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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 253 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 253 | There were a lot of great ideas recently about building a new shop. Been working on mine for the last 6 months.....and will be working on it for many months more. Thought I’d weigh in on an option for covering your interior walls. Drywall, plywood, particle board and OSB were all considered, but one day my neighbor Rick and I were brainstorming and he came up with a brilliant idea: free used fencing. Look in your local Craigslist and you might be surprised at all the fence and deck companies who have piles of the stuff, advertising they’ll give it away, free, just for the price of asking. Think about it: they take down an old wooden fence as part of a contract to install a new fence, and they have to haul off and discard all the old material. What to do with the old material? They either haul it to a dump and pay to dispose of it, or give it away to someone like Rick and I who’ll repurpose it to cover the interior walls of our respective garages. One day we made two trailer trips to a local fence contractor’s yard and we each ended up with about 15-20 fence panels. Here’s where the real work begins: these cedar fence panels were all 6’ tall and 8’ wide with 4” pickets in various states of deterioration, but the color and weathering of the material was the look I was after– very much like old barn siding. (Note: I’d have preferred 6” pickets instead of 4”, but did I say this stuff was Free?!). Breaking everything down was a real chore. Admittedly there will be a lot of waste. Putting it up on your walls takes time, but is easy enough, and gives you a chance to demonstrate some creative carpentry skills. One of the reasons I’m in this hobby is because I just flat like old stuff and being able to repurpose something, free, except for the cost of my labor, makes my day. Anyway, below are some pictures, it’s still a work in progress, but you’ll get the idea..... Good luck. Dave Interior wall 1Interior wall 2Interior wall 3 | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 |
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery'46 2-Ton grain truck | '50 2-ton flatbed | '54 Pontiac Straight Eight | '54 Plymouth Belvidere | '70 American LaFrance pumper fire truck | '76 Triumph TR-6 Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 |
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 | Great look! Wouldn't work in my garage though, the walls are already covered with junk. 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 | A good friend of mine is a fence contractor,
All the sheds and outbuildings at his house are sided with used fence boards, a very practical reuse. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,917 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,917 | I really like the way that stuff looks. I have been thinking about "other ways" I could have done my walls. I thought of wood strips instead of plywood, but I didn't have a supply. Anyway, GOOD WORK! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,638 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,638 | I too have thought of using old fencing material to build a shed with. I think it would look super as siding on it. Lots of time & effort but well worth it for the weathered look on an outdoor storage building. Your walls look fantastic!
Chuck
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,168 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,168 | Took down an old fence. Used it to build one of my pond buildings and water wheel. http://www.bunchobikes.com/pond119.jpg | | | | | Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,061 Big Bolt Forum Moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Moderator Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,061 | I really like that look in the shop, sweet idea! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | Before we bought our current house (constructed in 1965), we looked at another one which was the same floor plan as our current home.
On the biggest wall in the living room, they put a very original, old barn front on it. It had a sizable barn door with the original rusty strap hinges and old style latch setup. It was awesome!
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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