In the bedrooms of our house from '58, there is some thin paper on the ceiling. In one of the rooms, the kids have thrown something up, so there are two quite visible holes. The paper is so "fragile" that when I just touched it, another hole appeared!! 😳 I see there are wooden planks underneath. Can you just tear that down and then paint the wooden planks and have it as a ceiling?
What I'm thinking about is that the paper (if it is some sort of paper) is nailed and perhaps glued in three places from one side to the other about 1 dm wide. What happens there then?
What I'm thinking about is that the paper (if it is some sort of paper) is nailed and perhaps glued in three places from one side to the other about 1 dm wide. What happens there then?
Well, I haven't taken down the ceiling moldings yet, but they are probably attached like this. But also right across the entire ceiling in three places. I don't know what will happen if you try to tear them down? If it's easy to pull out the nails without making ugly marks in the planks underneath... If they can even be used as a ceiling or if something else is needed? It might not even be nice 😜
Fix the holes, super simple.
Clean around the holes with some form of paint cleaner.
Tear (do not cut as it creates sharp edges) pieces of newspaper, choose parts without ink.
Wet the pieces with wallpaper paste and put them in place over the holes.
Let dry.
Paint the pieces 4-5 times so they become white.
Paint the entire ceiling.
Use oil paint.
In my ceiling, there were 35-40 holes from curtain rods, planters, etc. Now the holes are completely invisible.
Clean around the holes with some form of paint cleaner.
Tear (do not cut as it creates sharp edges) pieces of newspaper, choose parts without ink.
Wet the pieces with wallpaper paste and put them in place over the holes.
Let dry.
Paint the pieces 4-5 times so they become white.
Paint the entire ceiling.
Use oil paint.
In my ceiling, there were 35-40 holes from curtain rods, planters, etc. Now the holes are completely invisible.
That sounds incredibly simple 😃
However, it feels like my ceiling is too "fragile".. It also hangs down about 5 cm from the ceiling and if you then paint, it feels like it will crack when rolling on. I might be wrong, but since it was enough for me to touch the ceiling to make a hole and it seems so brittle/dry somehow. I could test rolling a little without paint to see if it holds first?
However, it feels like my ceiling is too "fragile".. It also hangs down about 5 cm from the ceiling and if you then paint, it feels like it will crack when rolling on. I might be wrong, but since it was enough for me to touch the ceiling to make a hole and it seems so brittle/dry somehow. I could test rolling a little without paint to see if it holds first?
I have a house from -59 with what seems to be the same type of ceiling. The joints across the room are nailed with a lot of nails, not glued to the wood above. My tip is to repair the holes or tear down and put up drywall or ceiling panels. Råsponten probably won't look good painted.
Since the boards above the pappen are not meant to be visible, they can be poorly done with gaps, joints, and splinters, but it doesn't have to be that way.
If the ceiling cannot be repaired as advised above, there is also the option to reapply papp on the ceiling. In other words, putting up a new similar papp again. It is cheaper, simpler, and faster than installing gypsum.
If the ceiling cannot be repaired as advised above, there is also the option to reapply papp on the ceiling. In other words, putting up a new similar papp again. It is cheaper, simpler, and faster than installing gypsum.