We have an extra room under the garage that we plan to convert into a hobby room and office. The room was previously furnished as a regular room, but the former owners of the house tore down the floor, walls, and ceiling in search of potential moisture damage.
Currently, the room is completely bare with concrete walls, floor, and ceiling. The floor and walls are reasonably even from the start, so they are not a major problem to fix, but the ceiling is quite uneven with steps of a few centimeters between different parts of the mold. Therefore, we want to tidy this up.
Since the ceiling height is quite low, just under 210cm, the idea is to find some form of dropped ceiling that doesn't add much height. Ideally, something that can be glued or screwed directly into the concrete. Good sound-dampening properties are an advantage.
I looked a bit at Troldtekt, but they are not very attractive or particularly cheap...
Any more suggestions and ideas?
Currently, the room is completely bare with concrete walls, floor, and ceiling. The floor and walls are reasonably even from the start, so they are not a major problem to fix, but the ceiling is quite uneven with steps of a few centimeters between different parts of the mold. Therefore, we want to tidy this up.
Since the ceiling height is quite low, just under 210cm, the idea is to find some form of dropped ceiling that doesn't add much height. Ideally, something that can be glued or screwed directly into the concrete. Good sound-dampening properties are an advantage.
I looked a bit at Troldtekt, but they are not very attractive or particularly cheap...
Any more suggestions and ideas?
If there is no longer a risk of penetrating moisture, frame the ceiling as round as possible and install regular drywall. Build the walls with metal studs and drywall, and for the floor, you can suggestively lay tiles.
Underpressure ventilate the construction by drilling holes through the metal studs so you also ventilate between the concrete slab and the ceiling drywall, and install a fan in an appropriate location.
Underpressure ventilate the construction by drilling holes through the metal studs so you also ventilate between the concrete slab and the ceiling drywall, and install a fan in an appropriate location.
There shouldn't be any moisture problems, the house was newly drained about five years ago. However, I'm a bit skeptical about attaching beams to the walls and putting drywall throughout the space. In the rest of the basement part of the house, the concrete is just plastered and patched and then painted, which looks quite okay. I had planned to do the same with the walls in this room unless there’s an obvious disadvantage to it.mexitegel said:
On the other hand, metal studs + drywall is probably the right solution for the wall facing the back with a window (split-level house) just to get that wall straight all the way.
The floor will be tiles; that has been the plan all along.
Panel, directly against the ceiling? Mounted with plugs/screws. Should add about 1cm.