On Oct 14, 9:13*am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
I'm building a garage with some living space above it. *I'd like to
insulate and cover the walls in the garage area as well. *But I'd
rather use something besides wallboard since it is so easily damaged.
(See the funny but true earlier posting defintion of a table saw as a
device for shooting lumber into the wall.) *Are there any good
alternatives beside 1/4" paneling? *That won't break the bank.

*Usually the drywall is required in a garage for fire resistance. *When
there is living space above the requirements are more stringent. *You could
increase the thickness of the wallboard for durability or install any number
of surfaces on top of the drywall. *Plywood, OSB or perforated masonite
(Pegboard) are sometimes used.

Yes, I knew there was something about fire resistance involved. I was
hoping that wallboard on just the garage ceiling would satisfy that
requirement. Do you have to have wallboard on the garage walls as
well for fire resistance?

Harder to hit the ceiling using the saw lumber shooting technique. I
actually have a hole in our garage wall at home from trying to rip a
grove in a piece of lumber with a radial arm saw, yukyuk. That piece
of wood was on the saw one moment and sticking out of the wall the
next. I swear it was invisible between the two places, probably
traveled to the wall in some other dimension.