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CEILING sa CEILING BEAM sa CEILING INSULATION sa CEILING TILE sa SUSPENDED CEILING xx HOUSE Photo shows how lowered ceiling of gypsum board, combined with recessed fluorescent lights gives the effect of a floating ceiling. Photo shows garage remodeled into a family room with part of 2x6s and decking in the ceiling left exposed for accent. Photo shows how hallway ceiling of Texture 1-11 plywood panels adds interest. Photo shows how to make a "raftered" ceiling using pine 1x10 boards installed 2-ft. apart, with a space left between the top of the board and the ceiling. Est. cost: $30 (for 11-ft. square room). Tips on different ways to give a ceiling a facelift. How to get a clean, contemporary look when remodeling by removing all or part of a ceiling. Wall and ceiling ideas. (1) Cinematic lighting strip coupled with a coved drywall ceiling. (2) Exposed joists are divided into squares with 2x8 blocking, painted black and trimmed with pine strips. Ceiling treatments. (1) Molded in classic tradition. Rows of molding and slight changes in paint color highlight a chandelier. (2) Jackpot of diamonds. A painted design of three large diamonds, point-to-point. (3) Get in the groove. Beadboard cover-up for a bad surface. (4) Diamond of heavily embossed wallpaper and border accent a ceiling fixture. Tip: How to "paint" ceilings which have been finished in a puttycoat. Top off a room with a distinctive ceiling. Tips on selecting and installing drywall, tiles or rigid foam on ceilings. Paneling a ceiling. How to install 4x4-ft. plywood paneling and molding to give the appearance of a elegant frame-and-panel ceiling. Tips on three methods for installing a panelled or tiled ceiling. (1) Suspended grid. (2) Ceiling tracks. (3) Cementing. Repairing damaged ceilings of drywall or plaster. Ceiling camouflage. Decorating tips for plaster ceilings that suffer from cracks. How to construct a traypan ceiling using hardboard paneling. Diagram for installing new joists in an existing room to lower the ceiling. How to repair water damage to walls and ceilings. Covers locating and correcting problems in roofs and patching plaster and drywall. Do-it-yourself ceilings. Tips on installing Armstrong "Easy Up" ceilings featuring realistic and lustrous wood and marble designs. How to straighten sagging floors and ceilings. Four ways to repair or hide damaged walls and ceilings. (1) Lower ceiling, (2) cover with wallboard, (3) cover with brick & stone, (4) patch and shear-coat. Tip on repairing popped nails in texture ceilings. Cathedral ceilings. Construction, ventilation, and insulation. How a house works. A look at some of the rules and standards that have become commonplace in house construction. Emphasis is on stairway design and the ceiling height. Wood ceiling. How to install 1x6 tongue-and-groove solid wood paneling on a ceiling and add recessed lighting. How to repair a saging drywall ceiling. Rough walls. How to repair four wall and ceiling problems. (1) Bad drywall joint. (2) Unwanted ceiling texture. (3) Badly cracked walls. (4) Covering sand texture. How a house works. Solutions to three room addition pitfalls. (1) Extending a home's heating and cooling system into the addition. (2) Good window orientation. (3) Cathedral ceiling framing methods. Tips on repairing water-damaged spots in ceilings. Flatten sagging ceilings. Fix your crooked, cracked and ugly ceiling without messy plaster tear-out by applying wood furing strips to the old ceiling and covering with new drywall panels. Rebuilding an addition. Porches and a room with a bow ceiling enlarge an old house without changing its character. Details of the bow ceiling are provided. Cooperative craftsmanship. Distinctive wood detailing, tile work, stained glass and carving incorporated into a California cathedral ceiling. Includes details of exposed truss ceiling and stair-rail and balusters. How to secure the plaster around the perimeter of a large hole being cut into a lath-and-plaster ceiling. A cherry-paneled ceiling. Deep coves and patterned veneers adorn the ceiling of an elegant den. Tips on refinishing an exposed wooden T&G ceiling constructed of two different types of wood. Advice on laying out and constructing an oval-shaped domed ceiling for a rectangular room. Tip on using an empty caulking cartridge to apply drywall compound when patching a textured ceiling. Building coffered ceilings (a ceiling or vault characterized by sunken panels). Three styles shown. (1) Single coffer. (2) Traditional coffer. (3) Barrel vault with applied coffer. A simple coffered ceiling. Common materials turn a garage into an elegant library featuring a grid of spruce beams wrapped in oak. Framing for a barrel-vault ceiling involves fastening a pair of arched ledgers to gable walls and then running joists between the ledgers to frame the barrel vault. Tip on creating a level ceiling in an older building by attaching metal studs to the sides of old joists. Tips on mapping out a groin vault (the intersection of two barrel or arched ceilings at right angles). Framing kitchen soffits. Full-size patterns on the floor and prefabricated sections help you to build these small dropped ceilings accurately and efficiently. Repairing a water-damaged ceiling. Some tips. High ceilings are made to appear lower through the use of a wallcovering