Garage Drywall in Meridian, Idaho

Meridian Quality Drywall hangs garage drywall in Meridian as a rated assembly between cars and living space. This is 5/8-inch Type X on the house wall and on the lid under a bonus room, taped. It is not a decorative hang. The rest of the garage walls are a separate choice.

Call (208) 382-8431 with whether the garage has a room above it and whether you want the remaining walls closed in.

Garage Drywall Options for Meridian Properties

Rated house-garage wall

5/8-inch Type X from floor to lid, joints taped. Penetrations for doors and electrical get the detailing the assembly needs. A gap at the top plate is not a finished wall.

Garage ceiling under a bonus room

The lid is Type X, hung across the joists, taped. This plane is what the room above sits on. A regular 1/2-inch lid is the wrong board here.

Finish the remaining garage walls

Outer walls and the overhead-door wall can take regular 1/2-inch if you want them closed in. Level 2 or 3 is common. We hang after the opener, the electrical, and the insulation are where they belong.

Punch after other trades

Garage hangs get hit by mechanicals, shelves, and opener brackets. We come back for punch: tape tears, proud screws, and missing pieces at the opener.

How We Handle Garage Drywall in Meridian

1. Read the plan or the existing assembly. Rated planes first.
2. Hang Type X on the house wall and on the lid under living space.
3. Tape those joints. An untaped Type X wall is not the assembly.
4. Hang remaining walls if they are in the job. Finish to the level you named.
5. Punch after the opener and shelves. Cold garages need heat or a longer dry time in January.

Materials and Methods

Five-eighths Type X meeting ASTM C1396, often USG Firecode. Paper tape. Setting compound. Screws into wood or metal as framed. A lift for the lid. IRC fire separation between garage and dwelling is why Type X belongs on those two planes. GA-216 hanging practice. GA-214 finish levels: Level 2 or 3 on most garage interiors, Level 4 only if you want a painted living-space look. We do not substitute regular 1/2-inch on the rated plane to save a sheet.

Unconditioned Meridian garages in January are cold. Mud does not dry. We need heat or a longer schedule. A taped Type X wall that freezes before it sets is a failed tape coat. Summer is easier on dry time and harder on board storage. We do not hang warped sheets from a hot stack.

Shelf standards and opener brackets go on after the rated plane is taped, or we punch around them. We would rather punch a few holes than hang around a bracket and leave a gap in the Type X plane.

What Garage Drywall Costs in Meridian

Fixr reports a typical two-car garage hang nationally near 700 to 750 dollars when the finish is light, and lists fire-rated board installed around one dollar sixty to three dollars fifty per square foot. Angi and HomeAdvisor put fire-resistant material above regular sheets. A bonus-room lid, a full four-wall finish, and winter heat in an unconditioned garage move a Meridian quote. We quote the rated plane and the extra walls as separate lines when that helps.

Man-doors into the house are part of the rated wall. The gypsum has to meet the jamb the way the assembly needs. A gap stuffed with foam is not the plane. We cut tight to the jamb and tape.

Uninsulated garage walls that you want closed in will still sweat in January if the concrete is cold. We hang after you know whether insulation is going in. Board on a wet, cold concrete-adjacent bay is a peel. That is a sequence issue, not a texture issue.

Overhead-door jambs eat the wall plane. We hang to the track and the jamb, not through the track. A sheet that hits the opener rail is a recut. We look at the opener layout before the first garage wall sheet goes up.

Hose bibs and electrical on garage walls need tight box cuts the same as a house. A gap around a garage box is a path for exhaust. We cut tight and we mud to the ring. Shelving that lands on those boxes gets planned so we are not patching the next week.

Garage Drywall Questions

Does a Meridian garage need Type X?

The wall and the lid between the garage and the dwelling typically take 5/8-inch Type X, taped. That is the fire-separation assembly in common IRC practice. Other garage walls may take regular board if the spec allows.

Can the garage stay unfinished on the outer walls?

Some houses leave the remaining walls open. The rated plane still has to be hung and taped. We quote the rated work separate from a full garage finish.

What finish level does a garage get?

Often Level 2 or Level 3. Tape, a coat, and a light texture or none. Enamel on a garage is a choice, not a requirement. We will not call a Level 2 a Level 5.

Do you hang the lid under a bonus room?

Yes. That lid is part of the rated assembly. 5/8-inch Type X, taped, before the room above gets a living-space finish.

Call (208) 382-8431 with the garage layout and whether a room sits above it.