Ceiling basement

[jamaica]

Hello

Question 1
I have a room in the basement where the ceiling is terribly ugly. Yellow & not nice at all, with small holes as you can see. My thoughts are to replace this. Either fill & paint, or take it down & put something new up.
But now I'm wondering, can you tell from the picture what's above??
It looks like gypsum above first. Looking further into the vent hole, it's black cardboard & above that wood. Do you think one should & can expose it?
Could it look nice?
Do you remove the cardboard then??

Question 2
Should a complete pipe be installed for the fresh air here?

Question 3
Check the interior wall. It's wood. Shouldn't it be a non-organic material in the basement or am I wrong?

 

[jamaica]

No one who can help? Have I perhaps posted this in the wrong section of the forum?

 

[Chrissofsweden]

1. You can't see anything in the blurry pictures
2. A pipe adds nothing.
3. Yes, you shouldn't have any wood there.

 

[Jonatan79]

Can't make it look good with filler on that crap, unfortunately. Wash and paint or tear it down and put up a ceiling or plasterboard.

 

[jamaica]

Ok thank you. As you can see, I have started to take down. It seems to be plaster inside. There are nails & some cracks in it. Can I fill this with putty & make it good? I mean avoid buying new & putting up.

 

[Hammarfall]

I would demolish everything, plaster and paint.

 

[jamaica]

Tear down the plaster inside the outermost layer? What's inside there then?

 

[Hammarfall]

I had from the inside out: plaster, insulation, plastic, concrete. Just removed everything. Regardless of what's underneath, it's not particularly fresh. Test drill and see?

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

Sure, you can tidy up the vent. I had it as TS and then it became like this:



Place insect netting against the grill from the inside. Cut a white ventilation pipe 100 mm in diameter and insert it into the hole. Fill with foam sealant in the space around the pipe, but do it in stages so that the foam doesn't crack the pipe. Apply plaster the last 2 cm. Paint. Insert a disc valve. Done.

 

[Oldboy]

The panels you are taking down are probably meant for noise reduction, i.e., to provide better acoustics.

 

[jamaica]

I had from the inside out: plaster, insulation, plastic, concrete. Just removed everything. Regardless of what's underneath, it's not particularly fresh. Try drilling and see?

Ok, but now you're talking about the wall. Yes, I have to remove the wood. There seems to be polystyrene as insulation but I've only seen a little from the side.
I was more wondering about the ceiling. The plaster that comes through after I've now taken down those soundproofing panels. Can you make that plaster nice with putty & sanding?

 

[jamaica]

Sure, you can tidy up the vent. I had it like the original poster and then it became like this:

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Place insect netting against the grate from the inside. Cut a white ventilation pipe 100 mm in diameter and insert it into the hole. Fill with foam sealant around the pipe but do it in stages to avoid cracking the pipe. Apply plaster for the last 2 cm. Paint. Insert a disc valve. Done.

Perfect! Thanks 😊👍
That's how I'll do it!

 

[jamaica]

The panels you are removing are probably meant for soundproofing, i.e., to provide better acoustics.

Ok, thanks
There's plaster underneath. However, it has cracks and a lot of nails from the soundproofing boards. Can I make it look nice?

 

[Oldboy]

Due to many nails from the perforated plates, there will be a lot of plastering. The cracks need to be plastered with tape.

I think the easiest thing you can do is to put up a new layer of gypsum on the existing one. Alternatively, tear down the old one first, but either way, you might have problems with electrical cables and fixtures in the ceiling as they need to be removed for this.