I'm getting ready to do the exterior walls in my garage (workshop)here in the Portsmouth, NH area. I'm going to use R-19 exterior (2x6walls) for the insulation. But I was thinking, they have this silverpegboard at HD that would be kind of cool to use. My question is howmuch of a loss would I suffer if I JUST used the pegboard and skippedthe sheetrock (1/2") altogether? The garage will be heated. Thedimensions are 20x20x11 and it is new construction.Thanks in advance.-Jim

Sheet rock is normally taped and or sealed at the seams. Normally installed sheet rock will certainly cut down of drafts over pegboard alone.

Is there much of an R value to sheetrock?

Dec 03, 2007 21 Replies

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Father Haskell 18 years ago

Sheet rock is easy to repair. If you have a working shop, you'll be moving tool boards around as you upgrade.

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goaway 18 years ago

Jim, I have used peg board over sheet rock. I wanted the fire retarding aspect. ONE KEY POINT. This approach requires theat the peg board be spaced off the sheet rock !!!!

Paul

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