How to spruce up a ceiling like this?

[thomaslindstrom1]

The ceiling throughout the house is made of these smaller "tiles," not sure what they're called. I find it extremely ugly with all the visible dark seams, how can I go about making it look nicer? Is there a simpler solution other than getting a quote to replace the entire ceiling?

 

[Golonka]

Spackla?

 

[Viktor.J]

No, not if it is supposed to look good even after 12 months. Filling all those seams is a hästhov and it's likely to crack.

 

[stugan_i_skogen]

Apply a layer of gips?

 

[Blomqvistarn]

Had exactly the same type of tiles in our house. These were torn down and replaced with drywall. As I remember, these tiles were tongue-and-groove and invisibly attached with small nails in the tongue. The tiles we had were very porous, kind of like tretex, so they were easy to take down, but a bit of work to drive in all the small nails that were left in the ceiling. It's certainly possible to attach drywall over the boards, depending a bit on the material underneath, but I chose to take them down.

No, I hadn't plastered them.

 

[Stefan N]

Also tear down and plaster, don't even think about puttying those boards.

 

[cpalm]

don't know what it's called.

Those ceiling tiles seem to have existed in an infinite number of variants. I think we have 8 different kinds of tiles in our house with varying material, size, and shape. What struck me is that the only variant that is somewhat discreet is a type with invisible joints on the short sides that somewhat gives the illusion of a plank ceiling.

I also believe that the "right" way is to tear it down. But if you really want to try to solve it in another way, maybe it would be okay to only seal the joints on the short sides. But it requires more than just puttying if it shouldn't crack. If the tiles are in a soft material/treetex, it's probably hopeless.

 

[KnockOnWood]

I might try to pull a thin white string with, for example, silicone or acrylic in the joints. With a tube with a nozzle, that is. And maybe smooth out the string a bit with my thumb afterwards. Test on a small section in a bathroom or closet!

 

[useless]

Not silicone! It cannot be painted.