Garage to workshop conversion: cladding the ceiling

Bert Coules · 2012-04-09T11:51:48+00:00

After a long gap for winter, injury and other boring impediments, my low-budget garage to workshop conversion is underway again.Following all the advice here, I lined the sectional concrete walls and corrugated steel ceiling with Celotex-type insulation, then clad the walls with OSB. Now it's time to clad the ceiling: I was thinking of using white uPVC t&g boards from Wickes: for the area I have to cover (essentially four 4'x8' panels) the price is higher than I'd ideally like. Any suggestions for alternatives? I want to simply stick the cladding onto the foil surface of the Celotex, so it has to be lightweight as well as more durable than the insulation.Many thanks.Bert

Apr 09, 2012 45 Replies

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Bert Coules 14 years ago

On reflection, I agree. I'm going to use 300mm uPVC cladding, which gives the same effect as the 100mm t&g I originally considered, but works out cheaper and will (hopefuly) go up quicker.

50mm on the walls, push-fit between tiling battens screwed to the concrete sectional sides and then clad with OSB, 25mm on the ceiling, supported by tiling battens screwed to the original cross-member joists. With two secondhand (and extremely cheap) uPVC windows and an ex-display Compton garage door, I'm quite pleased with the results so far.

Bert

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Bert Coules 14 years ago

You're right, of course. My experience with the stuff was so unpleasant that I seem to have blocked out my memory of the details...

Bert

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John Rumm 14 years ago

;-) yup, when it goes pear shaped, things can end up seriously sticky and covered in the stuff in no time!

Being sparing is the key usually

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grimly4 14 years ago

Utterly, yes. A recent convert to gun-type foam, I've found it invaluable. A big plus is the economy of use - a hand-held can tends to belt it out quickly, but the gun can be precisely controlled to lay down a bead of just enough. I reckon I'm getting twice as much use out of a can with the gun.

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Bert Coules 14 years ago

Yes, that's what I've been told, though I've never tried it. Nice to have the confirmation: thanks for the comment.

Bert

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Bert Coules 14 years ago

Halfway through the job and it's clear that I was mistaken. The wider panels are far trickier to handle above head height than the 100mm ones and are also considerably heavier than I thought they'd be. Putting the adhesive (Sticks Like...) onto them before offering them up only makes things worse. I wish now that I'd used the more expensive but far more ceiling-cladding-friendly narrower lengths.

Bert

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