[s-cars] NAC - Advice on material for Dream Garage walls and Ceiling

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Drywall's the way to go, 5/8th's on the walls and 1/2" on the ceiling.
 Easy to repair and keep a mental note of where the studs are so you
can mount your tools in the future.

Plenty of material there.

Joe


On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:31:53 -0800 (PST), Ed Walsh <rundeep_32 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Could anyone with ideas (any ideas) recommend a
> material for the walls and ceiling of a 16x23 garage
> bay?
> 
> I have already decided on Igor's U-Coat-It epoxy for
> the floors.  A gray concrete paint for the exposed
> foundation (makes up about 3 feet of the 8 foot
> walls), but I am in a quandary as to which is the best
> wall and/or ceiling material.  My original plan was
> for skim-coated blue board (i.e., drywall), but I was
> thinking there may be something more practical in
> terms of looks, sound and weather insulation,
> hardiness, durability, etc.  Being able to configure
> and reconfigure the walls as tools and cars change
> over time would be great too.  The ceiling has this
> type of garage door opener, and there will be several
> surface mounted twin-bulb cold temp florescent on the
> ceiling.  Also, there is a family room above the
> garage.
> 
> Should I just stick with drywall, or is there another
> material that is superior?  What do you shop guys
> have?
> 
> Thanks a million, Ed
> 
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