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Borrego
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:38pm
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Hey all - Any recommendations other drywall for the interior walls? Not too pricey either. I was think T-111, stained, but that's kinda rough.
T & G would be cost prohibitive, I think..... Any off the wall ideas?
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Kithera
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:54pm
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For conventional construction, you pretty much listed the options. Some form of engineered panel would probably meet your needs while keeping in such a tight budget.
However, you can stucco directly over your existing insulation, or over stappled up chicken wire. Concrete based stuccos should be fairly inexpensive, and give you a bit of freedom as the color is the full depth of the material, so minor scratches won't show up. You can even use an earth based plaster, made with nothing but the clay in your back yard and some sand. Can't get much cheaper than that.
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flatwater
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# Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:03pm
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I used chip board and painted it white. The only draw back for me was you need everything square so the boards are tight. If they are not when filling the cracks you have to texture you mud or it will stick out like a sore thumb. Also make sure you use a good primer so the stamp won't show through
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:06am
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I'm going to use some 1/4" luan underlayment. Our bed alcove will be lined with bookshelves on all three sides. I'll use the luan to cover the insulation and then build the shelves over them. If I like the look I might use it everywhere else except the bathroom. I will probably use sheetrock on the ceiling. The stuff at Home Depot has a nice grain pattern and is knot free.
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Elefex
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2009 03:47am
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ACX might be nice if you don't want to paint.
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elkdiebymybow
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# Posted: 11 Jan 2010 07:27pm
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We used some heavy duty canvas to cover 2 x 12" for our ceiling in one portion of the cabin. It goes with our decor quite nicely, gave us that "covered wagon" look and was extremely cost effective. Not the best in terms of fire safety, but a spray on retardant can help. We are cautious with the use of matches, candles and oil lamps as not having any running water and being surrounded by tinder dry forest land most of the year has us always thinking fire safety. In the areas around our stove pipe we used some concrete board to minimize any exposure in that area.
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Moontreeranch
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:07pm
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I just nabbed some T&G Blue stain pine 1x6 for 41 cents LF...con do the whole ceiling of our 200 sq foot for less than 200 bucks...need to sand and oil it yet but hey thats half the fun right?
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elkdiebymybow
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# Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:40pm
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That should look awesome when your finished. Be sure to post some pics!
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2016 11:08am
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In New Zealand I saw painted burlap used in an old house converted into a garden shop. It looked great, except they did walls and ceilings which was a bit too much. (They'd painted it a darker green.). Something like this would work well over chipboard etc.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2016 05:39pm
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I used 3/8" thick plywood, entire interior covered in it. Really upped my sheer strength I bet too. 
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2016 07:11pm
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech I used 3/8" thick plywood, entire interior covered in it. Really upped my sheer strength I bet too.
I'm literally taking a break from replacing a small section of drywall that crumbled due to the roof leak in my bedroom with 3/8 plywood.
The main leakage was at the wall under the ridge beam and insurance wrote for drywall replacement there so that's what my contractor did. We ended up replacing that whole wall to be on the safe side because of the damp and the water in the carpet. I hate how drywall crumbles.
I wanted to replace with plywood but my contractor was concerned about how that would blend/meet with the drywall walls at the corners and also the insurance directives. Probably a good call since a second adjustor did come out. But since the adjustor's been here and my contractor is on vacation, I decided to fix the remaining little 1.5 X 2-foot section on another wall with plywood myself.
Easy-peasy. It's under a window so the new owners won't have to worry about a leak causing drywall crumble there. I blended it with the adjacent drywall nicely.
Personally, I think that plywood is the way to go.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2016 08:15pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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I've seen pictures of fallen trees that have sliced through the walls of houses. So plywood might be the way to go in some places.
Eg. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SqhhJb_P3Kk/SXyfQ4PMguI/AAAAAAAAEms/pS9gbwaYsMo/w1200-h630- p-nu/Tree+vs.+house.JPG
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Eddy G
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# Posted: 22 Jun 2016 02:22pm
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Looks like the tree was being cut down? Not correctly of course.
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dmanley
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# Posted: 22 Jun 2016 05:23pm
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I used the 1/4" underlayment from Home Depot. I cut it into 6" strips and installed it on the horizontal. I used a finish nail for the space between boards. I really like the way it turned out and will probably do the same for the ceiling. As of right now I have not put a finish on it and may not since we like the way it looks unfinished. Pinterest has several links showing what it looks like.
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