How to repair a ceiling (Part 1)
So, you have decided, that it is time to update a ceiling. it is an excellent idea! However keep in mind: the choice of materials for its realization will depend not only on your art taste, but also on engineering state of your house and, certainly, on your purse…
For the beginning you should decide what you would like to see above your head. Ceilings may be pendant and the basic, or plaster ones. Pendant ceilings are made from the gypsum cardboard and they are demanding additional furnish share on panel, tension, self-glued etc. Plaster ceilings are either in coloring or pasting.
For the beginning we shall talk about the house, an apartment in which the repair is expected. The greater role is played by the structure. If the house is made of brick and it is less than 15 years old, it practically has not undergone to time deformation, therefore it is possible to buy the most usual finishing materials - troubles with cracks are improbable. If the brick house is from 15 till 30 years old it is necessary to buy some technical additives - priming fixing mixes, and also an assembly of self-glued grid for durability and protection against cracks. However, sometimes these additives can be not applied - everything depends on a state of the house and your desire. And here if the house is more than 30 years old, fastening is necessary. The grid and first coat are desirable for deep penetration. But it is necessary to notice, that “age” is given in quite rough manner - as the standard for average strip; under adverse conditions - high humidity, etc. - the house “grows old” in 25 years.
Concerning panel houses, here the walls and a ceiling are done of an identical material; therefore deformation is essentially less, than in brick house. In panel houses alignment of a ceiling (plates on joints are often connected roughly) is recommended, the first coat is used for deep penetration. As differences on a plane of a ceiling do not happen, the spadework is lead to a minimum.
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Great article! We been in the interior design business many years, usually we contract this type of work out but it can absolutely be done by yourself if you’re handy!
March 27th, 2007 | #