Is there anyone who can recommend a smooth ceiling? I plan to put a photo wallpaper on the ceiling. The current ceiling consists of some kind of slightly porous panels with a 5 mm gap between them. I thought about filling the gaps and putting renovation wallpaper over it. However, that doesn't work, so the idea now is to install a new ceiling over the existing panels. Preferably with completely invisible seams so that it becomes easy to wallpaper the picture over it.
Would prefer some tongue and groove boards so that the seams are minimal. And thereby also minimal spackling.H huggan said:
Why is that?Stefan N said:
Agree with the previous, screw up gypsum board and fill with paper tape
Use long gypsum screws if it's tretex underneath
Use long gypsum screws if it's tretex underneath
With wallpaper over it, the cracks won't show in the same way. It should work with tongued and grooved boards.
Wood dries and shrinks, or swells with moisture, it moves more than plaster which is a "dead" material...
With wallpaper on top, there's a risk it cracks at all the seams. But it doesn't have to happen.
However, I wouldn't take the chance, it's as previously mentioned what one does. Plasterboard with paper tape at the seams... the larger plasterboard you use, the fewer seams!
With wallpaper on top, there's a risk it cracks at all the seams. But it doesn't have to happen.
However, I wouldn't take the chance, it's as previously mentioned what one does. Plasterboard with paper tape at the seams... the larger plasterboard you use, the fewer seams!
I understood it as if ts wanted tongue-and-groove plasterboards, so-called ceiling plasterboards.
I have a smooth ceiling with large wall plasterboards. If it's a bedroom, you might manage by only plastering the longitudinal joint. But it is a lot of work.
I have a smooth ceiling with large wall plasterboards. If it's a bedroom, you might manage by only plastering the longitudinal joint. But it is a lot of work.
It will probably be large plasterboards on new "studs" that apply. Putty and sanding on that, and the photo wallpaper will be a beauty of a rarely seen kind! I need to make sure to locate the rafters underneath so the studs attach properly. I don’t have a moisture barrier but don’t want to screw holes in the wind barrier, so it’s important to use screws of the correct length for the screws that will only be in the existing boards.
It ended up being studs and drywall in the end. Installed 22 millimeter thick studs. Located the rafters under the treetex and screwed the studs into them. Jointed the seams with paper tape three times. Then put up the photo wallpaper. I'm really satisfied!