On 22 Sep 2003 06:15:53 -0700, (Ryan) wrote:

Thanks for the replies. I will probably just go with drywall. I have
24" centers, so I would need to use 5/8" drywall to prevent sag?

Perhaps not. When I had my drywall hung earlier this year, due to my
own ignorance, I had set all my ceiling electrical boxes at 1/2 inch.
The contractor said, OK, he'd just use 1/2 inch "ceiling-type"
drywall.

The material he installed IS marked "Ceiling"--must be somewhat
stiffer. No sag yet, but time will tell.

Like you, my ceiling trusses are on 24" centers (upstairs, but 16"
joists downstairs--this is a detached workshop))

What do you think of priming and painting the drywall before I put it
up? I'd have to go over it again and paint the seams, and over the
screw holes, but I think it would be a lot easier than trying to prime
and paint 816 sq feet of ceiling that's 10.5 feet above my head.

Yikes! I'm currently taping and finishing the drywall myself--a first
time experience for me, so my mudding is kinda messy. No way would I
have painted beforehand!

I'll just unscrew the mesh sander from its telescoping handle and
screw on the paint roller. Rolling paint overhead has GOT to be
easier than sanding overhead!

Oops--just looked back and noticed you said 10.5' above your HEAD.
Guess that's pretty high up.

I don't suppose paneling will work? That thin stuff that finds itself
on a lot of basement walls. It would probably sag?

I would think it would.

--John W. Wells