For questions on the general topic of the upper containing surface of a room or other enclosure. Please use additional tags to refer to a specific area of concern, such as lighting, insulation, repair, painting, waterproofing, etc.
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Should I replace or patch a plaster ceiling?
My house is about 109 years old, excellent condition, other than cracking in the plaster ceilings. I've had one 3x3 section even fall out in my dining room. I want to replace the ceiling in the ...
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Standard height from floor to ceiling?
Is there a standard height from floor to ceiling. I want to install some false ceiling (plaster board) ...
I seem to remember there was a standard but i don't remember it
Any help really appreciated
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How do I tent a ceiling?
My fiancé and I are trying to tent our bedroom ceiling. We bought enough fabric from the fashion district downtown and got set up and ready to do it... and nothing was working or looking right.
As of ...
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What size of ceiling joists should I use
We started remodeling the 2nd floor this last fall, starting with a spare bedroom, but between our day jobs and the holidays, we ran out of time, stopping short of dry-walling - the room is sealed and ...
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How do I frame a room inside a garage so that the room's ceiling will not touch the garage ceiling?
I am considering building a small 6 x 9 room inside my garage to use as an office. However, I do not want to remove the garage door opener unit nor the tracks the door slides on because we will want ...
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How do I mount a ceiling box in 4" thick ceiling?
I'm trying to install a ceiling light in two rooms that didn't previously have hard-wired lighting. After cutting a 4" hole for a circular ceiling box (using a hole saw attached to my drill) I'm ...
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How do I repair a drywall ceiling when there is blown in insulation above?
I was finishing the space above a garage. The space was buried in blown in cellulose insulation and we framed in some walls, laid a subfloor, and finished the room. During framing two different ...
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How do I splice a drywall metal outside corner bead?
When re-finishing my ceiling (formerly popcorn, now smooth) I had some trouble with the edge of the tray ceiling in the master bedroom. Since the length of the tray was longer than a standard metal ...
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How should I install a hoist given that the walls and ceiling are made of concrete?
I have this hoist, of the engine-lifting variety, which is designed to be installed below a pipe or beam. I do not have any load bearing pipes or beams. What I have are a poured concrete ceiling (9" ...
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Why do some painters leave a gap between the wall and the ceiling?
I've noticed that (at least here in Germany) some walls are painted so that a tiny fraction of the upper wall has the same color as the ceiling. Why do people do that? I find this not so pretty.
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What is the proper way to patch acoustic ceiling after collecting possible asbestos sample?
I want to collect additional samples of an acoustic ceiling for the purpose of having it checked for asbestos. The previous test came back negative but I'm paranoid =)
The procedure as per ...
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Tips To Inspect/ Popcorn ceilings
My wife and I are considering buying a house that was built in the 1960s and has acoustic "popcorn" ceilings. I want to know if there is a cheap, effective way to do a home asbestos test.
I'm still ...
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How do I fix a ceiling fan that won't turn off?
I have a ceiling light/fan fixture in one of my rooms connected to a single electrical switch. There are two pullchains on the fixture, one that controls the light, the other controlling the fan. I'd ...
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How do I change the remote frequency options in my ceiling fan?
My Hampton Bay ceiling fan remote control is interfering with my neighbours. Inside the remote there are switches to adjust the remote frequency.
Where in the fan do I make the corresponding ...
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How do I fix a squeaky/whiny ceiling fan?
I have a Monte Carlo ceiling fan, similar to this one in style. It has a light that points up towards the ceiling and another towards the floor. The fan is making a whiny almost squeaky noise on all ...
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Can you paint a popcorn ceiling?
My guess is that a paint sprayer might be easiest, but are the other ways that won't remove the popcorn?
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How do I balance a ceiling fan?
About a year ago I installed a new ceiling fan in my living room and when it was installed it was balanced nicely, but it has a little wobble. How do I bring it back in to balance?
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Plugging a hole in the ceiling
We had an electrician install a light in our ceiling. In the process he had to move the fitting about 10 centimeters which left a hole roughly three centimeters in diameter.
He tried to pug it using ...
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What is the best way to remove popcorn from the ceiling?
What is the best solution for removing popcorn from the ceiling if I want to get it to look smooth afterwards?
Edit: thanks for your answers! Would you estimate that replacing the drywall on the ...
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How can I paint over a ceiling after there's been a leak?
We had a leak in our upstairs bathroom, about 2 weeks after we had a new ceiling put up and painted in the room below. It wasn't a major leak, but it caused quite a wide line to show up on the ...
