Measure twice, cut once. It certainly looked like exact cuts. And I must say, your demeanor, music and pace are great to watch. I can decompress for a few minutes and enjoy watching a craftsman at work. Thank you.
Trick I learned from rehabbing a 70's style home in the USA was painting the studs black that the sheets break on. Hides any small gaps.. Similar to your cool rebates on your plywood feature wall.
I'm impressed 👏! Unfortunately here in America a contractor would have just slapped the plywood up on the wall with 16 penny nails and called it a day! This guy actually finished the edges of the drywall and made sure everything was level and square! It actually looks like a professional did it!
I've almost finished lining my double garage in 25mm MDF - insulation for my single-brick-thick walls, and (like you said) something to attach shelves, cupboards, racks etc to without a thousand holes into the brickwork. I've notched the sheets round the rafters (will insulate the ceiling in due course) and left a 50mm gap at the bottom. Getting whole 25mm sheets into place on my own has been a challenge, but hey, who wants an easy life! (A Russian study showed that 12mm MDF provides as much insulation as 150mm of brick, so I should be a bit warmer in due course, and cooler in summer, I hope, here in the UK.) Enjoyed your clip - you're a good tradesman! And you live and work in a beautiful part of the world!
One of the best reasons to use ply is you don't have to worry about where to screw when you inevitably want to hang something. I lined my entire loft with ply under the plasterboard and I can stick a shelf wherever the hell I want, it's glorious.
I did this on a job 15 years ago. The trick is to seal and paint the bottom edge and back side 3 inches up to prevent wickin up damp if in a flood. I went against the clients wishes and opted for a coating of oil based paint which is way better than water based paint which degrades in welding etc, oil based retains it's gloss and requires less coats to cover.
Ten years ago, I built a 20' x 40' shop and decided to use 1/2" plywood instead of drywall. I always had cracks and holes in my small shop, so plywood was a must. Best idea, as mounting light items and brackets anywhere, wasn't easy thing. Hell, I threw a small sledge hammer at the wall, to prove to my dad that it was solid; he was impressed.
I learned draughting under an engineer. He was a fantastic teacher and told me that you knew you did a good job if those building what you designed didn't call you up with questions on things you missed. I can tell you do some great work by your standard of work and attention to detail. It can be difficult to find a good professional in a lot of professions but I would have to say I love your work. I wouldn't recommend anyone doing this in a metal clad garage though unless it has building paper on the outside of the framing. Those things are generally so badly built they leak like sieves.
I think I might do this for my little workshop/storage. Right now it's lined with old and worn plasterboard that the previous owner installed sometime during the 80's. It would be nice to be able to hang stuff all over without using molly plugs all the time. Thanks for the inspiration as always!
You take such pride in being a Craftsman, excellent work as always!. In my part of the world most builders and home owners would have just tossed this up with sloppy cuts around the doors.
Crack up bro watching that sheet of ply slowly falling toward you! Replayed it several times and lol’d every time. You’re vids make me wish I was a chippy! 👍🏾
Good job watching the plywood go up made me wonder if being a garage it would be useful to build in some niche cavities to put spray cans and chemicals and bits and pieces...... A bit like you see in a shower
My comment speaks for all 114,000 of your subscribers as of today. You're not posting enough videos and we're very sad. Make more so we can be happy. Doooooo it :)
I love the look of this, I want to do something like this in my bedroom but it’s a rental so I have no idea how I should do it, or even *if* I should do it…
I like it and I’d love plywood walls in the garage but I think we have fire codes in Canada that permit only very thick gypsum board inside a garage that is attached to a home. Maybe I’m wrong and I can use plywood on walls but the ceiling certainly requires the thicker gyprock.
Scott bro, whenever you insulate. Cover ya self in baby powder - honestly it delays the itch so much! - love ya vids. Logan From Haarlem Build down in Kāpiti 👍🏼
Looks good, Not sure how you figure wood is more work. I did plaster board for 25 yrs and don't have a square inch of it in my house. Wood is so much nicer, neater, cleaner and easier.
You mention being able to hang things from the plywood instead of hanging at the studs. I was just thinking, how much can you actually hang from the plywood sheets when they're just being tacked to the studs? You'd think over time, the plywood would separate from the studs.
I wish there was description and educational content here. Why you're edging the boards with a router ,etc. Also what plywood you are using (it wasn't clear in the beginning). But the small amount of exposition is great.
Newbie question: Will a stud(beam) finder still work? Or will it be confused with the plywood when wanting to place something on the wall for stronger support (shelves etc.)
