Lining a shed - Colorbond?

**BenThatcher** · 4th May 2018, 05:17 PM

Hi crew,

Has anyone had experience with lining their shed with Colorbond or can give me a good reason not to do it? See pic below, I plan on lining the section under the mezzanine (about 8m x 4m and 2.3m high), which is where my woodworking workshop is going (for now until it ends up creeping and taking over the whole shed

)

1. I have about 30sqm leftover from my fence along with hundreds of screws (which would get at least 2/3s of the walls done).
2. My brother runs a steel fab company and practically gets it at cost price for any extra I need.
3. Strong/resistant to flying pieces wood.
4. Won't need to cough up for many extra battens (other than places I want cupboards)
5. Piece of cake to mount (and unmount!)
6. I'm happy with the look.
7. Doesn't need to be painted.

Other than not being able to mount cupboards directly on it, I am not seeing too many downsides here!

https://i.imgur.com/ZulVmxj.png

(Ignore the red outlines on the wall, this was from a query on whirlpool when I had sort of thought of lining it)

Thoughts?

**graham.murfett** · 4th May 2018, 06:02 PM

Metal lining is gunna echo like a ba$tard!

**BenThatcher** · 4th May 2018, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by graham.murfett

Metal lining is gunna echo like a ba$tard!

Solid point. Given only about 10% of the total shed will be lined, I was hoping it won't be toooooooooo bad. But at the same time, I am sort creating a bit of an 'enclosure' under the mezzanine, even if that one side will be fully open it might still be pretty bad.

This is why I ask an forum full of internet strangers about their experiences first

Currently, with no concrete flooring and being fully insulated, there's pretty much no echo and it's almost unnerving lol.

**woodPixel** · 4th May 2018, 06:19 PM

+1 on bastard echo.

Try MDF, Ply, OSB or even yellow tongue flooring. This way you get the sound absorbance of the wood, plus a convenient place to hang things.

**BobL** · 4th May 2018, 09:06 PM

Disagree about the echo from all metal lining - the MW half of my shed is lined with miniorb and is no different to the rest which is Gyprock.
Painted.jpg

Sheet metal should only really only echo if the sheet metal is flat/drummy/unsupported and it won't echo anywhere near as much if it s rippled and stiff and well supported.
In fact miniorb is sold as being suitable for acoustical dampening in many architectural applications.
The main reason is it scatters the sound which is as important as absorbtion in a workshop.
Now that I know how good it is I wish I had done my whole shed this way.
If it is well supported i think Colorbond has enough stiffness and scattering surfaces for it not to be that different especially if you are only doing about 10% of a shed.
To further dampen the drumminess of any sheetmetal you can pack something in behind the Colorbond, mine has standard rockwool.

Thread: Lining a shed - Colorbond?

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Lining a shed - Colorbond?

Similar Threads

12m x 6m Colorbond Shed - Storage Shed to Workshop

Colorbond Shed

Posting Permissions