Sheet metal on walls and ceiling
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ericm
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You can but usually people use 29g "liner panel" beause it costs less. It's ribbed like outdoor R panel/ag panel but it's thinner than the common outdoor 26g and the paint is not as durable since it's inside.
Firebrick43
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Midwest Menards has it. But most metal dealers can get it to.
beemerphile
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Acoustics will be very live inside your metal box with concrete floor.
danski0224
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What?
Bopbop
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I used the 29 guage R panels in galvalume. I found a place that was selling seconds that was about 50 cents a foot less. The panel on the underside lap seam was distorted a little. The upper panel covered the issue and it turned out really nice.
As for the sound issue as referred to above I do not have any. It does get loud in a pouring down rain but that is typical of a metal roof.
As for the sound issue as referred to above I do not have any. It does get loud in a pouring down rain but that is typical of a metal roof.
clutchee
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Or you could find old barn tin, what I used inside my shop. Various farmers tearing down barns.
Oregon rock crusher
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When I was looking for cheap durable covering in part of the shop I used old corrugated galvy barn tin that was really rusty on one side. I turned it good side in and put it up right over the insulation. It may have been prone to echo's when the room was empty but once filled I don't notice any problem with noise. It's been up in this space for nearly 25 years now and holding up great with practically zero maintenance. I've been really happy with it and wouldn't hesitate to use tin on the inside again. Ed.
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DocsMachine
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I think you could use some more toolboxes, Rock. I still see a few empty spots.
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BORING HOP YARD
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Greetings! As you can see I have it on the ceiling and down the walls for 6 feet.
You can see by the speaker on the wall I like music in the shop. Sometimes loud but most of the time as background music.
I have never heard any echo's in my shop for what it worth.
I purchased the metal from a company that supplies pole barn builders.
Yes, I would do it again.
You can see by the speaker on the wall I like music in the shop. Sometimes loud but most of the time as background music.
I have never heard any echo's in my shop for what it worth.
I purchased the metal from a company that supplies pole barn builders.
Yes, I would do it again.
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86turbodsl
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I have it on my ceiling and osb on the walls with concrete floor and do not find the system to be very live. I think the OSB damps the system quite a bit.
That Guy Scott
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If you’re worried about the acoustics, there is a perforated steel liner panel. Who knew? RR Buildings installed some in a huge pole barn they built. it was either YouTube it Instagram that I saw it.
racecougar
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As others have stated, the thought that a metal-lined building is a deafening echo chamber is a misconception. I've worked out of this shop for the past three years, and I'm very happy with the choice of lining the interior with metal.
BMoscato
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Is that an XKE hiding under there?
Oregon rock crusher
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BMoscato
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The XKE is my all time favorite car, followed by the Porsche Speedster and Shelby Coup.
Walkers
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You failed to mention a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM, pretty sure it was just an oversight on your part, or maybe you meant favorite car that you might actually be able to own.
BMoscato
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It was clearly an oversight, but I'm more of a 250 SWB guy... yet another car that I will not own. lolYou failed to mention a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM, pretty sure it was just an oversight on your part, or maybe you meant favorite car that you might actually be able to own.
Walkers
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Splitting hairs at that point. I don‘tremember exactly when I first saw an XKE, but it instantly was my favorite car.
SJMaye
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I am in the process of wiring my garage. I have many outlets in my ceiling. How do you wire for outlets with metal ceiling panels?
racecougar
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There is more than one way to accomplish this, but my preference is surface-mounted EMT with THHN wire. This allows for rather easy changes/additions later on. You can see both the ceiling mounted EMT for the lighting circuits and the wall mounted EMT for the wall outlet circuits in this photo.
SJMaye
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Ah! I see now. Thanks!
BORING HOP YARD
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My Wife and I did the wiring rough in and placed my junction boxes and wire before the panels, most if not all was done above the ceiling joist. My wife was on the floor and I would call out the measurements from the ceiling and she would lay them out on the panel, I would get down and drill holes into the ceiling tin just above the light fixture. I used plastic button connectors to insulate the wire from the hole in the ceiling. I laid out the hole in the fixture to match the hole in the ceiling and put a button in the fixture. Then I installed the fixture with self drilling screws threw the ceiling tin into the ceiling joist' I did this as my Wife and I were putting up the ceiling, as we went along.
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SJMaye
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That actually helps. I already have my boxes mounted to the trusses as if I were going to use a drywall ceiling. It was later I found how much lighter the metal panels were, so I started to looking into those.
Thank you
Thank you