Does it need sealing as well as boarding?

Yes. The same separation keeps exhaust fumes and stored-chemical vapour out of the house. Leaks around the man door, ceiling junction and penetrations are cheap to seal while open and awkward afterwards.

The board is up in my garage but the joints are open. Is that finished?

Not if it is a rated separation. Untaped joints mean the assembly is incomplete even though the board looks installed. It is the most common thing we find in existing Garneau garages, and often the fix is finishing the joints rather than replacing the ceiling.

Can you do the insulation and vapour barrier as well as the boarding?

Yes, and we would rather do both so the sequence is right. Boarding over an incomplete or damaged vapour barrier hides a problem that surfaces later as staining, and it costs far more to fix through a finished wall.

Will drywall crack in an unheated Garneau garage?

It can, because the space cycles across freezing repeatedly and the materials move at different rates. Thin coats with proper drying time between them, and detailing that lets movement happen at the joint, is what keeps it sound.

Will the joints crack in an unheated garage?

It moves more than a heated room, going from well below freezing to warm in an afternoon. We fasten and tape to allow that, and we tell you honestly to expect more joint movement over years than indoors.

What finish level should a Garneau garage be?

Usually a sound standard finish rather than a skim coat. A garage is lit by a couple of fixtures and used as a working space, so a full Level 5 rarely shows a return. We would rather spend it on better board where things get knocked.

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Garage boarding and fire separations in Garneau

Cleaner, warmer, more valuable — the finished Garneau garage — as long as the house-adjoining surfaces are fire-rated to code. In Garneau we hang, tape and finish garage walls and ceilings, with The Garneau separation wall and ceiling: Type X fire-rated. Garneau is an established south Edmonton community of 1960s-70s homes where ceiling stipple, settling cracks and dated texture are common, so garage finishing here is common. We cover Garneau, Allendale, Argyll, Belgravia and Scona, 7 days a week.

Your Garneau garage: fully finished, or boarded and ready for your paint
Finish level matched to a working space, not a living room
The Garneau separation wall and ceiling: Type X fire-rated
Impact-resistant board where vehicles and tools are close
Garneau coverage — we come to you
Type X fire-rated board on the Garneau house-side separation
Garneau garages taped and finished, or boarded for you to paint

What finish level a Garneau garage actually needs

Level 5 is rarely the answer

A garage is usually lit by a couple of fixtures, not raking window light, and it is a working space. Paying for a full skim coat on a Garneau garage seldom shows a return.

Where to spend instead

A sound taping job, a level of finish appropriate to the lighting, and a good primer and paint will look better in five years than a high finish level over a rushed tape. We will say plainly where a higher level is worth it and where it is not.

Finishing around the vehicle door and the man door

The details that get skipped

The header over a Garneau overhead door, the reveal around the man door and the junction where the garage wall meets the house are the spots most often left rough, because they are awkward and out of eye line.

Why they matter

They are also where the rated separation is most often broken and where air leakage is worst. We detail them properly, both for the assembly and because those edges are what you actually see when the overhead door is open.

Boarding a Garneau garage ceiling with storage above

Loads and access

Plenty of Garneau garages carry storage in the trusses above the ceiling. That changes things: access hatches have to be framed and finished, and any rated ceiling has to stay rated where the hatch goes through it.

What we flag

We flag where a hatch will interrupt a rated assembly and how it needs to be detailed, and we point out where storage loads are bearing on framing that was not intended to carry them. That is a conversation to have before the ceiling closes, not after.

Our Garneau garage drywall process in Edmonton, step by step

Fire-rated separation first

In Garneau we board the house-side wall and ceiling with Type X fire-rated board, because that separation is a code requirement, not a finish option.

Board, tape and finish

We board the rest of the garage, tape and finish to the level you want — a clean paint-ready finish for a heated or finished garage, or boarded only if you are painting it yourself. Sealed right, the Garneau rated separation clears inspection.

Shelving, lifts and anchoring into the wall

Plan it before boarding

Cabinets, overhead racks and heavy shelving all need something solid behind the board.

The cheap step

Blocking installed while the Garneau garage framing is open, and a photograph of where it is. Adding a heavy rack later to a boarded wall means guessing at studs or opening the wall, and on a rated wall that is a bigger problem than on a plain one.

Sealing the garage from the house

Air as well as fire

The same separation is what keeps exhaust fumes and stored-chemical vapour out of the Garneau house.

Where it leaks

Around the man door, at the ceiling-to-wall junction, at pipe and wire penetrations, and above a dropped soffit. Sealing those is cheap while the wall is open and awkward afterwards, so it happens before boarding.

How it works

Simple, clean, on schedule — Garage Drywall in Garneau Edmonton

Free quote

We come out to your Garneau Edmonton property, take a real look at the garage drywall, and hand you a fixed price on the spot — no guessing, no vague ballpark. Every garage drywall quote in Garneau Edmonton starts with an honest, on-site assessment.

Book a day

We pick a day that works for your schedule and show up on time, ready to start the garage drywall in Garneau Edmonton. No back-and-forth rescheduling — once it's booked, our team is there.

The work

We keep the dust under control and protect your Garneau Edmonton home while we finish the garage drywall to a clean, paint-ready standard. Floors covered, doors sealed off, and the site left tidy at the end of every day.

Walk it with you

We don't pack up till you've walked the finished garage drywall with us and you're happy with the result in Garneau Edmonton. If anything needs a second look, we handle it before we call the job done.

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Garage Drywall Garneau Edmonton: your questions answered

Does it need sealing as well as boarding?: Yes. The same separation keeps exhaust fumes and stored-chemical vapour out of the house. Leaks around the man door, ceiling junction and penetrations are cheap to seal while open and awkward afterwards.
The board is up in my garage but the joints are open. Is that finished?: Not if it is a rated separation. Untaped joints mean the assembly is incomplete even though the board looks installed. It is the most common thing we find in existing Garneau garages, and often the fix is finishing the joints rather than replacing the ceiling.
Can you do the insulation and vapour barrier as well as the boarding?: Yes, and we would rather do both so the sequence is right. Boarding over an incomplete or damaged vapour barrier hides a problem that surfaces later as staining, and it costs far more to fix through a finished wall.
Will drywall crack in an unheated Garneau garage?: It can, because the space cycles across freezing repeatedly and the materials move at different rates. Thin coats with proper drying time between them, and detailing that lets movement happen at the joint, is what keeps it sound.
Will the joints crack in an unheated garage?: It moves more than a heated room, going from well below freezing to warm in an afternoon. We fasten and tape to allow that, and we tell you honestly to expect more joint movement over years than indoors.
What finish level should a Garneau garage be?: Usually a sound standard finish rather than a skim coat. A garage is lit by a couple of fixtures and used as a working space, so a full Level 5 rarely shows a return. We would rather spend it on better board where things get knocked.

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