Hello everyone!
I have an unfinished basement that the previous owner dug out himself. It's a stable construction, but the ceiling is completely "raw," so there are visible beams and then there are old planks between the beams holding up insulation, etc. From these planks, a lot of gravel and debris fall, which makes the basement floor constantly gritty.
We are now thinking of trying to clean up down there to be able to put up some storage shelves, etc. That is, not a furnished room or anything like that, but I would like to stop all the junk from "raining" down. I first thought of using windproof fabric, but I'm afraid it might be too tight? The best would be if I could have something that is quite airy, but still tight enough to stop dust and junk... Like a thin fiber cloth or something.
I was thinking of putting this cloth (whatever it will be) and then putting a slatted panel with a centimeter gap between to get a bit of a ceiling feel... Right or wrong?
I have an unfinished basement that the previous owner dug out himself. It's a stable construction, but the ceiling is completely "raw," so there are visible beams and then there are old planks between the beams holding up insulation, etc. From these planks, a lot of gravel and debris fall, which makes the basement floor constantly gritty.
We are now thinking of trying to clean up down there to be able to put up some storage shelves, etc. That is, not a furnished room or anything like that, but I would like to stop all the junk from "raining" down. I first thought of using windproof fabric, but I'm afraid it might be too tight? The best would be if I could have something that is quite airy, but still tight enough to stop dust and junk... Like a thin fiber cloth or something.
I was thinking of putting this cloth (whatever it will be) and then putting a slatted panel with a centimeter gap between to get a bit of a ceiling feel... Right or wrong?
Use wind cloth or wind paper. It is highly diffusion-open (it "breathes"), but it is airtight and thus dustproof. No danger of it being too tight! Just go for it!
If you want to do it properly, it's about clearing out everything that lies in the joists to fill in with proper insulation. One might wonder where the gravel comes from.
If you want to do it properly, it's about clearing out everything that lies in the joists to fill in with proper insulation. One might wonder where the gravel comes from.
Thanks for the answer vectrex!
Reportedly, there was only a small cellar when the house was built over 100 years ago. Previous owners dug out the cellar so that it is under the entire house and didn't skimp on the new cellar walls, which he poured in place. They are between 70-100 cm thick.
In connection with this, he placed planks under the beams and pressed in insulation, and over the years, gravel probably came down from the bare wooden floor in the kitchen into the intermediate joist. Nowadays, there is laminate flooring in the kitchen, so hopefully no more gravel and dirt will come down... ;-)
But I agree that it would be right to tear down the old and clean out to insulate anew; it's not such large areas involved right now. We'll see what I decide to do!
Reportedly, there was only a small cellar when the house was built over 100 years ago. Previous owners dug out the cellar so that it is under the entire house and didn't skimp on the new cellar walls, which he poured in place. They are between 70-100 cm thick.
In connection with this, he placed planks under the beams and pressed in insulation, and over the years, gravel probably came down from the bare wooden floor in the kitchen into the intermediate joist. Nowadays, there is laminate flooring in the kitchen, so hopefully no more gravel and dirt will come down... ;-)
But I agree that it would be right to tear down the old and clean out to insulate anew; it's not such large areas involved right now. We'll see what I decide to do!
As an update, I decided to tear everything down... Damn, did it dust! There was no insulation at all, just old mortar and small bricks. There was a 7 cm layer of this on top of the planks I was going to tear down, and now everything is on the floor, so I'll have to carry it up from the basement with buckets! *sigh*
To top it off, it dusted so much that it spread to the upper floor and the whole house got a nice thin layer of dust. If it were still Christmas, you might get a bit of a holiday feeling from this "snow," but that's not the case! ;-)
Anyway, cleaned up and this week I’ll carry up the gravel and start with the insulation!
To top it off, it dusted so much that it spread to the upper floor and the whole house got a nice thin layer of dust. If it were still Christmas, you might get a bit of a holiday feeling from this "snow," but that's not the case! ;-)
Anyway, cleaned up and this week I’ll carry up the gravel and start with the insulation!