I built a walk-in closet for my wife. Half of the adjacent bedroom was sacrificed, and the "leftover" half will be a workspace.
The interior walls in the rooms I have not yet renovated in my house consist of raw wood-Tretex-wallpaper. When I renovate, I change the interior walls to raw wood-OSB-gypsum-renovation cloth-paint. I use the renovation cloth because it provides an appealing surface to paint on and becomes durable. If you accidentally bump into the wall while moving furniture, it won't leave ugly marks. If you want to repaint, it can be done quickly without needing to grab the putty knife.
I intended to leave one wall in the closet completely bare with just OSB since it wouldn't be used for anything other than mounting some cabinet frames, and it would never be visible behind all the clothes hanging there anyway.
But, I happened to buy a bit too much renovation cloth, so I tried applying it directly to the OSB boards in the closet, without gypsum underneath. It now sticks like rock, and the result was surprisingly good considering no joints or screw heads were puttied.
Is there really any reason to use gypsum boards when the result was so good with just OSB? Have I been carrying all those gypsum boards unnecessarily over the years? I understand that if there is no insulation in the interior walls, it becomes like a drum and creates poor acoustics in the room. If I renovate the rest of the house with just OSB and renovation cloth, will it then be unsellable in the future?
The interior walls in the rooms I have not yet renovated in my house consist of raw wood-Tretex-wallpaper. When I renovate, I change the interior walls to raw wood-OSB-gypsum-renovation cloth-paint. I use the renovation cloth because it provides an appealing surface to paint on and becomes durable. If you accidentally bump into the wall while moving furniture, it won't leave ugly marks. If you want to repaint, it can be done quickly without needing to grab the putty knife.
I intended to leave one wall in the closet completely bare with just OSB since it wouldn't be used for anything other than mounting some cabinet frames, and it would never be visible behind all the clothes hanging there anyway.
But, I happened to buy a bit too much renovation cloth, so I tried applying it directly to the OSB boards in the closet, without gypsum underneath. It now sticks like rock, and the result was surprisingly good considering no joints or screw heads were puttied.
Is there really any reason to use gypsum boards when the result was so good with just OSB? Have I been carrying all those gypsum boards unnecessarily over the years? I understand that if there is no insulation in the interior walls, it becomes like a drum and creates poor acoustics in the room. If I renovate the rest of the house with just OSB and renovation cloth, will it then be unsellable in the future?
How did you handle the joints? OSB isn't stable and moves, plus there's no beveled edge.
I have a cold storage room I'd like to line, I'm thinking either paneling, OSB, or OSB+gypsum, but gypsum isn't perfect in "unheated" spaces, I think.
I still want it to look reasonably nice and be easy to keep clean (raw OSB collects dust and is ugly and prickly).
Maybe OSB + fabric works? Visible joints aren't an issue for me, there will be shelves on the walls anyway...
I have a cold storage room I'd like to line, I'm thinking either paneling, OSB, or OSB+gypsum, but gypsum isn't perfect in "unheated" spaces, I think.
I still want it to look reasonably nice and be easy to keep clean (raw OSB collects dust and is ugly and prickly).
Maybe OSB + fabric works? Visible joints aren't an issue for me, there will be shelves on the walls anyway...