that simulates an ornate plaster medallion. Super ceilings. High-style, low-overhead systems make it easy to give any room special treatment. Looks at metal ceilings, wood ceilings, suspended ceilings, dropped ceilings, etc. Ceiling domes. How to construct a classic dome from wooden ribs, lath and plaster. A new skin for a plaster ceiling. How to repair a cracked or sagging plaster ceiling by securing the old plaster and then veneer over it with new gypsum wallboard. Wood ceilings. Three approaches to adding wood overhead. How to open up an attic floor to create a cathedral ceiling with a catwalk. Special ceilings. Design ideas for ceilings include wood ceilings, exposed beams, ceiling moldings, grid systems, pressed-metal ceilings, suspended ceiling, and shaped ceilings. How to repair or replace old ceilings. Repairing cracks and bulges, replacing with drywall, covering with tile, correcting sloping ceilings, etc. Fixing old ceilings and walls. Repairing holes and broken plaster, dropping high ceilings, etc. How to install a plank ceiling using the new "Easy Up" system from Armstrong. How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 1. Minor repairs. Describes the types of lath used in old houses and how to fill cracks and small holes. How to precisely measure the contour of irregular ceiling beams in a 19th century house so blocks can be cut and the sheetrock can be installed at a precise right angle. Includes instructions for making a contour gauge from scrap wood and ice cream sticks. How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 2. Major repairs. How to repair or replace loose or bulging plaster. Includes information on mixing plaster and tips on how to use ceiling anchors. How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 3. Duplicating plaster cornices. How to duplicate in wood or plater and make templates for wall molding and for wall/ceiling molding. How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 4. How to duplicate ornamental plasterwork with plaster castings. Covers making the mold, building a mother, casting techniques and installing the plasterwork. Tip: How to eliminate a water stain in a plaster ceiling. Tip: How to remove a sprayed fireproof acoustical ceiling. How to take down an old plaster medallion from a ceiling, remove paint, repair, repaint, and reattach to the ceiling. How to save that old ceiling. How to remove calcimine and damaged sections of plaster, prepare for patching, make the patch, use plastic washers to tighten sagging plaster, spackle cracks and face washers, and repaint. How to make minor structural repairs to a hung (suspended) plaster ceiling which is sagging. How to re-attach a plaster ceiling medallion which is "dangling". How to install a ceiling medallion and/or install a light fixture in the middle of a ceiling medallion. Restoring a traditional three-coat plaster ceiling and plaster moldings. What to do about peeling ceilings. Tips to make removing failing paint less work. Award-winning medallions. Steps for making decorated ceiling ornaments from plaster. Advice on determining the appropriate size for a ceiling medallion. Ceiled with a kiss. How a homeowner restored an intricate, 140-year-old ceiling medallion. Details creating a latex mold and casting a new piece in plaster of paris. Batten and loose hardboard panel ceiling. Install a "no furring or stapling" acoustical ceiling. Three ways to handle problem ceilings. (1) Cover with texture paint, (2) cover with new plasterboard, or (3) cover with tile or suspended ceiling. Tip: How to install a second ceiling on resilient channels to cut down overhead noise. Ceiling repairs for older homes. Some tips. Two ways to cover a basement ceiling. (1) Install furring strips, glue up 4x4 ft. pieces of wall paneling and cover seams with lath to conceal. (2) Install 12"x12" ceiling tile using the "Clip-Strip" metal furring system. Conceal cracked ceilings by coating them with wallboard joint cement into which you trowel, brush, or scrape a design. Hang a hardwood ceiling. Tips on installing "Woodtech" ceiling panels that slip into a concealed steel grid. Can also be used for wainscoting. How to correct minor ceiling and wall problems. Covers fixing a sagging ceiling, repairing cracks, holes and chip cracking in old-fashioned plaster walls. Ceiling treatments. A look at the options (wood, tin, tiles, texturing, coffered), their cost ranges and applications. Cover a ceiling with wood-grain board, a product of Armstrong Cork Co., to give the effect of a wooden ceiling. Tip: Coffered ceiling is actually large picture frames attached to a plywood ceiling and then painted white. Ceiling treatments, from basic to decorative. (1) The best way to paint a ceiling. (2) Decorative effects suitable for ceilings. (3) Tin ceilings. How to remove sprayed acoustic finish from a plaster ceiling. Sensational ceiling. Spruce up a blank, boring ceiling by covering it with beadboard or plank paneling (commonly used as wainscoting) and edging with crown molding. Tips on how to resurface a damaged ceiling with gypsum panels and batten strips. How to repair popped nails in a drywall ceiling finished with sprayed texture. How to construct a two-step coffered ceiling. Includes instructions for making a T-brace for installing ceiling drywall. | |||||||||
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