Ceiling idea, cheesy?

[hoof]

What do you think about using 4x8 sheets of styrofoam insulation on the ceiling of my garage? I thought it might be a cheap, easy way to get both insulation and coverage for the ceiling.
Thanks,
CHAZ

 

[Firetrucks]

I used the styrofoam board with the silver paper on it to help insulate and reflect the light as well. Sure beats losing all your heat into the trusses!

Scott

 

[DynoDave]

My neighbors garage has a "foam" ceiling. Works pretty good for him.

 

[Wile1Coyote]

Nort Cheesy at all as long as you paint em. Having a pink or Blue ceiling would be a bit naff

 

[JCByrd24]

I'd look into the fire dangers as well of the particular insulation you're using. I've been thinking of insulating my basement with the stuff and everything I've read says you need to cover most of those type products. In a garage this would maybe be even more critical...maybe...The foil stuff would work wonders though for heat and light and protect against sparks too I think.

 

[Retlaw 66]

My workplace installed a dropped ceiling using the usual 2'x4' steel grids you see in many basements.....but instead of the usual ceiling tiles, they used 2'x4' pieces of coated drywall.....it's a nice look, and not too expensive.
I was thinking of doing something similar in my garage, except substituting painted 2'x4' panels cut from alum-faced insulation board......it's effective, light weight (so I don't overload my roof trusses), and still allows access to the area above the ceiling. The grids also provide more support so sagging isn't visible compared to a 4x8 sheet of foam attached to the rafters.
The only downside is that it will reflect sound more than the usuall accoustic ceiling panels.

 

[PAToyota]

The foam says directly on it that you must cover it with another material - it is flammable. Not exactly the best idea anywhere and double that in a garage...

 

[Clark]

I had it on the ceiling in my old garage. It worked good for insulation but when you use a wire brush wheel in a grinder the wire flies out and sticks in the ceiling.
Clark

 

[Krodad]

My dad and I had the bright idea to try vinyl soffit material in a room off our shop...normally we would have used white steel, but the soffit stuff worked great, was pretty cheap (relatively) and had the added benefit of being super easy to install. The ridges that are extruded into it keep it from any sagging, and we insulated above it by "squeezing" extruded polystyrene (blue or pink board) between the rafters, then came back and blew insulation over the top of that to cover the framing members. Worked like a charm, and we left a 2" gap between the ceiling material and the rigid insulation so we could come back and run any wiring we might want to add in the future...the vinyl soffit strips can be removed individually for access if you use white screws.

 

[bighig]

I have that in my garage and have no problems with it. Also I had an home inspector check out the house before I brought it and he said that the foam roof was a great idea. I even got a heater in the garage.

 

[bighig]

 

[thefairlaneman]

I think its a good idea, I may try it myself

 

[BoCRon]

We had to come up with an inexpensive ceiling material to use in our dog training building. It had to be something that one person could do alone.
We ended up buying rolls of an insulation product at Lowe's. It is basically a heavy duty bubble wrap with a foil/aluminum product on either side. We just tacked it up with a staple gun and then taped the seams using aluminum tape. It looks really cool and has worked wonders with the heating/cooling effeciency of our PTAC units. I'll try to take some pics this afternoon.
Annette

 

[PAToyota]

I think its a good idea, I may try it myself

As many such things go, you may get away with it. But if there is a fire it is going to go up fast and release a lot of toxic smoke. Your call...

 

[StingRay]

I agree with PaToyota exposed styrene foam is a bad idea. It's highly flamable and poisonous when it burns. I just had my shop urethane spray foamed and I won't do any kind of welding, grinding or torch related work untill it's sheeted over with at least 1/2 inch gyproc.

 

[hoof]

I hadn't considered fire. That's actually kinda odd for me because I am a little **** about not burning the place down. I weld and grind in there so I have to be carefull. What are some other ideas for cheap ceilings? I need to insulate and cover the ceiling and my garage is 24x56 so whatever I use I need a lot of it!
Thanks,
CHAZ