What do you recommend for a shop/garage ceiling?

[mwilson]

I just re-read your original post, and I would sheetrock the walls as well instead of using the OSB whoofie board ....I hate that stuff on an interior wall...nails bounce back at you, splinters, harder to paint, etc...

 

[mwilson]

Forgive the project mess but my walls are sheetrock with boards over the seams.
Garage is kept at 50° all winter unless I have a project. Overhead door is insulated as well.

I use a Monitor heater, was going to add a zone for the house furnace to heat it but really not necessary.

 

[mwilson]

Tongue and groove pine on the ceiling but I got a super deal on the pine...otherwise that would be sheet rock as well..

 

[mwilson]

Also don't know how much headroom you would have between O/H door opening and ceiling but I use low clearance doors to get the track closer to the ceiling...

 

[SnoKing]

Again, sheet rock is a good defense against a small fire or loosing the whole building and contents. SnoKing

 

[mwilson]

Again, sheet rock is a good defense against a small fire or loosing the whole building and contents. SnoKing

I agree 100%.

 

[Dan_69GTX]

Thanks for all the replies! The folks counter offered and we accepted and signed the contract. So, if all the inspections required pass, then I have a lot more work to do. Once I can get back inside the garage I'll start doing some measurements to determine what might be best. In the meantime I'll be scouring local sources to find a good deal on building materials that might end up on a wall or ceiling!

I really like the pine board strip idea to not be concerned about cracks in the drywall seams and I HATE mudding a ceiling!

 

[KPotter]

Thanks for all the replies! The folks counter offered and we accepted and signed the contract. So, if all the inspections required pass, then I have a lot more work to do. Once I can get back inside the garage I'll start doing some measurements to determine what might be best. In the meantime I'll be scouring local sources to find a good deal on building materials that might end up on a wall or ceiling!. eally like the pine board strip idea to not be concerned about cracks in the drywall seams and I HATE mudding a ceiling!

They make a white tin that is used for the interior ceiling in pole barns (usually what they call seconds). You can then blow in insulation above this very easy to do. Lowes has a blower and depending on how much you buy the machine rental is free. for the walls osb on the bottom and sheet rock on the top. Good luck with the project.

 

[Wiredawg]

Congrats on closing the deal. I'll be watching to see how you convert this garage to your liking.

Cheers, Ron

 

[AH64ID]

Pine firing would be really cool!

My ceiling is open and I installed a fan up there. For as infrequently as I heat the shop it's fine. It would take me years, and years, to recoupe the heating cost savings from putting in a 20'x48' ceiling. Just a thought if you won't keep it heated all the time.

 

[Dan_69GTX]

Pine firing would be really cool!

My ceiling is open and I installed a fan up there. For as infrequently as I heat the shop it's fine. It would take me years, and years, to recoupe the heating cost savings from putting in a 20'x48' ceiling. Just a thought if you won't keep it heated all the time.

Yea, I thought about that, but I intend to keep the garage 45-50 at a minimum and heat it to 65 when working in there. Unless I'm trying to cure some paint or something, then it will go higher - to say 75-80. I'll also probably get an A/C unit for it as well. I'm spoiled! I installed an old heat-pump in my current garage to remove the window A/C. (Took heat-pump out of my dad's house when he upgraded to a more efficient and larger unit. The installers were going to remove it for "free" so I solved that problem for them) The A/C doesn't get near the amount of use as the heater. So, first I need to find a heater to install (preferably propane) and then an A/C unit. I'll do all the work myself, so I'll be looking for a used unit that someone removed from a demo house, upgraded to a better unit, etc.

I prefer propane since I already own 4 - 500 gallon propane tanks that will be coming along with me. Around here if you buy in large quantities, you get a discount. Before tanks skyrocketed in price I scored several that were just refurbished looking for a new home.

I also have several 125 gal propane tanks I use for air storage - compressor runs less often causing less wear on the motor.

 

[JR]

Now that I've got a well insulated garage I don't think I'd ever go without. Heating is the easy part, just turn up the stat and let er eat (the contents of your wallet). Air conditioning an uninsulated space isn't done quite so easy. Especially if you live in an area with high humidity. I have one of those floor model units that vents out the window and it keeps things comfortable. It would never keep up if it wasn't for the insulation. I'd either have to run multiple 120 v units or go Central air, both would be running non stop. Sometimes comfort is hard to put a price on.

 

[Cummins12V98]

I primed OSB with Kilz and painted one coat gloss white paint then installed with drywall screws then hit with another coat of paint. Surface ran air lines and electrical.

 

[Dan_69GTX]

We got the place. Closed on the 3rd and then used vacation for the next week to start doing stuff to move in. Got the house about ready. Can't remember what I've said where - but - my folks will live on the main floor, then we will finish the walk-out basement and live there.

Started to stud out and wire the garage then I'll decide what to use for walls. Eventually a ceiling will go in - no idea when. A current neighbor owns a HVAC business. Mentioned to him about my needs for heat and A/C. So, I brush-hogged a field for him for a just removed high efficiency propane heater and gave him $75 for a 2007 outdoor A/C unit with coils for the heater box. So now all I have to do is install them - when I get "time" (yea right). Also need to move the propane tanks from the old place to the new (I own them).

 

[SnoKing]

We got the place. Closed on the 3rd and then used vacation for the next week to start doing stuff to move in. Got the house about ready. Can't remember what I've said where - but - my folks will live on the main floor, then we will finish the walk-out basement and live there.

Started to stud out and wire the garage then I'll decide what to use for walls. Eventually a ceiling will go in - no idea when. A current neighbor owns a HVAC business. Mentioned to him about my needs for heat and A/C. So, I brush-hogged a field for him for a just removed high efficiency propane heater and gave him $75 for a 2007 outdoor A/C unit with coils for the heater box. So now all I have to do is install them - when I get "time" (yea right). Also need to move the propane tanks from the old place to the new (I own them).

If the propane tanks are large ones, you might just pay your propane provider to be move them. They will have a truck all setup to handle them. If you have been with the provider for years, I would start with "I need a favor".

 

[Dan_69GTX]

If the propane tanks are large ones, you might just pay your propane provider to be move them. They will have a truck all setup to handle them. If you have been with the provider for years, I would start with "I need a favor".

Yea, I'll have them move the ones from my parent's house since they still have propane in them. The ones at my house I ran dry so no hazmat issues to move them. Just use the loader to pick them up and place them on the trailer. That is how I moved them before.

Good thinking on the "I need a favor" idea.

 

[Dan_69GTX]

FYI - going to post future updates here:
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/new-shop-progress-updates-questions.269978/