In the house, built in the 70s, they chose during construction to use rough-sawn, tongue-and-groove paneling for the ceilings in all rooms. Over the years, some rooms have had a bit of white paint slapped on, and the hallway and rec room have been tastefully stained in the house's overall color theme (4 shades of brown).
I plan to tear down a wall to what used to be the boiler room/storage and put up a new one in roughly the same place, but straighter... While I'm at it, I thought of installing some form of gypsum ceiling in that part (or whatever is suitable). It seems like an appropriate place to start instead of the hallway
One problem is that the current ceiling is nailed directly to the joists, meaning there's no furring strips. The simplest might be to just put gypsum over the current ceiling. However, I also want to move some electrical wiring around, prepare for network wiring, and get a sense of how the various pipes are doing beneath. Thus, the current ceiling has to come down, at least partially.
The solutions I'm considering are either "regular" furring strips (28 x 70) or secondary steel joists. Regardless, I'm losing some of the ceiling height at 230 cm.
Then the new wall has to be attached at the top as well; normally, you'd attach it to either a properly placed ceiling joist or the furring strips (or noggings?).
My plan so far is to take down the ceiling in this room and save as much as possible in adjoining rooms. Then put up the inner wall so it's "finished" on one side and take it from there
The question is what the "right" solution is.
I plan to tear down a wall to what used to be the boiler room/storage and put up a new one in roughly the same place, but straighter... While I'm at it, I thought of installing some form of gypsum ceiling in that part (or whatever is suitable). It seems like an appropriate place to start instead of the hallway
One problem is that the current ceiling is nailed directly to the joists, meaning there's no furring strips. The simplest might be to just put gypsum over the current ceiling. However, I also want to move some electrical wiring around, prepare for network wiring, and get a sense of how the various pipes are doing beneath. Thus, the current ceiling has to come down, at least partially.
The solutions I'm considering are either "regular" furring strips (28 x 70) or secondary steel joists. Regardless, I'm losing some of the ceiling height at 230 cm.
Then the new wall has to be attached at the top as well; normally, you'd attach it to either a properly placed ceiling joist or the furring strips (or noggings?).
My plan so far is to take down the ceiling in this room and save as much as possible in adjoining rooms. Then put up the inner wall so it's "finished" on one side and take it from there
The question is what the "right" solution is.