[TheForge] shop walls

Tue Mar 5 06:52:00 2002

        I've used ship lap board on my walls, the one thing I did do was to
make the foundation come up 16" from the floor so the sill is up aways to
start the wood from.  This allows shelves, nails and hooks to fasten easily
anywhere for storage.    Most of my torching and welding runs across the
floor and hits the concrete, but never reaches the wood walls unless I'm
carbon arcing(which I try not to do in the shop, but outside as it is such a
nasty process to tools and other things you'd like to keep in good shape).
        Your insurance company may tell you what you want as some ask for
two layers of sheet rock to have a two hour burn time before wall framing
will catch on fire(supposedly).
        I've also seen people put plywood as a lower wall, and sheetrock
above it for lighting purposes.  My all wood walls are kind of dark even
with the sheetrock ceilings as far as light reflecting qualities.  I would
think bringing wood right to the floor would be asking for trouble though.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "northwoods" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:58 PM
Subject: [TheForge] shop walls


> Hey, what kind of wall covering do you folks have in the forge/hot work
area
> of your shop? I'm putting up a new shop and don't really want to put all
> metal up since I kind of like wood in some areas, and was wondering if
maybe
> even
> concrete board or some other material might work instead of metal. I'm
> talking about 650 sq. ft. of wall area. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> T. Clark
> Mountain, WI
>
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