[AT] Shop ceiling

[Jim & Lyn Evans]

Go with white painted tin to brighten the place up.    I put OSB on my 
ceiling because it was 1/2 the cost of tin and I was running out of 
money.   Nothing wrong with OSB, but I think the tin would have been 
better.  If you have the help, order the tin full length and just put it 
up without seams.

Why not run EMC conduit and surface mount all the electrical?  learning 
to bend conduit isn't hard and it doesn't cost much more than Romex - 
but does take a little more time.

On 9/28/2011 6:04 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Don that sounds reasonable to me.  Sounds like a nice shop!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Bowen
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:17 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Shop ceiling
>
> I was talking with my builder friend this evening about the next step in
> my shop.  It is a pole building that I put up false walls between the 5
> by 5 poles.  The walls are 2X4 on 24" centers with roll insulation
> between then covered with 7/16" OSB.  For the ceiling I put 2X6 joists
> between the trusses and was planning on covering with the same OSB.  THe
> problem soon became obvious.  The building is not square, I have 6
> lighting outlets, 4 switched plugs for task lighting, and 4 hanging
> outlets, all would need holes through the OSB so each sheet may be
> lifted two or three times to a 9' 6" ceiling.  I had designed a panel
> lift for my engine hoist.
>
> Then my friend said that many here use tin.  He said I could get No 2
> tin and he and I could put it in place in an afternoon.  Then I will use
> blown in cellulose insulation.  It will make a nice warm shop for these
> mild Ozark winters.
>
> Any comments on this idea?
>