Whatever you decide to cover the walls with -- drywall, plywood, whatever
-- get 1/2" Homasote (I think that's what it's called -- it is a dense
styrofoam covered with foil on both sides) underneath.
This provides a tremendous boost to the insulation in the walls and costs
very little. Put it OUTSIDE the drywall if you like shiny silver.
John
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Douglas Shook wrote:
>
> David Ligda wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately it will mean tearing down the drywall that is
> > already up. That would not be a great loss since it's old, ugly, and dingy.
>
> David,
>
> Might I suggest that once you insulate it, you might consider putting up
> peg board instead of dry wall. When I was renovating my shop, I did 1/2
> of it with 3/8" thick, white peg board (it has 1/4" peg holes and is
> covered with ultra white vinyl of some sort). Just measure, trim and
> nail it up, and you are done -- no painting or sanding.
>
> You can even see the electrical receptacles through it well enough to
> use one of those Roto Zip spiral saws (what a great gift) to cut out the
> receptacle openings from the face. You can spend the time you save
> working on your project instead of inhaling drywall dust.
>
> The stuff is great! Grease just wipes off, you can hang tools anywhere
> you typically use them, don't have to build all of the shelves, and you
> don't have to spend a week out there taping, mudding, priming, painting
> the first coat, painting the second coat, repainting every time you
> spray some oil on the wall (who, me?). :)
>
> The downside is that is was a little pricy, especially compared to the
> 1/4" thick, 1/8" hole, brown pressboard pegboard. There was some of the
> 1/4" stuff out there, too, but it is almost impossible to paint (acts
> like a sponge and bleeds through multiple coats), is brittle and the
> 1/8" peg holes are simply too small and weak for anything larger than a
> screwdriver rack.
>
> The reason this is so salient to me at the moment is that this week, I
> am repainting the other half of the shop that I did not cover with the
> white peg board (it has T&G pine, french doors and windows, etc.).
>
> Day after day this week I have been out there scraping, priming first
> coat, second coat, scraping the windows, cleaning up spills, and so
> forth. The only thing I hate worse than painting is drywall finishing.
>
> Did I mention how much I hate to paint? I should be out there working
> on the TR6 instead of scraping paint off from windows.
>
> doug
>
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