Looking for Ceiling finishes

[Garleness]

Im at the final stages with my garage, I'm looking to install a ceiling. I like the look of drywall but a worried about the weight and flexing because i have attic trusses. walls are 16ft tall, considering aluminum soffit panels or steel! the shop is 36x56

If anyone has some pics to share please do!

I am looking for a classy end result, high end looks simple and clean.

 

[matt_i]

My word that's a monsterous thing! Congrats

I don't think drywall is a bad choice, 5/8" rock will span the 24". Mud and tape to avoid the cracking and try to keep at a stable temp.

A crew of dudes could knock that out in a couple of days.

I am curious about some parts of the underfloor that aren't foamed or insulated.

 

[crook038]

I prefer the steel liner panel. I put it up in my build, I was happy that I had it up instead of sheetrock when I sprung a leak in my 2 post lift. The cleanup consisted of a few paper towels and some simple green. The steel liner is also much lighter than sheetrock and once it is up, zero paint and maintenance.
Sean

 

[cdestuck]

My vote is for white steel panels. Many reasons. Weight, no finishing, can order any length. Highly reflective.

 

[Kevin54]

Whatever you put on the ceiling, I want to see the place when finished

 

[NUTTSGT]

White ribbed metal panels. Fair price, clean, no maintenance and installation is one and done. That's for the shop ceiling. The attic area, what's the plan ?

 

[Viper98912]

That shop looks massively awesome, both downstairs and upstairs!

You really need to consider what you're planning on doing in the shop. If the downstairs is supposed to be rugged and the upstairs nice, then drywall upstairs and steel panels downstairs. If you want it to be nice downstairs as well (I noticed you covered what appear to be nice espresso cabinets), then you should drywall the downstairs. Or maybe, do steel panels 4 feet up from the floor, then drywall up the rest of the wall and drywall the ceiling.

 

[flippin]

Just finished my garage addition and went with steel on the ceiling (white) and steel on most of the walls (grey). I couldn't recommend steel more. Bright, durable, clean and will stay that way forever. Used 9" composite deck fascia as baseboard to add durability and sealed it to the porcelain floor with silicone to make it waterproof.

 

[iowa4x4dieselman]

I like Vipers idea of steel downstairs and drywall upstairs. With the roof lines of the upstairs I think drywall would be the best. If you did steel on the ceiling, I wouldn't do the entire wall in steel. If you do this and ever run an impact or loud tools it will echo like being in a tin can. A combo of both seems the best here. Bearsfan has a nice shop and he used the galvanized in the ceiling. I think it looks pretty neat, one could also do it as a wainscoting.

 

[PNWguy]

How's the noise in a shop with steel ceiling and walls? It seems like it could have more echoes than a sheetrock building, but I haven't been in one.

What do you guys who have them say?

 

[travisn1]

I prefer the steel liner panel. I put it up in my build, I was happy that I had it up instead of sheetrock when I sprung a leak in my 2 post lift. The cleanup consisted of a few paper towels and some simple green. The steel liner is also much lighter than sheetrock and once it is up, zero paint and maintenance.
Sean

Do you have more pics of those jigs you used? What did the other end of the ratchet strap attach to?

Just finished my garage addition and went with steel on the ceiling (white) and steel on most of the walls (grey).

Pics?

 

[iowa4x4dieselman]

How's the noise in a shop with steel ceiling and walls? It seems like it could have more echoes than a sheetrock building, but I haven't been in one.

What do you guys who have them say?

The less things that are in there to absorb the sound, it will sound like a tin can. The tin cannot absorb sound very well so it echoes pretty bad. It will be better if the shops not "empty" all the time.

 

[flippin]

I have some Drywall in my new garage but it didn't take long after installation and paint (expensive and time consuming) to realize that steel would be applied in the old garage. I used steel for the ceiling exclusively (old and new garages). For the ceiling panels if you need to **** join pieces, I would strongly recommend using a double j-track. Makes for a much cleaner installation. Because of gravity, joints want to naturally separate, j-track around the perimeter and at the **** joints makes life way easier.

I included an image of the composite deck fascia which is used for baseboards.

Magnets are your friends when you have steel, even my nest smoke detector is installed with magnets.

Good Luck,

-Paul

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[bullnerd]

Starting to see a pattern! lol!

White metal here too. Love it.

 

[Mark100]

@Flippin...I like the choice of darker steel on your walls and white on the ceiling.

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[travisn1]

I have some Drywall in my new garage but it didn't take long after installation and paint (expensive and time consuming) to realize that steel would be applied in the old garage. I used steel for the ceiling exclusively (old and new garages). For the ceiling panels if you need to **** join pieces, I would strongly recommend using a double j-track. Makes for a much cleaner installation. Because of gravity, joints want to naturally separate, j-track around the perimeter and at the **** joints makes life way easier.

I included an image of the composite deck fascia which is used for baseboards.

Magnets are your friends when you have steel, even my nest smoke detector is installed with magnets.

Good Luck,

-Paul

Man, those grey walls look awesome. I had OSB in my last garage and painted that grey but yours looks way better. Any chance you remember the color name?

Thanks for the double j-trim idea too.

 

[Jimmyspeach]

When my buddy build his shop with attic truss

He used 5/8 drywall almost 3 years ago and no sagging so far

And the truss are 24 oc

 

[bullnerd]

How's the noise in a shop with steel ceiling and walls? It seems like it could have more echoes than a sheetrock building, but I haven't been in one.

What do you guys who have them say?

I would say its probably louder, but not so much to make me not like it. 6" of insulation in the walls and ??" blown-in in the ceiling makes it pretty quiet.

We have a fairly empty 26 x 28 garage attached to our house that is drywall, and it sounds louder in there at the moment, but there is less cra....stuff in it.

 

[PNWguy]

I would say its probably louder, but not so much to make me not like it. 6" of insulation in the walls and ??" blown-in in the ceiling makes it pretty quiet.

We have a fairly empty 26 x 28 garage attached to our house that is drywall, and it sounds louder in there at the moment, but there is less cra....stuff in it.

Thanks. Part of my concern is power tools, hammers, etc, and the sound bouncing off the walls.

Nothing in my shop is going to absorb sound - everything is metal.