What Wall

[ddickey]

What wall material do you think would be nice for the shop?
Thumbs down on sheetrock.

 

[DavidR8]

I’m getting ready to sheet the inside of my shop.
I’m going to use 5/8” chateau plywood.
It has narrow grooves about 10” apart
I think the face quality would be a B grade. It will be painted some form of white. I may put some hard plastic material behind the mill and lathe to spare the wall from oil stains.


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[Stonebriar]

I used Plywood and painted it white. Great for hanging stuff. And electrical in conduit on the plywood. Easy access.

 

[Dhal22]

I've seen 1/2" Kevlar sheets used as wall material before............... Looks like sheetrock but it's not.

 

[mickri]

You might want different material in different locations depending on what is going to be in front of the wall. For example I have peg board on the walls above my work benches. OSB and plywood in other places and lots of drywall too.

 

[BGHansen]

Mine is covered with 7/16" osb, painted with white primer. It's great for shooting a screw anywhere. My only regret is that I air nailed it up instead of screws.

Bruce

 

[pontiac428]

I have a pallet of OSB sitting on my new shop floor. It's going up on the walls as soon as the inspector blesses the building. I wish I could use something fireproof like hardieboard, but the cost is high. My welding corner is still going to get hardie sheeting, just not the whole shop. I plan to give it a coat of paint, but that's starting to slip down my priority list right now.

 

[Nutfarmer]

We may not like the surface durability of sheet rock, but it has great fire resistance . If you use in obs or plywood on the walls of a home shop especially if attached to a home put sheet rock under it for the fire resistance. The life you may save could be yours or your family's. Older mobile home are a good example of what fire can do if the walls are ply wood only. In the fire service we call them 10 second fires. Which means a person has about 10 seconds two leave and live in case of a fire. This was drove home to me after a mobile home fire where the only thing standing was the hot water heater surrounded by the only sheet rock in the home. As a side note modern noble home do have sheet rock. With the grinding ,welding,and hot work we do in our shops ,stay safe out there.