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Basement Ceiling Drywall, Is Finishing Required ????
looking to put up a basement ceiling on the cheap! drywall is about
10 times cheaper than a drop ceiling as far as i can tell. thought about just putting up drywall on the ceiling, BUT, i still want access to the wires/ducts if i ever need to (ie the benefit of a drop ceiling). can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. talked to a Lowe's guy who didn't think it should be done, thinking that the drywall ceiling might crumble apart if it's not finished???? |
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Basement Ceiling Drywall, Is Finishing Required ????
wrote in message ups.com... looking to put up a basement ceiling on the cheap! drywall is about 10 times cheaper than a drop ceiling as far as i can tell. thought about just putting up drywall on the ceiling, BUT, i still want access to the wires/ducts if i ever need to (ie the benefit of a drop ceiling). can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. talked to a Lowe's guy who didn't think it should be done, thinking that the drywall ceiling might crumble apart if it's not finished???? Should be fine, but don't reuse the same holes when putting the sheets back up. Personally, if I were doing something like this I'd probably use something light, like cheap panelling, painted to look decent and mounted with washered screws. |
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On Aug 13, 1:46 pm, wrote:
looking to put up a basement ceiling on the cheap! drywall is about 10 times cheaper than a drop ceiling as far as i can tell. thought about just putting up drywall on the ceiling, BUT, i still want access to the wires/ducts if i ever need to (ie the benefit of a drop ceiling). can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. talked to a Lowe's guy who didn't think it should be done, thinking that the drywall ceiling might crumble apart if it's not finished???? Removeable "fake beams" might work well for this application to hide the seems, or make your own fake beams from lumber, then you could paint. |
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On Aug 13, 2:46 pm, wrote:
can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. It depends on what you eventually plan to do with the room. Finished living area needs the drywall joints taped and mudded to meet code (what the inspector told me). If you plan on finishing it eventually then you'll probably want 3/4" drywall on the ceiling so it won't sag. Removing 1/2" drywall intact sounds difficult but removing 3/4" has to be much worse. Anyways, leaving it unfinished certainly won't hurt the drywall, but it sounds like a bad idea. |
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If basement remains "unfinished" it's not taxed in most places.
On Aug 13, 6:46 pm, The Reverend Natural Light wrote: On Aug 13, 2:46 pm, wrote: can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. It depends on what you eventually plan to do with the room. Finished living area needs the drywall joints taped and mudded to meet code (what the inspector told me). If you plan on finishing it eventually then you'll probably want 3/4" drywall on the ceiling so it won't sag. Removing 1/2" drywall intact sounds difficult but removing 3/4" has to be much worse. Anyways, leaving it unfinished certainly won't hurt the drywall, but it sounds like a bad idea. |
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On Aug 13, 2:46 pm, wrote:
looking to put up a basement ceiling on the cheap! drywall is about 10 times cheaper than a drop ceiling as far as i can tell. thought about just putting up drywall on the ceiling, BUT, i still want access to the wires/ducts if i ever need to (ie the benefit of a drop ceiling). can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. talked to a Lowe's guy who didn't think it should be done, thinking that the drywall ceiling might crumble apart if it's not finished???? I used something called celotex(sort of an accoustical material) came in 4 X 8 sheets, weighed very little, tacked it up, then made a grid of 1 by 3 boards in 4 foot squares. In 25 plus years have not had to access the wires or ducts, and for some reason the gridwork makes the LOW ceiling seem higher, at least tht is what the wife says, there are hardly any wires in the ceiling area, 3 ducts, and when I opened the ceiling to install, I found that one of the ducts was a return air duct, connected to nothing, so it was vacuuming the ceiling area all winter!! Filters lasted a lot longer after I disconnected it! M |
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Basement Ceiling Drywall, Is Finishing Required ????
wrote in message ups.com... looking to put up a basement ceiling on the cheap! drywall is about 10 times cheaper than a drop ceiling as far as i can tell. thought about just putting up drywall on the ceiling, BUT, i still want access to the wires/ducts if i ever need to (ie the benefit of a drop ceiling). can i just put up the drywall per normal, using screws, but not finish/ tape/mud the joints? that way if needed i figured i could just unscrew one panel, access whatever i need, then screw it back in. talked to a Lowe's guy who didn't think it should be done, thinking that the drywall ceiling might crumble apart if it's not finished???? Yes, drywall alone should be fine. Only thing is the taking down and putting back up part. Drywall gets its strength in kind of an odd way. Gypsum is very strong in one sense, and very weak in another. Paper is very weak in one sense, and very strong in another. It's an odd combination but they complement each other. Point being, if you screw in drywall, you have to be careful not to let the screw rip through the paper. If you put the drywall back up, the old screw hole you used probably won't be as strong, since some of the gypsum will probably be crumbling around it at that point. |
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