I started to insulate my garage yesterday. I then threw up some drywall. Anyone notice that there is an insulation demand. I guess they are rationing it out.

I have not yet decided if I want to tape it off. It is a 28 X 32 2-car detached garage. I am not the best drywall person so I may need to tape. My brother said he would do it for me and then texture. What do you guys think?

Ben

i dont know if i would texture catch all the dust

lots of garages around here just have a single coat of mud with tape. not sanded and unpainted

Thanks. I agree about texturing catching dust. I wonder if orange peel texture would be dirty.??.

I am having the same trouble with insulation for my new shop. Overnight, without warning, it went to 4 weeks out is what my supplier told me.

Whar are ya using to insulate with

I work in the building materials business, yes, there is a huge demand for insulation right now. Owens Corning has suspended production of several types of insulation (slow movers) to amp up production for the more popular sku's. I have been waiting on a truck for 7 weeks now, it's finally coming Friday, I have a lot of contractors waiting on that.

I started to insulate my garage yesterday. I then threw up some drywall. Anyone notice that there is an insulation demand. I guess they are rationing it out.

I have not yet decided if I want to tape it off. It is a 28 X 32 2-car detached garage. I am not the best drywall person so I may need to tape. My brother said he would do it for me and then texture. What do you guys think?

Ben

Insulation demand = Katrina, took a visit to 5 Lowes & 2 Home Depots for me to find the insulation required to rebuild my place about 200 miles traveled to find it all as inventories aren't up to date you have to on site verify they have it, everything is in short supply paint-tools-moulding-sheet rock-mudshingles-lumber (hate it for you tree huggers-trees will be a coming down fast), hundreds of thousands homes here in Ms & in Fl affected if you have some mad money reading the tea leaves and laws of supply and demand now would be a great time to invest in either store or both.

Actually anything construction related, minimum of 5 years to restore the Gulf to a modicum of normalcy, projections are 10 years to fully recover and that is if we don't get any more storm damage, FL is still trying to recover from Ivan which keeps getting interrupted, then add in flooding out West, yup long term investing in building materials mite not be a bad idea.

If you can do body work you can do drywall, prior to Katrina I was a novice, now I'm approaching expert qualification, between mine & inlaws repairs/rebuilding. Taint hard, go slow at 1st, thin coats of mud, it's easier to fill a little than sand a lot, if you have no idea how to start it, plenty of info on the net how to do it, or buy one of the "Harry homeowner" how to books.

Have done both textured and smooth walls now, texture looks good , but a PITA to paint unless you spray, kinda hard to live in the house and fix it at same time, spraying almost a non option overspray can get everywhere lot of work require to mask it all off, great for new construction or empty house IMO. Smooth walls easier to paint & maintain, it's a shop how picky do you need to be, I recommend try it yourself, mistakes are correctable and the education for another skill set will be free. Lastly for a shop semi-gloss or gloss paint so you can clean up the walls some rather than having to paint over the eventual dirt/grease flats can't recover from.