old house wall - ceiling gap
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12-30-08, 10:35 PM
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old house wall - ceiling gap
Hello,
Our house was built mid-1960's.
I'm replacing paneling with sheetrock. Of course, nothing is right in this house! The first piece of top of the wall trim I remove I find weird things. I see bits of the blown in insulation fall.
At the start of the trim the gap between the ceiling sheetrock and the wall paneling is not quite 1/4 inch. Fifteen feet further down it's just over 3/4 inch wide! Yes, I see into the attic, to the underside of the insulation.
I don't know how much wider this gap is going to become. How wide can I go with just mud and tape? When do I need to stick some little strip of sheetrock to fill the gap?
I'm going to wait till I've pulled all the trim and paneling before I start filling cracks with Great Stuff!
Our house was built mid-1960's.
I'm replacing paneling with sheetrock. Of course, nothing is right in this house! The first piece of top of the wall trim I remove I find weird things. I see bits of the blown in insulation fall.
At the start of the trim the gap between the ceiling sheetrock and the wall paneling is not quite 1/4 inch. Fifteen feet further down it's just over 3/4 inch wide! Yes, I see into the attic, to the underside of the insulation.
I don't know how much wider this gap is going to become. How wide can I go with just mud and tape? When do I need to stick some little strip of sheetrock to fill the gap?
I'm going to wait till I've pulled all the trim and paneling before I start filling cracks with Great Stuff!
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12-31-08, 12:16 AM
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loose ceiling
UPDATE
As I removed trim it went up to about a full inch before the ceiling sheetrock finally came in, almost to where it should be.
I'm 3/4 around with removing ceiling trim. Early on I thought I saw the ceiling move as I was removing the trim but kept going. I'm in a corner and the ceiling moves easily with finger pressure. There's not enough gap to tell where any rafters are. Anything I should do there?
I discovered I should use a knife to cut through paint so I don't pop off any more of the wonderful early '60's ceiling texture!! grrr (I am using a filter mask - with a beard)
I appreciate the time and thougths.
bamakodaker
As I removed trim it went up to about a full inch before the ceiling sheetrock finally came in, almost to where it should be.
I'm 3/4 around with removing ceiling trim. Early on I thought I saw the ceiling move as I was removing the trim but kept going. I'm in a corner and the ceiling moves easily with finger pressure. There's not enough gap to tell where any rafters are. Anything I should do there?
I discovered I should use a knife to cut through paint so I don't pop off any more of the wonderful early '60's ceiling texture!! grrr (I am using a filter mask - with a beard)
I appreciate the time and thougths.
bamakodaker
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12-31-08, 05:53 AM
Ya, all them respirators say not to have a beard - but who wants to shave 
How do you plan to finish the top of the drywall to the ceiling?
If you tape the top angle to the ceiling you will need to address the ceiling texture. If you hide the gap with crown moulding, that will both hide the gap and leave the ceiling texture intact.
How do you plan to finish the top of the drywall to the ceiling?
If you tape the top angle to the ceiling you will need to address the ceiling texture. If you hide the gap with crown moulding, that will both hide the gap and leave the ceiling texture intact.
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Well, I tried to stay "safe" anyway!
The gap?
Filled with foam -
Then just mudded over. Tape to wide to be covered with molding. At that time didn't want to loose ceiling texture.
bamakodaker
The gap?
Filled with foam -
Then just mudded over. Tape to wide to be covered with molding. At that time didn't want to loose ceiling texture.
bamakodaker
