ᐅ Drywall Construction: Sequence for Installing Suspended Ceiling and Partition Walls
Created on: 15 Dec 2022 14:18
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Hello everyone,
We are currently in the middle of a major renovation of our recently purchased house.
Upstairs, the 1930s house had lattice battens under all ceilings and sloping roof sections, onto and between which the plaster was applied. We were not aware of this initially, but it became obvious when we pulled nails/screws out of the ceiling – half of the plaster came off with them.
Conclusion: plaster and lattice battens removed down to the exposed wooden beams.
Now we want to install a suspended ceiling using drywall and also build new drywall partition walls for a new floor plan. The question I have is: Should I first build the vertical walls for the new layout up to the exposed wooden beams and then install the suspended ceiling, or should I install the suspended ceiling first and then build the drywall walls up to the suspended ceiling?
The first option seems much more sensible and logical to me (stability and soundproofing) – but I want to double-check just to be sure I’m doing it right 😉 Thanks!
We are currently in the middle of a major renovation of our recently purchased house.
Upstairs, the 1930s house had lattice battens under all ceilings and sloping roof sections, onto and between which the plaster was applied. We were not aware of this initially, but it became obvious when we pulled nails/screws out of the ceiling – half of the plaster came off with them.
Conclusion: plaster and lattice battens removed down to the exposed wooden beams.
Now we want to install a suspended ceiling using drywall and also build new drywall partition walls for a new floor plan. The question I have is: Should I first build the vertical walls for the new layout up to the exposed wooden beams and then install the suspended ceiling, or should I install the suspended ceiling first and then build the drywall walls up to the suspended ceiling?
The first option seems much more sensible and logical to me (stability and soundproofing) – but I want to double-check just to be sure I’m doing it right 😉 Thanks!
Winniefred schrieb:
Yep, first walls, then ceiling.
Is your project detailed somewhere? We have been renovating our 1921 house since 2017. In 2023, we will also install new drywall ceilings and demolish and rebuild a wall. This time with a professional, though, as we usually do almost everything ourselves.Not yet. We have completely gutted it ourselves. It took 1.5 weeks to remove everything — 21 cubic meters (27.5 cubic yards) or 3.5 tons had to be disposed of. Working as a pair, that meant tough 12-hour shifts, so there hasn’t been time yet. As soon as I have some breathing room and it gets “interesting,” I’ll gladly start a thread :-)
Did you also have the lattice strip framework in your ceilings? Apparently, some people choose to keep it. I wasn’t comfortable with it.
Winniefred15 Dec 2022 20:55I think so. In our case, the plaster on the ceilings is applied over a layer of reed/straw, which is nailed to the laths with wires. Above that is a floating floor, and on top of it, a floor with slag, each between the very thick wooden beams. We left it as it was and only installed a dropped ceiling.
Winniefred15 Dec 2022 21:12You see, and we left it that way because I was concerned that dirt might fall out otherwise. But you’ll be closing it up again anyway.
Good luck moving forward! It’s really fun!
Good luck moving forward! It’s really fun!
Yes, we are leaving the basement ceiling as it is because it will be dropped anyway due to the ceiling heating system. There, we still have a room height of 2.55 meters (8 ft 4 in), but upstairs unfortunately less, which would have made the rooms too low.
If the room height allowed it, I would have done it exactly like you. 🙂 No dirt came out, but a lot of plaster, of course.
I’m really glad we are getting an exterior roof insulation, so I don’t have to worry about insulating from the inside and losing additional centimeters (inches) of room height.
If the room height allowed it, I would have done it exactly like you. 🙂 No dirt came out, but a lot of plaster, of course.
I’m really glad we are getting an exterior roof insulation, so I don’t have to worry about insulating from the inside and losing additional centimeters (inches) of room height.
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