Trying To Finish Shop!

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by ryans69chevy

It is okay to put plywood in a detached garage. I wouldn't want to put drywall up because if something swings into the wall, I don't want to fix a big hole! haha

Dang that shop looks awesome! I will prob just do plywood all over including the ceiling since I don't have hardly anything to cut around and it's just a two stall garage so it won't be that bad!

What made you want to do 1/2"? I'm just wondering if I should do that or save a little money and get 7/16"? I plan on putting up some shelves, but I would hit the stud, so it wouldn't really matter right??

Thanks

If you hit a stud, it wouldn't matter. Plywood would grab better if you didn't
hit a stud but...IMHO 1/2" plywood is too flimsy to hang weight off of.

OSB works pretty well too for sheathing but is also too flimsy for an anchor.

7/16" (at least on the west coast) is OSB (Oriented Strand Board).
Plywood is generally 1/2", 5/8" (expensive) and 3/4" (more expensive).
If kept dry, OSB is cheapest and very strong/square but not as attractive.

Even if you use cardboard, you will have to anchor your
shelves directly into your studs.

Regardless; Shanes right. Do your interior walls with drywall.
And tape the seams.
Fire prevention and spread is an utmost precaution.

[Notch1988]

Originally Posted by ETsC10

If you hit a stud, it wouldn't matter. Plywood would grab better if you didn't
hit a stud but...IMHO 1/2" plywood is too flimsy to hang weight off of.

OSB works pretty well too for sheathing but is also too flimsy for an anchor.

7/16" (at least on the west coast) is OSB (Oriented Strand Board).
Plywood is generally 1/2", 5/8" (expensive) and 3/4" (more expensive).
If kept dry, OSB is cheapest and very strong/square but not as attractive.

Even if you use cardboard, you will have to anchor your
shelves directly into your studs.

Regardless; Shanes right. Do your interior walls with drywall.
And tape the seams.
Fire prevention and spread is an utmost precaution.

To each his own I guess. I love having plywood over drywall and wouldn't have it any other way. There are so many things that I hang and don't think twice about it... signs, storage bins, hangers for airlines, my desiccant air dryer, the list goes on... I would hate to have to organize my garage based on stud spacing. I hang it where I need it, not where the garage needs it.

[Shane]

Go out and set fire to a piece of OSB or plywood. Then do the same thing with a piece of drywall.