Finished my garage ceiling!
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rieferman
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Wow, is that the same metal as used on the outside of the pole barn? Any issues with electrical (nicking wires etc.)? Looks super clean and bright!
It is actually a liner, which is a little thinner, but still plenty strong. No problems with the electrical wires being nicked. The material (tin) cost me $855.
It is 30x40x10.
Motown 454
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It looks great
HotRodKush
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Very cool, has a nice clean look.
jvitez
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It looks fabulous. Very professional looking.
Can you tell me why you picked this particular material? Doesn't it increase noise/echos? Wouldn't drywall be cheaper? Was it easy to install? How does it attach to the rafters?
Can you tell me why you picked this particular material? Doesn't it increase noise/echos? Wouldn't drywall be cheaper? Was it easy to install? How does it attach to the rafters?
Garys Garage
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Very nice. I finished mine Saturday and blew in the insulation Sunday. 30x48x12
I picked it mostly because I like the looks. The tin only costs me $855 and once installed it was done...no painting or finishing. It would be loud if I worked with air tools, but I don't use them very often.
The installation was easy and it simply was screwed to the wood with pole barn siding screws.
USMCBay
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Extremely clean look. I've never seen anything like that before... 
GaryRoushkolb
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That's the only way to do a ceiling. I've got that in mine and did it without help. The only problem I ran into was hadling the metal on a vaulted part on mine. Yours looks great and will give you no trouble in the future because I've seen finished sheetrock sag after years in garage. good job
rieferman
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Can you describe how working with that material is? Is it flimsy enough that one person can do it (walk it up a ladder on one end, fasten, move ladder, fasten again etc.), what was your tool of choice for cutting, any other tips?
It is definitely a 2-3 man job because it is a thinner gauge, but it feels the same as the outside siding. We put one man up top to fit the boxes and support straps for the garage doors, etc. We used a drywall hoist and a homeade "T" to hold it in place. We used 20' sheets on a 40' barn, so there was almost no cutting, except for the final strip and for partial cutting of box openings. We used a regular skilsaw with a metal cutting blade, tin snips and a chisel.
Make sure you kill the electric to the boxes you are fitting around, so that you don't short out on the steel when putting it up. I highly recommend the longer sheets to keep the seams to a minimum. I only have one seam in mine.
One other tip....wear ear and eye protection when cutting the steel. It is very loud cutting through the steel. Also, wear gloves because cut edges are quite sharp.
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thdewey
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Awesome job!
Excellent, looks great! And not only because it's what I have too, but I really enjoy the look of it, and everyone that comes in comments on the clean lines of the ceiling. I reflects a ton of light too!
Definitely a multi-person job, we used "baker's scaffolds" and a walk board.
The noise comment is definitely over-thinking things, it's totally fine.
Anyway, looks great man!
Definitely a multi-person job, we used "baker's scaffolds" and a walk board.
The noise comment is definitely over-thinking things, it's totally fine.
Anyway, looks great man!
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its not any louder in my shop running a die grinder than it would have been with drywall. If you want a real world reason for the steel, think about what would happen if you bouced a long 2x4 off the ceiling... Drywall wouldnt stand a chance.
Garys Garage
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We put two younger guy on ladders. I did all the measuring and cutting. We did 16 foot sheets. I could not wait to special order the lighter stuff so I used outside steel. My shop is 30x48 and it cost me about 1250 for tin and 600 for insulation. About 200 for lumber and screws.
MN BIANCHI
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I am just finishing a Foltz pole building. Foltz gets most of there steel from this company: http://www.metalsales.us.com/
Our local Menards also sells steel sheets. You can order the steel panels in just about any length.
I had to special order the 20' length from the local lumberyard. It only took a week and cost around $40 a sheet. It took about a week for the special order to get in.
My garage is 30x40 and we used steel as well, had the sheets custom made at 20'2" that gave me an overlap in the centre of the building, the colour is white but I ordered the finish on the opposite side so the larger flat side is down, it makes a flatter looking ceiling. I think the steel was around $1000 and very fast to install. It is bright and clean, I think it is the best solution for a garage !! One pic before the epoxy.
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rieferman
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man this is a great solution. When I finish the 2nd story of the barn, I think I will save myself the hated task of sheetrocking and use white steel on the ceiling and a nice color for the walls. Fast to install, easy to keep clean, looks great. thanks for starting this thread!
Curt_pnw
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Ding ding ding, looks like we have a winner. We will probably do this in our future build as well. I like the look of the reversed tin too!
brassspike
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How do you put the insulation and vapor barrier in for something like this?
I just put up vapor barrier and then screwed the panels to the studs. I blew fiberglass in for insulation.
Mine has a loft with a truss floor - so the insulation and vapor barrier are the ceiling on the second level. I can't seem to upload any photos this morning, the upload fails so here's a link to some pics of the garage.
http://picasaweb.google.com/glenn.murch/HousePhotos?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/glenn.murch/HousePhotos?feat=directlink
Smokey
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glennm or Absea could you post up some larger sized pictures of your ceilings? The flat side out really looks nice!
glennm, nice pics of your place on the Picasa link! Looks like PacNW area, maybe?
glennm, nice pics of your place on the Picasa link! Looks like PacNW area, maybe?
little d
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i put this up in a building by my self with a sheet rock jack once, very quick, and easy!
RbrtAWhyt
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Looks awesome!