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Thread: Plywood walls vs sheetrock

  1. #76
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    I opted for sheetrock walls and ceiling. If I need to hang anything I either find a stud, use wall anchors, make something to attach to the wall or install the Wall Control pegboard panels.
    Michael Dilday
    Suffolk, Va.

  2. #77
    This thread is from fall of 2009. I tried to contact the OP to find out what he used to finish his shop. No luck so we're left hanging.
    For my own $0.02 I'd use low value hardwood from a a sawmill that makes railroad ties $200-$300/1000bdft. Then hang the boards barn board style. To stretch my wood i might try and find pallet mill that will run my 1" x's through a resaw

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    Quote Originally Posted by kent wardecke View Post
    This thread is from fall of 2009. I tried to contact the OP to find out what he used to finish his shop. No luck so we're left hanging.
    For my own $0.02 I'd use low value hardwood from a a sawmill that makes railroad ties $200-$300/1000bdft. Then hang the boards barn board style. To stretch my wood i might try and find pallet mill that will run my 1" x's through a resaw
    Those would be great, if available locally
    ~mike

    happy in my mud hut

  4. Does putting plywood on the walls raise any issue with fire code?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Günter VögelBerg View Post
    Does putting plywood on the walls raise any issue with fire code?
    That will depend. I know in many jurisdictions if the building is attached to the house, it would. In my case, I have a detached building and in my jurisdiction it's not an issue.
    ~mike

    happy in my mud hut

  6. Quote Originally Posted by mike stenson View Post
    That will depend. I know in many jurisdictions if the building is attached to the house, it would. In my case, I have a detached building and in my jurisdiction it's not an issue.
    Interesting.

    When I built my garage one wall was within two feet of my neighbor's garage and the inspector told me I cannot make any holes in that wall and have to use type x drywall on it, but that I could use regular drywall on the rest of the building because it was more than ten feet from any other structures. It actually is only 8 feet from another neighbor's house (I measured after the inspection) so I probably got away with one there.

  7. #82
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    Basement shop.
    OSB on the walls.
    Nothing on the ceiling. I store lots of stuff up in the truss joists.
    Additionally, I built up the web of the I-beam going across the basment with 2x4s and then screwed OSB there. I hang all sorts of oddball stuff from the beam.

  8. When I built my shop, I used sheetrock, but didn't bother to finish/spackle/paint. It's easier to cut around outlets and other obstacles, and I didn't really care the much what it looks like. The sheetrock was more to hold the insulation in place than anything else...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Roitblat View Post
    When I built my shop, I used sheetrock, but didn't bother to finish/spackle/paint. It's easier to cut around outlets and other obstacles, and I didn't really care the much what it looks like. The sheetrock was more to hold the insulation in place than anything else...
    I mudded mine, mostly because I wanted the practice, and I'm starting to get good at it. The advantage is a little better air sealing. I also painted a bright white, with a high sheen to increase the amount of light in the room. However, I've now got most of it covered various ways.....

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    5/8" plywood on the bottom 8' feet and white tin on the top 8'.My ceiling is tin. I did not want to paint. A guy I know built a farm shop and lined his walls with OSB then decided to paint it white. 3-4 coats later and $4000 in, it still is not really white. So I used tin.

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