It s a wall covering that you can smack repeatedly with two by fours and you won t have to be selective about where to put hooks to hang your tools.
Plywood interior garage walls.
Sheathing the interior garage walls with plywood is a great alternative to drywall.
Either osb or plywood is fine if you just want walls for your garage without much in the way of cosmetic bells and whistles.
Osb has a smoother and more consistent finished surface and a painted osb wall will have a smoother look than a painted plywood wall.
The 1 2 inch plywood sheathing that goes on the outside of your house and on the roof can also make a good utility covering for your garage walls.
When it comes to garage walls plywood and drywall serve the same purpose.
A 5 8 inch sheet of plywood weighs 1 8 to 2 1 pounds per square foot versus 2 75 psf for a sheet of 5 8 inch drywall.
This means that the average 4 by 8 sheet of drywall can weigh 20 to 30 pounds.
The garage is the one place that requires ample space and the ability to hold many heavy materials.
Let s face it garages take some abuse and when i see drywall inside the garage i just cringe.