Shop wall materials?

[ecgreen]

I am insulating my pole barn shop and trying to decide on wall material. My current plan is 4 foot of steel roofing down low and plywood with fire paint above that. Open to changing my mind. Its a smaller shop and I am going to weld and torch and all kinds of goofy stuff. What do you guys have?

 

[Shran]

Do you have the building wrapped with anything, IE housewrap, plastic, vapor barrier, of some sort under the siding? What kind of insulation are you using?

I used painted OSB on the walls and ceiling in my shop. I weld all the time in there, also have a plasma table... I try not to spray sparks on the walls continuously but I'm not real careful either. The one thing I did was caulk all the way around the bottom of the walls - that way sparks can't roll under there and ignite dust and stuff. I think your plan is probably just fine.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I helped a friend do his shop. 3/4" plywood on the bottom 8' and steel above that. The idea is cabinets, shelves, anything to hang was very easy to do. A welding corner got scrap steel screwed to the wall. The steel will have at least one sheet of scrap on top of delivery to protect the stuff underneath.

 

[19Walt93]

I used OSB on my inside walls. I also weld and use torches and pay attention.

 

[97RangerXLT]

I like AlwaysFloored idea of 3/4" plywood on the first 8'. put metal siding in the welding corner on top of that if you don't have enough room to let the sparks fly. Shran's idea of caulking hte bottom is another good idea for spark arresting.

Good luck with the shop and show us pictures.

AJ

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yoink, wrong post somehow...

 

[snoranger]

I despise rodents... constant battle... have a nest under the upper intake manifold on my '00 Explorer now... Had a pesky varmint in the F350 over the spring/summer and put one of these trap boards in the passenger floorboard and caught one... It's just a chunk of plywood with a bunch of mouse traps screwed to it opposing eachother, then a Tee nut up from the bottom with an allthread handle. No bending down, the traps are easier to set attached to a board... I just put some peanut butter under the little hook in the middle of the paddle and in the little rectangle box thing by the pivot, I started putting some sunflower seeds in the void in the middle. I've also done the same size board with I think 7 rat traps to catch the rats in the wood shed... worked fine. To use this outside you could take a rubbermaid tote and cut slits in the sides and slide it over the handle and use a nut to hold the bin up or something

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I'm currently trying to get to a bigger rodent that's plugging the culvert under the road... big ol flat tailed guy I'm pretty sure...

So should he build the wall out of dead rats?

 

[scotts90ranger]

how the heck did that end up in this thread? Oops, could have swore I typed that up in the rodent thread!!! Dadgummit! lol

I'm following this thread anyway, my shop will need sheeted on the inside after I get the permitting done...

 

[snoranger]

how the heck did that end up in this thread? Oops, could have swore I typed that up in the rodent thread!!! Dadgummit! lol

I figured as much.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I like sheet metal. corrugated looks cool. thinner stuff is relatively cheap.

 

[ericbphoto]

I like sheet metal. corrugated looks cool. thinner stuff is relatively cheap.

And it gives you a place to put all your RockAuto magnets.

 

[ZMan]

I think white corrugated steel is the best route honestly.

 

[stmitch]

Steel liner panel is great...until you try to hang something on it.
I went with painted OSB, and added FRP board to the lower 4 ft with PVC base board for a bit more protection down low. The ceiling will end up being white liner panel to reflect light and be easy, but I didn't want to deal with the downsides of having it on my walls too. The painted OSB still reflects light like steel does, but it's flat and I can mount anything in just about anyplace I want to.

 

[19Walt93]

Get some cardboard under that Chevy before the oil leaks stain your floor.

 

[stmitch]

Get some cardboard under that Chevy before the oil leaks stain your floor.

Ha! The floor is super resistant to most automotive fluids, but it does have a long sheet of cardboard underneath just in case!