Need to finish inside of my garage over the coarse of the winter. It is a 40x72 with trusses being 8ft apart. I'm looking at metal. Menards has roofing metal that I can order at 16ft 2in in length 29 gauge. Local Amish where I bought the building from has same thing but in 26 gauge metal. Amish is more because of being thicker metal. I plan on doing plastic and insulation above it. I'm in northern MO. Can I get by with menards or should do I need to go with thicker metal?
Metal ceiling
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GreenIron
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I don't see where 26 ga. metal will help, being it will used as a ceiling.
racecougar
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Agreed. I suggest installing joists to reduce the span (assuming your trusses were built with the necessary bottom chord loading for all of this in the first place). I used 29 ga liner panel (which is a R-panel) and spaced my joists at 48". I'll also suggest checking the local metal suppliers. When I did this in '18, the local supplier was 70% of Menards price.
BombShelter
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I used Home Depot Ribbed Metal Roofing and love the look, it has a little more personality then the flatter Menards Product.
Also check what the recommended layers above the metal should be, I thought the consensus was not to put plastic above it so any moisture can escape.
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Also check what the recommended layers above the metal should be, I thought the consensus was not to put plastic above it so any moisture can escape.
billconner
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In a heating climate, seems guaranteed to creat moisture problems - mold, drips, wet insulation, and eventually rot - in the attic.