Which is much easier when your ceiling is on the flooring
Oh what a feeling… dancing on the ceiling. Which is much easier when your ceiling is on the flooring.
But let’s rewind to a time when our sunroom ceiling was more ceiling-similar. We’ve mentioned we wanted to attempt vaulting the ceiling in here to get in experience even more than open up (here’second a link to some of our inspiration). We’ve never vaulted a ceiling before only nosotros figured this was a pretty low-hazard topographic point to in conclusion give it a get.
We realized from the starting time that we power demand to hire a pro for office of the chore since structural ramifications similar “the roof could cave in” is i of those failing answers to our “what’s the worst that could fall out if we DIY it?” exam. But we figured we could at least do the demonstrate role ourselves (merely of the ceiling, non of whatsoever back up beams). Why pay individual else to tear material up when I could take all the fun myself, amiright? So I started by turning off the power to the entire home (e’er a skilful kickoff stride when y’all’re ripping things apart) as well as so I got busy prying off the crown.
That pace revealed what nosotros were both expecting (I approximate?): insulation in addition to roughly classify of forest framing.
The ceiling itself was close to variety of moisture resistant drywall, which surprised me because for more or less reason I assumed it was plywood like the walls. So my plan to meticulously cut together with pry it out turned into “permit me simply force on this a lilliputian flake to come across what happens…”
One downwards, nearly five more than to get!
That should accept been the instant where we moved the daybed too the tabular array out of the style, only nosotros just got then excited to bust things out together with the drywall was surprisingly light (specially compared to the idea of it existence plywood). Both the daybed as well as the tabular array are on our “call for a novel paint-job” list besides, and then I mean that made us less protective of them, simply thankfully no furniture was injure inwards the making of this post (y’all can see it all alive too well inward the final shot).
Taking it downwardly was pretty slowly, really satisfying, in addition to plainly highly entertaining. Get this girl or so popcorn!
It entirely took me virtually xv minutes to go the whole ceiling drywall-free. That was the easy part. I was even able to go it out around the fan which I belike should’ve only taken down – simply the drywall was and so pliable that I could easily pull it downwardly around the fan without damaging the blades. In the terminate it was dainty to proceed it upwards in that location inwards instance this phase of ceiling reconstruction takes weeks (so we tin nonetheless remain cool spell we run).
With the drywall downward, I turned my attention (as well as my mad pulling-things-down skillz) to the insulation.
It besides came downwards pretty easily, although it took a few hours (spread across a few days) together with I filled virtually 8 large garbage bags with the stuff.
Here’s a shot where y’all tin meliorate run across what it looks similar up at that place. We dearest all of the rafters way upwardly at that place for eventually nailing beadboard to. It’second merely all of those lower joists that are in the way.
I’k non an engineer so it took me 0.0002 seconds to admit that I had no idea what to make. A reader named Kate commented with how they dealt alongside a similar state of affairs inwards their domicile, simply I wasn’t feeling gutsy plenty to assume the same method would run for us. So my side by side pace was tidying upward the all the same messy looking joists by prying off all of the leftover drywall nails together with lingering insulation.
If we were going to accept to wait for a pro to lend us a mitt, at least the exposed wood could wait a flake less scraggly, right? And that manner when nosotros finally become to tear it downwardly (fingers crossed) we won’t have to worry nigh all of those half-sunk nails piercing us on the way downward.
So this is where nosotros are immediately. Just waiting on a pro for more than information virtually how to continue (he’s coming this morning time actually). I feel like if this were an HGTV demo this would be the role where the homeowner “happens to stop by” mid-renovation, freaks out nearly how torn upward their family is, together with confesses to the photographic camera that they incertitude the designer volition e’er go things together simply volition only take to trust him. So yes, the homeowner inward us is a bit uneasy past non having an exact design all the same, so we’re waiting with bated breath for the doorbell to ring.
At least while nosotros await we got to cross a few more than things off the to-do list inward here. Does this hateful we’re halfway at that place? Maybe subsequently we finish lofting…
Rip upwardly the erstwhile carpeting(bank check that stride out here)Remove the sliding doors as well as tracks to open things upwards(nosotros did that here)Convert outlets to outdoor-safe pelting-proof ones amongst covers(nosotros likewise did that hither)Add fresh casing to the openings and caulk like crazy to waterproof everything(hither’second the postal service about that)Demo the one-time ceiling inwards hopes of perchance lofting the ceiling (get a pro in here for advice)- Remove quondam beams, reinforce ceiling stability, together with install painted beadboard
- Add a hanging ceiling fan (or ii?) too maybe recessed lighting or hanging lanterns from posts
- Repaint the columns too interior of the sunroom alongside exterior paint
- Tile the floors alongside something outdoor-prophylactic that’s less slick than the mucilage-stained concrete (nosotros’ve already been poking about a few tile places…)
- Get a rug, furniture, as well as possibly even add together or so outdoor curtains?
- Build an outdoor fireplace like this downwardly the line
Until we accept approximately “this is happening adjacent” info, nosotros’re turning our attention back to or so indoor projects. Thankfully I don’t mean whatsoever of those will call for ripping down whatsoever more than ceilings, every bit much fun as this ane was…
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