For those who have renovated or built new... what did you for the walls? Dry wall? A friend of mine owns several restaurants, and they recently did a new warehouse, walls have something called "TRV" or something like that, which is basically plywood with a vinyl type laminant that allows you to hose the walls down. Anyone use this? Other solutions / thoughts?
I think you mean FRP.......fiberglass reinforced polyester. I'm putting that up in the workshop but unless its really sealed properly at the joints (these come in 4x8 and 4x10 sheets), I'd advise against directly hosing it down.
I recently finished my garage, and used a type of outdoor siding I found at Home Depot. It has a wood grain texture, and after painting it looks pretty good inside the garage (the opinions of those who have seen it). I used it because I didn't want to deal with drywall, mudding, sanding, etc. You might want to consider it. Joe
My house is 90% finished and the garage (4 car ) was finished with sheetrock/drywall, floated and testured. Of course I plan to go overboard and really deck it out. Dave
Mike, Drywall is probably going to be the cheapest way to go. I just did my 3 car and drywalled it. Textured the ceiling .
Drywall is the way to go unless you will have a lot of water in and around. If not try an orange peel or what I call knock down splatter on the walls. It looks great and softens the look of the garage and if you gouge or scrape the wall it is a 1 minute fix.
I am doing a garage right now and I am putting vertical steel panels on the inside - similar to that used on pole barns, industrial warehouses etc. Advantages are it can be hosed down, and when you throw a wrench it just dents it and doesn't go through. As a somewhat cheaper steel alternative you could put up galvanized corrugated panel, not as good looking as the other panels, but again durable, waterproof, and strong. I just bought 11' long panels 3' wide for $18.59 each, which is more expensive than sheetrock, but you don't have to tape texture, yada yada, and it is definitely more durable and you can get it in a wide variety of colors - I did white for the benefits of lighting.
There is water resistant drywall available. I have regular drywall, however, with a good quality paint, and have had no problems hosing it off. I wouldn't leave it in standing water. Install it slightly above the floor, so it won't wick up the occasional small puddle.
