Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS June 09, 2013, 08:03:23 PM No, it's not what you think (made you look, though). I'm not talking about installing a vinyl roof on a Fox. I'm doing something even weirder (no disrespect to the vinyl roof Cat owners).My problem: The garage I built has a 12 foot ceiling. I'm slowly but surely finishing the inside but have been wondering what I was going to do about the ceiling. Climbing a ladder is difficult enough for me (I hate heights) but climbing a ladder with a 4X8 sheet of drywall on my back is just not gonna happen. I'm cheap, too, so paying somebody to install the drywall is not gonna happen either. I'd considered tiles, but they were just too expensive. Then an idea hit me: Vinyl. As in vinyl siding. It's easy to install, manageable at height, and best of all once it's installed it needs no plaster, tape or paint. It's also relatively cheap. A 4X8 sheet of drywall is $12, so figure $36 for 96 square feet. Vinyl is $45 per hundred square feet. A few bucks more, sure, but when you consider that it doesn't need crack filling or painting when installed it's probably about the same price. When you consider that the cheapest price I got from drywall contractors was $300 just to hang the drywall (that's just labour - I had to supply the materials) vinyl is actually cheaper. So that's what I decided to do.I got two square (200 square feet, or about a third of the ceiling) finished this weekend. Looks pretty good, though I say it myself:In the photo below you can see the garage door for the "high" side (the side that will have the hoist). I had to modify the tracks here - the factory intended design was to have the tracks go horizontal at 8 feet. Since the ceiling is 12 feet this would have meant the tracks were four feet down from the ceiling, which would have looked stupid and also caused the door to hit any car that might be on the hoist. My solution was to cut four feet off each horizontal track, weld these pieces to the vertical tracks, and modify the springs by setting their anchor points four feet back from the ends of the tracks (instead of anchoring them right at the ends of the tracks like the factory design). Relocating the spring ends gives them room to stretch their full amount.Before anybody mentions it: No, I did not install vapour barrier. This is an unheated building (with the exception of my waste oil stove, which is only in use when I'm actually out there). Since it's not heated I figured it would be better to let the building breathe. Besides, my old house was 100+ years old and had no vapour barrier. If it lasted over a hundred years I'm sure this garage will last as long as I do... Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #1 – June 09, 2013, 08:41:19 PM I think it's a great idea and it looks good to..................nice job !!!! Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #2 – June 09, 2013, 09:25:06 PM That's a ed good idea. Looks good to boot. Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #3 – June 09, 2013, 09:25:58 PM Quote from: Chooglin;416819I think it's a great idea and it looks good to..................nice job !!!! Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #4 – June 09, 2013, 09:37:35 PM Are those the old fashion ceramic light fixtures? I try to get my hands on all those I can get. People throw those out and replace them with the modern cheap stuff. I don't get it. Looks good! Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #5 – June 09, 2013, 11:10:09 PM My bro and I done that on a few ceilings before...solves the problem, that's for sure. Looks good! Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #6 – June 11, 2013, 12:13:20 AM I wonder if you could use it on the walls in spots?Looks good :). Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #7 – June 11, 2013, 01:34:58 AM man I did the same on my shop, 30x40 detach garage!!! Looking good!! Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #8 – June 11, 2013, 06:35:16 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;416881I wonder if you could use it on the walls in spots?Looks good :).That's actually what gave me the idea - our tire shed at work (a 24X28 shed) has vinyl siding on the interior walls. It's strange though - the siding is the horizontal type, but they installed it vertically.Hope to get another 200 square feet or so done this weekend. I'd work at it in the evenings, but I'm really feeling those trips up and down the ladder in my legs, and need them to recover before beating the hell out of them again. I figure I went up and down that ladder better than 200 times this past weekend. The smart thing to do would be to rent staging, but I'm cheaper than I am smart... Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #9 – June 11, 2013, 06:37:45 PM Quote from: 86cougar;416825Are those the old fashion ceramic light fixtures? I try to get my hands on all those I can get. People throw those out and replace them with the modern cheap stuff. I don't get it. Looks good! No, they're the 99 cent apiece made in China that hardware stores sell nowadays. They're only temporary anyway - eventually they'll all be replaced with 4' florescent fixtures Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #10 – June 11, 2013, 09:58:08 PM Seen the title and was shocked that you would be considering installing a vinyl roof on your tbird...... Lol Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #11 – June 11, 2013, 10:57:48 PM Ole Carm needs to install a Tbird, first, lol. Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #12 – June 12, 2013, 06:29:28 AM my friend has his roof in white vinyl, wall with grey siding, looks good. Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #13 – July 01, 2013, 05:36:11 PM Finished the project this afternoon, and got the ceiling fan in. The fan is just one I had sitting in the storage room, nothing fancy, just there to drive the heat back down toward the floor in winter.Looks good, though I say it myself: Quote Selected
Vinyl roof install *EDIT* Finished NEW PICS Reply #14 – July 01, 2013, 05:42:38 PM So now I've just got to finish insulating and drywalling the interior walls. That can wait until Fall though. Next project is to get a hoist in there.Oh, and here's a better photo of that sign in the back corner. I got it from work (They were gonna chuck it, as we don't sell Pennzoil products anymore). I figured it'd be good for my Man Land: Quote Selected
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