Never Worked Construction - Drywall or T1-11?

glenn bradley

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This will be soooo obvious to some of you. I'm in Southern California. I have an outer garage wall. Stucco outside, exposed studs inside. Most of the interior wall surface is insulated and drywalled. The exposed 7' x 12' area I would like to cover. Would you insulate and use drywall? Vapor barrier and T1-11 or like siding? Any suggestion will be superior to my most educated guess.

I will be putting French cleats on the wall and hanging pegboard panels, small cabinets or whatever as the shop evolves. I will also be installing some outlets to serve that area of the shop. This will also probably be the main area where my workbench stands; normally close enough to the wall to reach over and access the items hung on the pegboard.

I should mention that I plan to paint most of the shop interior a semi-gloss white unless you all have other advice on color and finish.

Thanks.
 
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Either will work, drywall isn't as cheap as a lot of siding though, and takes more work to finish. If there is both a moisture source and climate control in the garage then a vapor barrier is a good idea, otherwise don't bother. Most garages breath pretty good anyway.
 
glen, 7x12 is a small area so you could even use a nice grade of plywood and make a "pretty" wall. i`d skip drywall or any masonite type product since you want to hang stuff from the wall, and i too would skip the separate vapor barrier and use kraft faced insulation behind your sheeting....tod
 
Depends on the look you are after. T1-11 seems kinda rough for interior walls. I'd go with Tod's suggestion on ply. If you are going to paint it, a 'sanded ply' would be good enuf.

Since you are '60 miles EAST of Joshua Tree' (where anything over 25% is considered HIGH humidity!), I don't think you have any vapor to barrier. :)
 
i vote to veneer it:)

that way it would really look sharp and you could look at the pretty grain everyday you were in there.. seriously i would go for vapor barrier either and in mine am going with raw osb fer now unless someone tells me a good reason for being differnt:huh:
 
*IF* you are someplace that might care, you should check what code is. If it's a detached garage, it's likely not to matter but if it is an attached garage, you might have code issues if there isn't some drywall involved. I know code where I am required me to have drywall from floor to ceiling on my attached garage despite the fact that I wanted to do otherwise.
 
Interior wall covering

Glenn
Used T1-11 for the interior walls of the gift shop, so that Katy can put nails into it anywhere she pleases - to hang "stuff."
It's 5/8 inch thick and works out well for hanging "stuff."
It is rustic in appearance.
Boy! has she got "stuff." :rofl:
Daniel :wave:
 
Glenn....I'm still finishing my shop. Some of the inmates here and at another site decided I needed to learn to turn wood and lathed me. I can tell you from experience....I have 1/2 plywood on the walls and 5/8" sheetrock on the ceiling. If the ceiling was done with plywood...my shop would be finished. I wished I'd taken Frank's advice and put plywood there too!
 
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