On Oct 14, 11:38*am, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 14, 11:27*am, jamesgangnc wrote:





On Oct 14, 10:31*am, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 14, 9:36*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Oct 14, 9:13*am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
On Oct 14, 9:00 am, jamesgangnc 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?

The fire-resistive requirement only kicks in as a separation between
the garage and a living space, so the walls don't need to be rated.
Doesn't necessarily make sense to me, but that's what it is.

And *that basically just means 5/8" on the ceiling, right?

5/8" Firecode, yes.

So some sort of cheap plywood, perhaps beaded, is probably the most
economical alternative to wallboard for garage walls it seems?

Define economical. *Does that include your labor? *You could go with
T-1-11 and paint it or not, cover 1/2" drywall with 1/8" paneling or
FRP panels (no painting and brighten up the room a lot, though it's
more $), etc., etc.

I do question your thinking about not using wallboard due to stuff
flying around your shop. *If that happens more than on a very rare
occasion, you're doing something wrong. *You should be more worried
about something going through your chest/face than through some $6/
board drywall.

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I don't really have lots of stuff flying around. But in the course of
18 years in our current house that has a garage with wallboard there
are lots of spots that need repair. One big one from the piece of
wood getting away from me in the saw. A mucked up corner where I
pushed the boat into it a bit hard. A spot behind the boat where I
forgot to lower the prop before pushing the boat back. Stainless steel
props go right into wallboard btw, they barely notice it's there.
Lots of general dings and scrapes. Except for the board projectile
thing all of my other mishaps would have been barely noticable had the
wall been plywood. Even the board projectile probably would not have
penetrated a 1/2 piece of ply.

And for what it's worth when I'm using a tool that has a chance of
throwing something I do work from the side. I retired the radial arm
saw via craigs list and got a table saw and compound miter saw.