I waited a long time!

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

The current price of OSB- $6.47
The current price of cheap ply- 14.79

I'd apologize to the OSB, get back on speaking terms and use the saving to buy the lighting!.

I did my shop with it with no regrets

[Bill Edwards(2)]

The current price of OSB- $6.47
The current price of cheap ply- 14.79

I'd apologize to the OSB, get back on speaking terms and use the saving to buy the lighting!.

Good point!

[Jim O'Dell]

Another shop with OSB here. 2 to 3 coats of Kilz latex and it's good to go. Jim.

[David Hostetler]

Check with your local building inspector to see what is permissible. That might just limit your choices...

[Don Bullock]

Check with your local building inspector to see what is permissible. That might just limit your choices...

I agree with David assuming you have permits for your building. Due to the building code in my area I didn't have much of a choice. My local building code required fire sprinklers. I had a choice of copper pipe with a choice of OSB or other similar flammable material or installing drywall and PVC pipe. I opted for the drywall.

[Joe Shinall]

Looking good Bill. Can't wait to see pics of it finished with tools and sawdust displayed.

[eugene thomas]

I did my shop with osb walls and ceiling. then painted white. looks good to me. takes lot of paint to cover over 100 sheets of osb though.

[Bill Edwards(2)]

takes lot of paint to cover over 100 sheets of osb though.

I'll bet!

[Clarence Miller]

congrats, I have a cat who inspects my work but have considered bringing a bassett on board for consult.

[Bill Edwards(2)]

Estimating the remainder of the construction items, I'm just under $20 a sq. ft for costs. (for a 16' x 32' building)

This does not include the internal sheathing. I guess I shouldn't have
empasized the budget so much in my initial post.

Since my goal is to build hook and slat sytems through out, I felt I needed
a good foundation.

[Doug Carpenter]

I can't believe the building department let you take up that much of your backyard.

That being said......pure genious. I like it.

My garage shop has 3/4 ply on the walls half way up. If I were you that is what I would do.

Drywall the upper half of the walls and ceiling and use plywood on the walls. It will take abuse were it needs to and not cost a vast fortune.

I like the fine woodworking issue where the author used MDF and poplar to make a waiscot that he painted. It would work weel in your structure because you have that nice wood suspension floor so the MDF would be high and dry. Trouble with OSB is that no matter how many coats of paint you put on it will still look like OSB.

You said you were going to surface mount conduit for electrical which is nice because it can change easily. If you keep the majority of it mounted to the drywall portion of your walls then the holes are easily patched.

I like the steel roof. what kind of siding do you have planned?

[Bill Edwards(2)]

I can't believe the building department let you take up that much of your backyard.

I know this may seem like bravado, but the city where I live has too many
really bad things going on to site me for anything.

i.e. 100 yards from my house the people had a 10 x 20 quicky barn brought in... it has a 5' propane tank by the front door and a dish on the back wall..... yep his kids and their kids live in it... year round.

Realizing they used up their storage, they bought another 10' x 12' barn and have less yard then me.

I have a list.

[Art Schlangen]

Great looking barn... what is the size?... tks ART

[David Giles]

I started with white pegboard walls and grew to hate it. The pegboard collects dusts and was not as useful as I had hoped. Swapped it all out for unfinished beadboard and love it. Add some french cleats with extended spacers and they could fit over your electrical conduit.

Sheetrock probably looks better, especially on new, flat walls, but bead board went up faster on my unsquare walls.

If you plan to store lumber on the walls, you might want to sister the studs that support the lumber weight.

[Bill Edwards(2)]

If you plan to store lumber on the walls, you might want to sister the studs that support the lumber weight.

I wasn't too worried about that since it is a modified pole barn type construction ( I guess that's what Art was getting at) and there are 4x4's about every 8 feet.

Peg board was on my long short list, I'm glad you said something.

Someone in this thread suggested mixxing materials on the inside and truthfully, I have no idea why that hadn't ocurred to me.

Maybe I could do the walls in something higher priced and the ceiling cheaper.