Basement ceiling tiles / drop ceiling
Sarah Jensen
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Comments (6)Hi everyone! Thank you in advance for all the advice! As far as asbestos containing, we had a few neighbors and friends come over, and conclude that they didn't "think" they were asbestos. I'm not sure what to look for as far as asbestos board, but these were like cardboard, with a particle-board consistency. So, we proceeded to take them down. (Wearing makes, etc.) Most of them were so warped - probably from the wet attic the previous HO had before they fixed the roof. What remains now is the joists and bagged insulation running between them and over the ferring strips. We did see evidence of two horsehair plaster ceilings (around the edges of the ceiling) that someone at some point in time must have taken down. Now, the question is: do we remove the insulation between the joists??? I know it might be obvious to do it, but my boyfriend just wants to put in the ceiling. I'm more thorough. The mice, over the years, did quite a job making nests out of the batting, and the bags of insulation are ripped in alot of places. About 95% is still in tact. He argues that if we take out the insulation, and replace it with new insulation, the mice will get in there to do the same thing. I disagree. I think if we take down the old insulation, and really button up all the places of openings where they could be coming from, THEN, put in new insulation, it would be the more cleaner and thorough way to go. My boyfriend hangs sheetrock and plasters for a living, so putting up the ceiling is no big deal. But, he insists that going thru the trouble of removing the insulation is a waste of time. What do you all think? Thanks again for your great advice!...See Morerepairing ceiling tiles that are loosened & dropping
Comments (3)Are they like Armstrong ceiling tiles, 12" x 12"? These have a tongue & groove system. I think you could just pull them off up to the area where they are sagging and replace, but it would be nearly impossible to only fill the middle, as they fit into each other you have to go all the way to a wall. Ours were sagging from a water leak so I replaced the whole ceiling. It wasn't very expensive, just somewhat tedious work for one person. If these are the type of tiles you the advice is treat them gently as they damage very easily, use a good staple gun and paintable caulk to fill the slender cracks before priming and painting....See MoreAccidental basement reno...drop ceiling and floor questions
Comments (8)Thanks everyone. Well, I have half the room decarpeted... both layers. Yes, the bottom carpet was glued down to the concrete and I now feel I have the right to suggest to people not to ever do that! I followed laxsupermom's suggestion on getting a long handled floor scraper and have been scraping the old black foam carpet backing off the concrete. This is doable, but no fun. What I find I'm left with is a floor that has very little blotches of actual concrete peeking thru amidst the saw tooth swoops of glue and black which will NOT come off unless I go rent a heavy duty floor sander. I've decided it's enough as is! I will have to decide what kind of pad to use under the carpeting. Should I put down plastic or anything? Thanks for all your input. jejvtr, lights should be ok...the ceiling is dropped pretty far from joists....See MoreBasement drop ceiling tiles
Comments (4)Just embrace the "tile" ceiling.. The people that owned the house before us finished the basement, and didn't do a drop ceiling, and while everything looks nice... ah, it's a pain to get wires through the house. Direct TV needed to run a wire to the main box but it was impossible with our ceiling finished in the basement, as a result, we have an ugly wire running along the baseboard.....See Moreworthy
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