My bride and I have purchases an Amish carriage shed to use as a guest house. It is time to finish the interior. I was planning to use Koma beadboard for the wainscoting but what do I use above and for the ceiling. The guest house will be unheated for part of the winter relying on a Vermont Castings electric faux wood stove for when the skiers arrive for the weekend. Here in NH, I am not sure if sheetrock with tape will hold up in this cold atmosphere? Would it be better to use blue board? Plaster? or synthetic materials such as composite ceiling planks? Is there a paneling that will do the trick but not look, well, like paneling?
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I live in Northern Wisconsin and have a finished drywall surface on a wall that divides the heated and unheated portions of a building. Used 1/2" drywall with glass tape and quick setting mud that was mixed on the job. I used the quickset because the temp was in the 40's when I did the work. Painted it once the weather warmed up. This assembly has been through one winter with no observable problems. Perhaps others with specific experience to your situation will chime in. There might be concerns with thermal cycling going from cold to warm over a relatively short time. Roger
The SR will hold fine for twenty years or so. The problem can be consdensation. There are seasonal homes here in Maine that have water running down the walls in march or april when unheated. They do better with plaster - blue baord and skim coat - but I don't worry about SR suffering from thermal changes much
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