Planning to Insulate & Finish Garage

[bigcountry]

the best insluation i have seen is the kind made of recycled newspaper it was on dirty jobs he had a 5gallon bucket filled with the stuff and it had a small cavity in it for a loud pager type device and the lid had the stuff on it as well and he turned it on and closed the lid and you could not hear the device anymore great stuff and good for the enviorment i would go with plywood for the walls and paint them with a good outdoor paint and that will help make sure that if you get the bottom of the boards wet they wont rot as fast and plywood is better to replace than sheetrock is heavy and hard to replace it gets wet and crumbles very easily

 

[TheTopher]

That insulation you just mentioned is one of the things we install at my company. Not only is it quiet as hell but it's fire retardant and it also prevents pests and rodents from nesting where you install it. www.tapinsulation.com




One of the more annoying things about installing it is that if you drop your phone in it you're going to be searching for a long time since you can't hear it ring.

 

[Roger]

My garage was finished when I bought the house. Don't know if the outside wall is insulated or not though. I really want to run a few more outlets (only 5 and one of those is in the ceiling for the garage door opener). At least the PO installed a 220 outlet so I can weld! I keep meaning to get some styrofoam or similar pieces to insulate the door...

 

[High Desert Ranger]

My garage was finished when I bought the house. Don't know if the outside wall is insulated or not though. I really want to run a few more outlets (only 5 and one of those is in the ceiling for the garage door opener). At least the PO installed a 220 outlet so I can weld! I keep meaning to get some styrofoam or similar pieces to insulate the door...

Up in the air about the garage door, don't know if i'm going with rigid foam or batts, but gonna skin the inside of the door with aluminum.

 

[Hopman]

Go with foam. You'll get a better R-value that way.

 

[AllanD]

I'd do the inside of the garage with textured plywood like T-111

Drywall is too easy to knock a hole in.

Peg Board as a wall material practically invites wasps to nest in it.

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[TaddeoEG]

I'd go with slatwall from about 4' off the floor up - nice looking and very flexible storage options. Seems every time I get a few new toys...I mean tools...I end up rearranging everything.

Below 4' or so I tend not to hang stuff - that's where I have the miter saw on rolling table, folded up contractor-style table saw, garbage cans, etc. So no need for the expense of slatwall. Either drywall or painted plywood works on the lower section, although the diamond plate idea (see Garage Mahal Guy Fieri episode for an example) or beadboard would class it up.

 

[merc2dogs]

I did my garage with drywall and OSB, drywall on the upper half, and OSB on the bottom.
The OSB can take a lot more abuse than drywall, and since most abuse in the garage is in the lower 4' of wall it works out nice.

Ken.

 

[Doofy]

I like all my wiring surface mounted, using EMT thinwall, metal conduit. Simple and easy to install and allows for future additions or changes.

 

[Shran]

I personally would use OSB sheeting and paint it white. That is what we are doing for walls and ceiling in the shop I am in now. My buddy wanted to use 5/8 MDF and was all set to start buying until I showed him that the price would be around $15,000 (yes, that's $15k) for MDF vs $1500 for OSB.

 

[mattpresley]

Back to exterior walls with fiberglass insulation(touched as little as possible). also go with orange peal texture as IMO it looks best

 

[High Desert Ranger]

Back to exterior walls with fiberglass insulation(touched as little as possible). also go with orange peal texture as IMO it looks best

Was thinking of doing a orange peel texture since it's simpler than a knock down. The rest of the house is knock down and I'm not very good at it.

 

[brendank]

I chose to put tin around the entire inside of the shop, about 4 ft tall. It works good to keep the shop bright and protects the insulation and vapor barrier. Above that is plywood painted white/pegboard above the bench.

 

[Xandor]

Bleth, screw drywall. It gets bashed in way to easy, it cost a lot to have someone finish it. I hate drywall but thats just because its my job to finish it.

 

[Mark_88]

For the ceiling, I'd use plywood in case the roof leaks...but for insulation the Rockwool is actually the best...unless you're concerned about pests...never heard of the TAP stuff but it looks like it would do the trick...I've used fibreglass bats on most places simply because it's easy to install and fairly inexpensive...

Be careful about foam if it is exposed...that's actually a fire hazard in Canada and the stuff gives off cyanide gas when it melts...if it's covered with something it's fine...as long as there is some fire retardant material (hence drywall) covering the walls...

I also agree with doing the lower half with something like wood (5/8" or 1/2" plywood) and the upper half in drywall...

BTW, a garage doesn't actually NEED to be finished...but it looks better and white walls help reflect light...

My $0.02 worth...