Hello
The plan is to renovate the entire bedroom and open up the attic space to get a little more room.
Now to the ceiling. The idea there is to put up drywall to then paint over. The problem is that the roof trusses are spaced at cc1100, so both the chipboard in the ceiling in the attic space and the cladding in the interior ceiling sag down between the trusses.
My thought is to remove both the boards and the cladding, between the cladding and the chipboard there's some kind of paper, replace it with plastic? Add blocking between the trusses, put new insulation against the interior ceiling everywhere and install double battens to put spotlights in the ceiling and cover with drywall.
The only problem is that the innermost truss (to the left) doesn't fall within the room...
Behind the chipboard, there is already fiberglass insulation, so if it's still in good condition, it can stay. Inside the cladding, the insulation consists of wood shavings, which will be replaced with fiberglass or another suitable insulation.
It's also good to know that the interior walls will be completely stripped of Treetex, and new interior walls will be framed up because the cladding boards that make up all the walls in the house aren't exactly straight either. But also to make it easier to run electrical wiring and add insulation against the exterior walls.
Am I completely off-base now or does this sound like a good idea to get a completely flat and stable interior ceiling? How would you have done it?
The plan is to renovate the entire bedroom and open up the attic space to get a little more room.
Now to the ceiling. The idea there is to put up drywall to then paint over. The problem is that the roof trusses are spaced at cc1100, so both the chipboard in the ceiling in the attic space and the cladding in the interior ceiling sag down between the trusses.
My thought is to remove both the boards and the cladding, between the cladding and the chipboard there's some kind of paper, replace it with plastic? Add blocking between the trusses, put new insulation against the interior ceiling everywhere and install double battens to put spotlights in the ceiling and cover with drywall.
The only problem is that the innermost truss (to the left) doesn't fall within the room...
Behind the chipboard, there is already fiberglass insulation, so if it's still in good condition, it can stay. Inside the cladding, the insulation consists of wood shavings, which will be replaced with fiberglass or another suitable insulation.
It's also good to know that the interior walls will be completely stripped of Treetex, and new interior walls will be framed up because the cladding boards that make up all the walls in the house aren't exactly straight either. But also to make it easier to run electrical wiring and add insulation against the exterior walls.
Am I completely off-base now or does this sound like a good idea to get a completely flat and stable interior ceiling? How would you have done it?
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