"Best" Garage Interior Wall Covering

[Mark in Indiana]

For my needs, I use 1/4" pegboard. Very handy for hanging items and easy to remove & replace if I need to update the electrical or repair plumbing in the walls.

 

[kwschumm]

Drywall with FRP 4 feet up all around and higher where work benches are against the wall.

 

[tthornto]

I think we can all agree, The best thing to cover shop walls with is posters of pinup girls!

 

[snowpromod]

Corrugated galvanized wainscot with osb (without any markings) - my budget Chipotle style interior. Came out well, about to build another shop - not sure what I'm going to do in it!




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[CutterFarms]

White ribbed steel run vertically.

Great light reflection.
Easily washed.
Easily removed to add wiring etc.... or replace if damaged.
Fire proof/resistant from welding sparks, grinding.
Air and vapor barrier all in one.

Downside, it isn't cheap especially the trim and it is time consuming to install without big gaps around outlets and other penetrations. Plus lining up the screws so it doesn't look like a 4 year old put them in.

That is what I did in my shop and am very pleased with it. I used a long level to line up first screw to the middle of the boards and got them all perfectly straight, took a little more time but after seeing the end result it was definitely worth it imo.

 

[ozyborn]

My wife wanted to kid proof my garage when I was deciding on what to cover with. Kid proof starts off with 16" battleship plate steel until they are older than 4 years old. But do to cost concerns I used 3/4 plywood. Hang whatever I want wherever I want.

 

[skidozer670]

Anything I don't have to sand or paint next time. I spent about $400 to paint 27 gallons inside my garage plus my time. Never again, white steel if I ever have to do it again.

 

[longez]

Another Chipotle shop: 4' high Galavalume steel wainscoting and a Rotary lift ready to go up this weekend . New construction 40x60x16 shop.

 

[Falcon67]

OSB here - and I can show you damage from a golf cart that, if I had used drywall, would have resulted in a nice big doggie door.

 

[lakeroadster]

Another Chipotle shop: 4' high Galavalume steel wainscoting ..

Nice. So what's under the orange and white paint?

 

[longez]

Nice. So what's under the orange and white paint?

Thank you! 5/8" Type X drywall and 5-1/2" of sprayfoam insulation; OSB is under the corrugated metal. The 2-post lift will go about where the truck is parked; air and power from above to the passenger side post.







I'm going to build my 4th (and last!!) airplane in this nice shop after building the others in a cramped, low, single car garage. The walled off area is for my TIG and oxy-acetylene rig.

 

[regguy1]

I used a combination of pegboard and paneling to give it a finished look, you can see more photos, videos, storage and epoxy floor installation in the links on this page: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140674&highlight=26'+30'+Garage+photos+videos

 

[Gerald O]

I think the concerns over damaging drywall or the worries over "hanging stuff wherever I want to," are way overstated.
How often are you really bashing your walls?
Do you really plan to screw things onto every square inch of your walls?
Is 8" maximum distance to the nearest stud really too far to mount a wooden panel just where you actually need it?

Don't get me wrong, I like the look of an industrial looking metal wall. But when you bash than shiny metal wall covering and dent it are you going to remove the dents? No, they'll be there forever.

Drywall is cheap, it's fast, it's fire resistant, it's easy top patch if you do ding it. All those fancy metal, FRP, OSB, and plywood wall coverings look great when the garage is new and empty. But when you get all your junk moved in most of it will be covered up and protected behind benches, cabinets, tool boxes, shelving racks, and wall-art.

 

[skidozer670]

just remove the dented panel and put up a new one for $16, I do have drywall now though.

 

[Falcon67]

>How often are you really bashing your walls?
A lot. Engine crane, floor jack, mobile equipment, etc. Last time her race car was disabled - bounced it off the back wall when unloaded, weighs 2980 lbs. Golf cart weighs about 900 lbs, it went 6" in the wrong gear hit next to a stud and the rear fender blew through 7/16" OSB like a 10 lb sledgehammer.

>Do you really plan to screw things onto every square inch of your walls?
Yep