my first ceiling

[ceagle]

My first complete one anyway :>
I've partially repaired a ceiling before, but this was my first ceiling tile install.

So, feeling a bit accomplished, though definitely a workout up and down the ladder and pressing those things up there and trimming sizes and so forth.

I had bought these things a couple years ago, but with the stay-home ethic I finally decided to give it a go.



They are mostly like this, and light as a feather :}
But it still takes about a minute of pressing upward before it sets... works them muscles!
Now to get some moulding to install at the edges.

I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. I hope to take a similar approach to two more rooms, sooner or later.

Comments

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Nice! Makes my shoulders ache just thinking about it, though :o)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

It was certainly a workout! Early on in the process I had some sciatica, but I don't know if it was directly related, because it eased up eventually even though I continued the project, thank goodness!

[hastka.livejournal.com]

Wow, fancy. So how does it work? Just glue to an "ordinary" ceiling?

The only experience with "tiles" I have is with drop-ceilings, and that's it's own unique brand of nightmare.

I'd be interested to see how the whole thing turns out when complete. :)

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

As someone who has to perform ceiling checks at least monthly, I can tell you that drop ceiling tiles never ever stop shedding crumbs.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hehheh... yep, luckily these are not brittle or loose at all... just a styrofoam sheet, so it's not plaster or popcorn...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

I'll try to post some additional links soon!
You basically prep the ceiling (make sure it's as flat as possible and clean so that they will stick, and you use a special adhesive for styrofoam called Soudal 50a (made in Belgium.. there's another one made in Turkey that I got as a backup but I didn't need it)... then you hold them up in place for about ten seconds to a minute... try to line them up straight because errors magnify along a path... then voila!... You have a new ceiling!

[sabotlours.livejournal.com]

I'm getting to that age where anything involving a ladder had better be REALLY important.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

mwahaha! Yeah.. LOTS of up down move-it, up down move-it.... After about a month of this I'm ready for a bit of a change of pace :D