Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

[kevin.decelles]

3/8 or 1/2 plywood for me

 

[Bandit]

Dam near finished the inside lining of the garage, used 7/16 OSB. Main reason was the price. $13 a 4X8 sheet, drywall $22 a 4X8 sheet. Plus I can fasten lighter things rite to the sheet. It does take some extra paint to cover though. Plywood was even more than the drywall.

 

[whydontu]

Being a snot - tens of thousands of BC forestry workers out of work with mills closing, but buying wood from China? Makes sense.

 

[someidiot]

Being a snot - tens of thousands of BC forestry workers out of work with mills closing, but buying wood from China? Makes sense.

On the other hand - environmentally and sustainably speaking - it seems to me that cheap, fast-growing Chinese bamboo would be an even better choice.

 

[Tom O]

I went with 3/8 plywood /Rockwool I wasn’t worried about hanging things on the wall because the drywall screws show you exactly where the studs are and the walls reach temperature way faster than cold gyprock while the Rockwool has excellent sound deadening qualities.
On another note one thing I was thinking about doing was leave a 8” electrical access around the 4 foot mark for future use.

 

[JustaDB]

@JustaDB Chinese stuff is the low priced leader, for wall covering it doesn’t matter much but for woodworking it can be a painful, voids, delaminating and not exactly flat.

I've used a bit of the local Chinese birch ply, say, half dozen sheets or so: 1/4", 1/2" & 3/4". Haven't seen much for voids or delaminating. Thickness has been fairly consistent. The one issue I came up against is the finish ply is awful thin. Doesn't take much sanding to go right through.