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CyberCecil
01-03-05, 03:14 AM
I'm helping my parents redo their kitchen and I have run into an issue with the ceiling. It is an older house and the kitchen was an addition to the house before they bought it and, due to settling, the ceiling drops a couple of inches on one side.
I can't remove the existing ceiling due to budget constraints and the fact it supports an attic's worth of blown insulation. The ceiling itself is stable and only has a couple minor cracks. I would like to figure out how to level it out and what to cover it with (my parents are concerned about the added weight of another layer of drywall).
I was thinking of furring strips and maybe a beaded 4'x8' panel on top of that, however I am not sure if that would be acceptable from a structural standpoint.
The ceiling is 7' 8" and is going to have one standard light fixture and a couple of the recessed lights. I could really use some suggestions on the best way to tackle this little problem. :wall:
I can't remove the existing ceiling due to budget constraints and the fact it supports an attic's worth of blown insulation. The ceiling itself is stable and only has a couple minor cracks. I would like to figure out how to level it out and what to cover it with (my parents are concerned about the added weight of another layer of drywall).
I was thinking of furring strips and maybe a beaded 4'x8' panel on top of that, however I am not sure if that would be acceptable from a structural standpoint.
The ceiling is 7' 8" and is going to have one standard light fixture and a couple of the recessed lights. I could really use some suggestions on the best way to tackle this little problem. :wall:
awesomedell
01-03-05, 07:17 AM
Hello & welcome to the forums!
I would think the best solution would be to tackle the settling issue. due to settling, the ceiling drops a couple of inches on one side. That's alot of settling and must surely be causing other problems as well.
You could fur the ceiling out a couple of different ways. One method would be to use 2"x4"s and rip them down on an angle to compensate for the drop in the ceiling, pretty difficult unless you have a nice table saw. Or you could use lumber of gradually thinner thicknesses across to end up with a fairly level surface. Either way you go I would set my furring on 16" centers & hang new 1/2" drywall for the final surface. HTH.
I would think the best solution would be to tackle the settling issue. due to settling, the ceiling drops a couple of inches on one side. That's alot of settling and must surely be causing other problems as well.
You could fur the ceiling out a couple of different ways. One method would be to use 2"x4"s and rip them down on an angle to compensate for the drop in the ceiling, pretty difficult unless you have a nice table saw. Or you could use lumber of gradually thinner thicknesses across to end up with a fairly level surface. Either way you go I would set my furring on 16" centers & hang new 1/2" drywall for the final surface. HTH.