? I think these might be the same thing, and I already have a sheet or two that I use underneath my car lift as cleanable floor protector. I'll attached a couple of pix of it. Is this the same stuff? They call it "tileboard" at the big orange store.

-nosualc

 

[nosualc]

a closeup

 

[Farwell]

Nosualc,
Hey, thanks a bunch for the tile board idea. I have been looking for something to put under my JD 2010 to protect my cement floor. Now if I can afford the $3.19 a gallon for the gas to drive 25 miles to the nearest orange store.
I can't hear the neighbor's Ford dripping oil over the sound of my JD dripping hydraulic fluid.
I am putting 7/16th OSB around the base of my 30x40 pole barn and putting 1/2 inch sheet rock around the upper portion. I have seen the ceilings of the local Amish stores that are OSB and painted with a glossy finish that look as good as any ceiling. I think it will work and look great. I am going to paint my OSB with PVA (sheet rock primer) and finish it with a high gloss poly marine paint.
In my welding shop area I am going to use 5/8 sheet rock around the base with some metal siding in the grinding and weld spark area and OSB around the upper half.
Farwell

 

[nasdaqsam]

The sheets you are showing is not what I was talking about. Those are as you described a hardboard piece with a smooth surface and will work well also. From experience I can tell you if it scratchs it will swell in that area if exposed to water.

The sheets I was refering to are more like a solid plastic and are completely uneffected by water. I wish I could tell you the name but I just can not remember.

 

[JJT]

Call me crazy but I don't have a single sheet of dry wall in my 3000 sw ft house or in my attached 1000 sq ft garage. The walls and ceilings are all knotty pine. I hate to paint and wallpaper..... Both the house and garage are exposed post and beam construction, with the exterior walls and roof being stick built, over the post and beam frame.

 

[nosualc]

OK, you're crazy /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

You have to post some pictures...

-nosualc

 

[Junkman]

Tell us about your 4 post electric lift. I was hot to get one until I measured the hight of my garage. I only have a 10' ceiling and that won't get the car high enough to get under it comfortably. I still want a lift, but now I need to consider if a new building is worth building to accommodate the lift... Decissions... decissions...... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[tomnky]

I finished My garage with OSB , 14 foot ceiling with the thought of later down the road of using some kind of panelling as I hate to paint.

Needless to say I have never got around to that.
OSB alone is dark and I have enough lighting in mine that makes it look like a landing strip at night. I suppose I could paint it but would rather find an alternative .

 

[SPIKER]

For roof/celings some people have been using the aluminum foil backed poly-styrene (styro-foam) 4x8 boards the polished alum finish makes lighting much better and you get an r something advantage, then use the metal/alum tape for the seams it looks great and some of it comes with out a bunch of ad wrighting on it. cost is about same as drywall but much lighter also easly damaged so best for roof only...

the OSB or even std Plywood would be a good bet for walls though. also they make some of that stuff which is like paneling but a bit thicker and with a drywall material type base. Mine is going to be something similar to the alum styro for the roof & osb/ply for walls.

mark

 

[MikeIA]

The "Farmtek stuff" is the milking parlor sheeting (or similar)

Another idea the just came to me...about 15 years ago we painted the inside of my brother's farrowing house with a product called Kan Glass...it was a two-part epoxy paint, bright white, that made the plywood waterproof. (we wore respirators, but the poor sows didn't....wonder we didn't kill any of them)