im almost ready to enclose my new garage..24+28...i was told to use 5/8 drywall because of hte 2' spacing between the truss bottoms(ceiling joists) so i was looking at the homo depot and seen all the 5/8 stuff is what they call fire rated and pretty pricey but whatever if i have to.. so now my question is if i use 2 12' i can make the 24' run in 2 sheets only thing is the joints will all be in a straight row in the center... is this ok? or should i do something about stagering them...the interior of the garage is only 23'1 so i can stagger every second run 11 inches. is it worth the trouble? and i guess i will have to make some kinda screwing strip down that center mark for the but joints of the drywall to anchor into?
drywall/gyprock
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URY914
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You'll have to find a real drywall supplier, not HD to get the 1/2" ceiling boards.
Try the yellow pages.
Try the yellow pages.
boiler7904
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Check out this link for USG Sag-Resistant Gypsum Board
Based on their info, I would say that you shouldn't have any problems with 1/2" ceiling board in an unheated garage.
Idealy, you would install the panels so that they **** joints are offset by a few feet. They aren't as obvious when they aren't in a straight line. I would stagger every other row by 4 or 6 feet. The cutoff from one end becomes the starting piece for the next offset row.
Based on their info, I would say that you shouldn't have any problems with 1/2" ceiling board in an unheated garage.
Idealy, you would install the panels so that they **** joints are offset by a few feet. They aren't as obvious when they aren't in a straight line. I would stagger every other row by 4 or 6 feet. The cutoff from one end becomes the starting piece for the next offset row.
Piper
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Having done a ton of drywall walls and ceilings both for myself and professionally there are a couple of points. 1 if you'd like the ceiling to look perfectly smooth and not be able to tell where seams are I'd suggest that you attach, perpendicular to the bottom of the trusses some 1x3 strapping on 16 inch centers. This will give you more area to attach the drywall to. In addition it also adds reinforcement to the truss. This stops cracking, particularly at the **** joints where the drywall doesn't taper. 2 When doing your seams, use the paper tape as opposed to the mesh screen type of tape. The paper tape will help to resist racking of the sheet which once again causes seams to crack. The mesh tape is ok for the edges but not for the **** ends. I don't know if you have to follow any fire codes or not but check as 1/2 inch may not be sufficient.
hth!
Cameron
hth!
Cameron
I'm currently doing my interior drywall ......still........ am using 5/8 inch on the ceiling as code dictates it and I want it. The only problem for me is that I'll have more seams as I'm only using 8 foot sheets because they are quite heavy and I'm not accepting help. Thirteen foot sidewalls it is a ways up there.
I actually am using 2x4's that tie every 4 foot on center cut to fit between the trusses to allow for better support for drywall and because I am putting many 8 foot light fixtures in and will gain additional support from them. It is a slower process but I am often guilty of overkill on things. Good luck with yours.
I actually am using 2x4's that tie every 4 foot on center cut to fit between the trusses to allow for better support for drywall and because I am putting many 8 foot light fixtures in and will gain additional support from them. It is a slower process but I am often guilty of overkill on things. Good luck with yours.
PAToyota
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Definitely rent a drywall lift to do ceilings - or even high walls for that matter. I learned years ago that the rental center is cheaper than the emergency room, chiropractor, or physical therapist...
Randall Edge
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When the drywall was hung in my new house recently I expected to see a lift on-site, but instead all the guys had were a bunch of 5-gallon buckets. The drywall crew stacked enough buckets together to make a "stool" that was about 3' high. One guy would climb on top of the buckets and another would drag a 4'x12' sheet of 1/2" rock to the guy on the bucket. The guy on the ground would lift the sheet high enough for the bucket guy to grab it. The guy on the bucket would then lift the sheet over his head and up to the 9' ceiling. As soon as the guy on the ground confirmed the sheet was square against the nearest sheet the guy on the bucket would shoot 3 or 4 screws into it to hold it up. He would shuffle his feet back and forth to make the bucket walk across the floor. The ceiling went up at a rate of 1 sheet every minute or two. They would have had the whole house done in less than a day if they didn't run out of rock on the first day. They were something to watch. If I had tried anything that I saw them do I would have ended up hunched over for a month.PAToyota said:
PAToyota
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A three foot tall pile of buckets? I hope that their insurance is paid up...
Randall Edge
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That's just 2 or 3 buckets stacked together, but I'd fall off the first time I looked up. 
