Connection between beam and roof on a half-timbered house

[JoachimLö]

I'm renovating a half-timbered house and thinking about tidying up the beams. I removed the moldings that were between the beams and the ceiling, and in some places, there are quite large gaps; the question is what I should use to fill these spaces. I don't want to use moldings but envision a nice finish between the ceiling (which is plasterboard) and the beams.

 

[Plupp 231185]

Perhaps the plastering should have been done tighter if you don't want moldings, otherwise, I don't know what can be done, it's too sparse to fill.

 

[lopec]

Plaster, maybe? Have you already painted the ceiling or will that come later?

 

[tompaah7503]

There are usually cove moldings over these joints. It looks nice and traditional, why don't you want it?

 

[JoachimLö]

The plastering should perhaps have been done tighter if you don't want moldings, otherwise I don't know what can be done, too loose to seal.

Thanks for the response, yes, I wish the drywall had been put up tighter. We'll see what the solution will be.

 

[JoachimLö]

There are usually coving moldings over these joints. Looks nice and traditional, why don't you want that?

Hello and thanks for the response, your idea is good and would look significantly better than the quarter round moldings that were there before.

 

[JoachimLö]

Plaster mix, maybe? Have you already painted the ceiling or is that coming next?

Hello and thanks for the response,

Painting the ceiling will come afterward. I've got a bag of something plaster-like in powder form that I thought I'd try. Apparently, it shouldn't drip as much as plaster, so we'll see.

 

[tompaah7503]

Hello and thank you for the response, your idea is good and would look significantly better than the quarter rounds that were there before.

Unfortunately, I didn't have many detailed pictures, but here is a room we did with incredibly uneven beams in the ceiling from before. The ceiling is covered with paper, then there are cove mouldings, the mouldings are "wallpapered" with paper up onto the paper-covered ceiling to eliminate all gaps between the moulding and the ceiling. Finally, it's painted with glue paint.

Looks good of course because I was the one who did it

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Context picture

 

[JoachimLö]

Thanks for the nice pictures, they really look great. If we install moldings again, it will definitely be your model. Right now, we're struggling to remove the paint from the beams; they are painted red with oil paint, and we're trying to strip them down to bare wood. It's a big job, but we're getting close to having one beam bare wood now after 2 days of work.
Your black beams look nice.