If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. OSB
burns pretty readily. OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. *OSB
burns pretty readily. *OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

My idea would be to glue these white painted 1/8 panels to the osb.
WOuld this work?

On Apr 13, 10:14*am, stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:





On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. *OSB
burns pretty readily. *OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

My idea would be to glue these white painted 1/8 panels to the osb.
WOuld this work?- Hide quoted text -

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I don't see why it wouldn't work. It's not what I would do. Install
the first layer of covering starting at one end. You will need to cut
the last sheet vertically to make it fit. Then start at that end and
add your 1/8" going back in the other direction. This will offset
your seams. Frankly I'd also go with the drywall as I see no
advantage to the osb since you are covering it with something harder.
You could even save some by using the 3/8" drywall.

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

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I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

On Apr 13, 1:52*pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall

On Apr 13, 2:52*pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

I plan on using 5/8" in the ceiling because there is living space
above. But I disagree about the fragility of drywall for the walls.
I use my garage a lot for projects. And you bang a 10' long board
into drywall accidentally and you have a big gouge. You bump it
rolling a jetski around and you have a gouge. It is fragile. Hit it
with anything heavy even lightly and it gets damaged. It's easy to
say don't do that but it happens. And I have a 30x28 garage so
putting up expensive hanger boards all over is not an option.

"jamesgangnc" wrote
There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. OSB
burns pretty readily. OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Depends on local code. My detached garage had nothing inside, just the open
framing. It is not a living space so it did not matter. Codes may vary
from town to town though.

I did, however, insulate it and drywall it because I use it as a shop and
heat it in the winter sometimes.

"stryped" wrote in message
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On Apr 13, 8:08 am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:31 am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

Acceptable to whom? Your wife? Probably not.

On 4/13/2010 7:31 AM, stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

Just put the drywall up in a horizontal fashion and then the 1/8" boards
vertical and don't nail or glue right on the horizontal drywall tapered
joint.

Don

stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire retardation and
that's usually not much of an issue in a detached garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can be
almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

On Apr 14, 8:37*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire retardation and
that's usually not much of an issue in a detached garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can be
almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:37 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre
painted water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered
ends of the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under
those or drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire
retardation and that's usually not much of an issue in a detached
garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can
be almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

Oh.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:37 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre
painted water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered
ends of the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under
those or drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire
retardation and that's usually not much of an issue in a detached
garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can
be almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

Oh.




If drywall scares you atleast use plywood...OSB just plain sucks left
exposed...Atleast plywood will take paint...As always check your local
codes...You may want to sell someday...HTH...