Tear down interior wall (light concrete), how to make it look good?

[Walle99]

I am in the process of tearing down a couple of interior brick walls. After reading your excellent tips in other threads here on the forum, I'm using a good reciprocating saw with a coarse blade, which makes it much easier.

Now my question is, how do you finish the work so it looks nice? I expect I won't be able to reach the last bit against the ceiling with the reciprocating saw because I can't lay the blade flat against the ceiling. Should I buy a handsaw and cut flush with the ceiling, spackle over, and paint... or what is the standard?

For the wall that remains, it might be that the ceiling is slightly lower on one side. Do you have any good tips on how to handle that to make it look nice?

 

[JanneJanne123]

The easiest way is to keep a small part of the wall at the top. It solves both any height difference and ceiling plastering, which is quite difficult to make look good. The downside, however, is obviously that you still have a slightly larger molding left in the ceiling after the demolition.

 

[simonnnn]

Currently in the process of tearing down a couple of interior walls made of brick. After reading your great tips in other threads on the forum, this is being done with a good reciprocating saw with a coarse blade, which makes it a lot easier.

Now my question is how do you finish the work so that it looks nice? The last piece towards the ceiling I expect I won’t be able to reach with the reciprocating saw since I can’t lay the blade flat against the ceiling. Should I buy a handsaw and saw flush with the ceiling, spackle over and paint... or what’s the standard?

For the wall that remains, it may be that the ceiling is a bit lower on one side. Do you have any good tips on how to handle that to make it look nice?

How did you do it, Walle? Picture?