Hi,
I've bought my first house and, like many, have ambitious plans but less experience, so some guidance would be super. It's a 1.5-story house with sloped ceilings upstairs where there's currently spaced paneling with classic interior paneling on the ceiling. I want to modernize the look a bit, but I'm also very keen on getting as much ceiling height as possible since it's borderline low.
Is it worth tearing down the paneling to screw drywall onto the spaced paneling, or should I just leave the paneling and screw the drywall directly onto it?
Is it possible/wrong to screw the drywall directly onto the rafters (I suspect there's a reason for the spaced paneling, but I'm wishfully thinking a bit from the perspective of gaining a few cm in ceiling height...)?
Is there any benefit from an insulation standpoint to keeping the paneling under the drywall?
Grateful for any guidance that can be provided!
I've bought my first house and, like many, have ambitious plans but less experience, so some guidance would be super. It's a 1.5-story house with sloped ceilings upstairs where there's currently spaced paneling with classic interior paneling on the ceiling. I want to modernize the look a bit, but I'm also very keen on getting as much ceiling height as possible since it's borderline low.
Is it worth tearing down the paneling to screw drywall onto the spaced paneling, or should I just leave the paneling and screw the drywall directly onto it?
Is it possible/wrong to screw the drywall directly onto the rafters (I suspect there's a reason for the spaced paneling, but I'm wishfully thinking a bit from the perspective of gaining a few cm in ceiling height...)?
Is there any benefit from an insulation standpoint to keeping the paneling under the drywall?
Grateful for any guidance that can be provided!
No, it doesn't "pay off"!T tdahl said:
Why do you want to replace the existing wood paneling with drywall? How would it be better?
It's really just an aesthetic/visual thing where I think it brings a different calm to the room with smooth ceilings/walls compared to what the panel does when the ceiling is as low as it is. In other words, if you shared my taste, you would have just screwed plasterboard on top of the panel?
Placing plaster outside the panel is obviously easiest if you have plenty of space. Otherwise, it's probably a good idea to remove the panel first.
It depends on what is behind the panel.T tdahl said:
Ceiling panel, for example, 12 mm thick, can be easily attached to c-c 600 joists.
But for gypsum specifically, you ideally want sparse paneling c-c 300 mm, so the gypsum boards do not sag between the joists.
So, how is your ceiling constructed?
Welcome to the Build House forum, by the way, Tdahl!
(PS I find it very calming and soothing to look at wood paneling on walls and ceilings
)
Can't you settle for whitewashing/whitewaxing the ceiling? It looks really nice! And then you can lay a couple of rugs on the floor, so the cork tiles aren't so dominating.
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