Here's the situation.
1. I have demolished a closet. The house itself is a log house, which means the log wall is exposed where the closet was. The question is whether to put gypsum on that part or tretex? I have tretex in the rest of the room...
Where can you find tretex?
2. There was a nice wooden ceiling under the paper. HOWEVER, some of the planks have larger gaps. If it weren't for the sawdust lying above, I wouldn't care. Should you seal it with some mass or should you remove the sawdust and redo it? I'd prefer not to touch the ceiling interior yet, as it's planned to be re-insulated at a later time.
1. I have demolished a closet. The house itself is a log house, which means the log wall is exposed where the closet was. The question is whether to put gypsum on that part or tretex? I have tretex in the rest of the room...
Where can you find tretex?
2. There was a nice wooden ceiling under the paper. HOWEVER, some of the planks have larger gaps. If it weren't for the sawdust lying above, I wouldn't care. Should you seal it with some mass or should you remove the sawdust and redo it? I'd prefer not to touch the ceiling interior yet, as it's planned to be re-insulated at a later time.
Found places that sold it. Quite expensive compared to plaster but you avoid framing and can keep the old structure (uneven walls 
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)Bumping this a little as I'm still wondering how you others have/would deal with such a wooden ceiling. It would be fun to keep it, but the question is how to do it.
raw boards
In that case, it is not a nice, old interior ceiling that you have revealed, but the substrate for the paper tensioning. The paper is thus the original ceiling. With a paper-stretched ceiling, it didn't matter much if small gaps appeared here and there, as the paper stopped the shavings.
Ideally, new paper would be nice; otherwise, it's certainly possible to seal smaller gaps. I have seen at least one other thread here about the same problem, so do a search!
Ideally, new paper would be nice; otherwise, it's certainly possible to seal smaller gaps. I have seen at least one other thread here about the same problem, so do a search!
We think the ceiling looks completely okay and would definitely work as an indoor ceiling. Except for the darn gaps. Not in the mood to put up new paper. If anything, it will be ceiling tiles or the like. I'll do some searching and see if I find more.
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Found a really great description on how to stretch paper roofs. It turned out nice too.
http://www.asarp.backas.se/page16/page16.html
Think about it!
As for sealing gaps in the roof with sealant, I have had bad experiences. The boards move and push out the sealant. I sealed gaps in my beadboard ceiling with some paintable indoor sealant. It looked nice that summer. Now there are ugly bumps everywhere where the sealant has been pushed out as the wood has expanded.
http://www.asarp.backas.se/page16/page16.html
Think about it!
As for sealing gaps in the roof with sealant, I have had bad experiences. The boards move and push out the sealant. I sealed gaps in my beadboard ceiling with some paintable indoor sealant. It looked nice that summer. Now there are ugly bumps everywhere where the sealant has been pushed out as the wood has expanded.