Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: Battened Ceiling 10Jun 08, 2012 12:36 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Battened Ceiling 12Jun 08, 2012 2:24 pm Mgilla, read HendosBoats post about 6 up from here, you'll see why I said what I did. I wasn't mentioning your post in a negative light, in fact yours and UncleAfurs were the experienced voices I mentioned. The DIY'er was at the OP's work. Just letting them know the pitfalls of this method. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Battened Ceiling 13Jun 09, 2012 12:51 pm Yes Chippy I mentioned screwing through the old ceiling, and no offence taken Naturally one would have to locate the ceiling joists and use longer screws, as we did when coming across old peeling crappy bathroom ceilings where tenants were too lazy to clean the exhaust fan, so the moisture eventually stuffed the ceiling paint, beyond repair. Arfur Re: Battened Ceiling 14Oct 30, 2012 6:33 pm G'day, my first post and just thought I'd buy into this one. First I'd be going with the furring channel, though I wouldn't have called it that because until I saw it, and googled it. If I was covering a ceiling I would be up in the roof if possible poking holes through the existing ceiling to identify where the joists were. Is that not possible in this case? Re: Battened Ceiling 15Dec 03, 2012 7:05 pm My question is: why keep the old ceiling? It doesn't serve any purpose. cheerios to all Re: Battened Ceiling 16Dec 03, 2012 7:47 pm @leighton. I've pulled 2 horse hair ceilings down. The first had 80 years of simpson desert duststorms above it. The second 80+ years of possum & rat dung. I don't know which was worse. never EVER again. oh and go the furring channels, a good laser level, needle points and decent but lightweight cordless (ie 18v de-walt). Regards RiH How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 6100 There is water getting into the ceiling, I expected to find some holes in the corrugated roof but there weren't any so I suspect that the roof drip edge is letting water… 0 2484 It sounds like you have a crack in your garage where the wall meets the ceiling, along the shadow line on the… 0 17271 |