Cheaper than having someone sheet rock it if you can install it yourself
^^^^ exactly...
Gearbanger - reviewed your garage thread last night, impressive recycle of fence boards.
- I pressure wash the old timber to, works great
harleycontracter - beautiful room, thks. for the pics.
- I am doing my high sunroom interior ceiling shortly, in cedar / walls in drywall
My 24x30 ft garage is all drywalled - but when it came to my basement reno, I used a combination of drywall & planed cedar fence boards, purchased in 14 ft lengths (5-3/8" wide & 1" thick).
- one long board gave me 3 cut to length strips...very little waste
Avoided the cheap looking white drop ceiling...cedar deck screw down on leveled 2x4's and cedar hides electrical runs, and is removable.
Formerly our 1050 sq. ft. basement had 4 steel posts (down the middle) / installed to 2x9.5" LVL structural beams (glue & screw) from one end of the basement to the other (using 20 ton bottle jacks)...now open concept.
- the pine timberframe beams at the steps are 8x8"....stair landing beams wiill be 6x6" (replacing 4x4")
- now adding smaller profile pine timberframe beams (non structural), to dress up two outside walls finished in drywall