Timeline for What "equivalent" to drywall can I use to finish a garage ceiling with habitable space above?
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| Jun 13, 2021 at 11:05 | answer | added | Jasen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 5:59 | answer | added | Criggie | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 5:52 | comment | added | Criggie | How much vertical space can you afford to loose? I have seen a split level house where every joist was equal to the top of my head - couldn't afford a single millimetre there. | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 4:42 | answer | added | Jack | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 4:13 | comment | added | jay613 | Put up the rock without decorating it. Leave the screws exposed a don't paint. Is that allowed? If so it's pretty easy to remove and replace. Cut the sheets in half to make it easier. I may not have this exactly to code but the point is, it doesn't have to be finished to interior standards. There are special plastic washers you can use to prevent the screws from puncturing the paper. That may help with reusability. | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 3:11 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | This is a bloody good question, as the obvious solution (fire-rated acoustical ceiling tiles in a drop ceiling) only gets you a ~15min finish rating, equivalent to 1/2" drywall, while the 5/8" Type X board gets a 40-45min finish rating... | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 2:38 | comment | added | CameronSS | I suppose a valid answer might be "you could do X with a concrete slab ceiling or Y with steel construction, but 5/8" drywall is the only thing allowed by code for wood frame, so your options are drywall or rebuild your house". But that's not the answer I'm hoping for. :) | |
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| Jun 12, 2021 at 1:35 | comment | added | Kris | houzz.com/discussions/2379418/… | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 0:59 | comment | added | Kris | I use Master rib roofing tin for lots of these type situations. | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:57 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Is replacing/reworking the entire floor assembly above the garage an option in this case? | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | I've seen commercial garages with sheet steel as ceiling (looked to be the same material you'd see as steel roofing, with ribs for structural strength, and screwed in place) but I don't know how they addressed making it a fire-rated assembly (which is the trick - 5/8 sheetrock is a component of approved fire-rated assemblies - if not assembled in accord with one of those schemes, it is not, in and of itself, magically fire-rated.) I expect there might be an approved assembly based on that sheet steel material, (perhaps with rockwool above it?), but I don't know that. | |
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:03 | history | asked | CameronSS | CC BY-SA 4.0 |