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DIY & Home Improvement

Horse with no Name

(34,090 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2013, 02:34 PM Apr 2013

I bought a fabulous house. Need ceiling advice. [View all]

It is a fixer upper but I got it so cheap and the location is perfect so I couldn't pass it up! Although this means that I am remodeling two houses at once (my other house is going to my daughter so I will just be a bystander on that one,and yes, that is wishful thinking).

The ceiling in one room appeared to have a suspended ceiling....but there were a lot of damaged tiles so I started removing them to see what I had.

What I found was a ceiling of sheetrock with 1x2's hammered into the sheetrock to make a grid.

I have to be on a very tight budget....but I need some ideas on what to do with the ceiling...any takers?

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I bought a fabulous house. Need ceiling advice. [View all] Horse with no Name Apr 2013 OP

Try to figure out why they did that, to hid sins? NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #1

There was a roof leak at one time and this is how they dealt with it Horse with no Name Apr 2013 #3

First, figure out what damaged the tiles because it probably damaged the ceiling. jeff47 Apr 2013 #2

Thanks for this! Horse with no Name Apr 2013 #4

If you do end up using joint compound at all.... NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #5

On the tape jeff47 Apr 2013 #6

I just want to throw in a few points.... Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #7

Is there a second story ? Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2013 #8

1/4" luan plywood sheets... H. Cromwell Jun 2013 #9