Cover An Open Floor Joists Ceiling

If you want to use a partly finished basement and cover the ceiling with something temporary until you can completely finish the space consider fabric.

Cover an open floor joists ceiling.

Norbert schafer getty images what. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open. Continue down the next joist. Typical joists can be exposed or covered by drywall.

During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling. The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want. The answer depends on how you use the space where the exposed fiberglass is located. This guest post on how to paint a basement ceiling with exposed joists comes from a reader and friend of one project closer chuck williams.

Ceiling joist span use this table to determine the maximum lengths of ceiling joists based on species of lumber joist spacing and joist size. Floor joist span use this table to determine the maximum lengths of floor joists based on species of lumber joist spacing and joist size. Pink fluffy batts wedged tightly between studs rafters and joists insulate the space against exterior temperature changes. Fire retardant fabric is stapled to lightweight balsa wood strips installed as a frame along the walls.

Floor joists are large beams used to support upper floors. But here s the question. The ceiling look creates an urban industrial early 20th century look. Modern metal ceiling tiles are installed using an adhesive compound.

If you have an unfinished basement you may have open joists. Fabric will reduce the industrial feel of bare ceiling joists. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. Does fiberglass insulation need to be covered or is it safe to leave it exposed.

Stately attractive and open. In this approach the ceiling is left completely uncovered thus exposing the main support beams as well as the joists and floorboards of the floor above the exposed framing members and flooring is usually painted a uniform color. Chuck is an amateur carpenter and diy weekend warrior. Start in a corner and move down one line of joists moving back and forth slightly for even coverage.