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Finishing interior with metal

swampthang

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I want to finish the interior of my garage with metal sheets like what is used on the exterior of the building. What type of channeling do you need for the ends where the ceiling meets the walls? What about for the floors of the walls?
 
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kd3pc

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Most will use J-channel on one end or the other or both. You have to be careful getting both ends in the J channel with 8' lengths. I usually use a wood stop/baseboard on the floor side and a J channel at the top, but I drop it down the height of the metal so that the junction looks finished.

They make trim or you can bend up some flashing.

Best of luck
 
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Doug Arthurs

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I used alum just trim. I just let the panels end at the floor without any trim. I also did the ceiling with it.
 

bjcouche

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OK, the correct way to trim the intersection of the ceiling and wall, is not with J channel but with F channel. The F channel is like 2 J channels in one. You affix the F channel in the corner and it provides a channel for both the wall and ceiling. Now for the wall to floor intersection, I believe the trim is called rat guard. Basically it's NOT a channel but a piece of trim that the sheet metal just sits on. You don't want to use channel on the bottom because you've already got channel at the top. If you have channel at both top and bottom, there's no good way to get the panel installed. Well, if you had the panel cut exactly, maybe you could get it to slide up, in, then down, but there's always a good chance you'd come up short... Besides, you don't want J channel on the floor with the J sticking up because it will collect dust and dirt, sawdust, etc.
Because the panel just sits on the "rat guard" you could simply use a piece of wood painted to the color of your choice. The wood would have to be 1" or more thick though because the ribs are about 1" so you can't use a 3/4" board...

You can get the F channel trim and rat guard trim at the same place you buy your liner panel at.

Oh, and you'd also use the F channel at the corner of two walls.

Brian
 
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