Drywall Mud Over Ceiling Tiles

Sheetrock over acoustical tile.

Drywall mud over ceiling tiles.

If your old ceiling tiles are looking a little worn or outdated cover them up to give your ceiling a brand new look. Removing a textured ceiling involves saturating it with a water solution and physically scrapping it off bit by bit until the ceiling is smooth. I didn t see much of the work cause i was only doing the finish. Covering an old ceiling with new drywall is a big job heavy lifting a serious time commitment and a major mess.

By far the most common problem i have encountered has been tile installed over drywall in shower wet areas. Covering up a textured ceiling. Use drywall screws rather than nails for securing drywall. We mainly used the heavy duty mesh stuff for the shower walls.

You can use this regular drywall tape if you re redoing any sheetrock walls in the rest of the room. For installing ceiling drywall 1 5 8 screws are recommended. Application of stomp texture to ceiling using drywall mud. We enlisted the help of our friend andy who is basically a professional at taping and mudding walls.

Screws are less likely to pop out later on. Its funny because i seen drywall hung to a ceiling grid before the entire ceiling was framed out with the acoustical ceiling grids. Drywall can cover asbestos popcorn ceiling the contractor who remodeled the building s lobby a few years ago is going to upgrade our apartment replace carpet with tile and we broached the. This is another project that can be done by one person and in most cases the tiles that go into place can be easily cut to size using scissors.

It s optional but it greatly simplifies the job of lifting the drywall sheets into place. But in some cases it s the smartest way to go. This is the case so much of the time that when people tell me on the phone that they have tiles they can push in with their hands in the shower or that the tiles are falling off the wall or seem squishy i immediately get the image. This was a job with inspection fiu dormitories 4 floors 25 rms each floor and all where done like this.

Drywall lifts like this can be rented from rental centers and some home centers. It is extremely messy and very time consuming. Sometimes covering up an old ceiling saves time money and headaches in the long run. The grid for this system is much easier that the drop ceiling grid and the tiles attach directly to the grid.

Tape mud sand mud sand repeat. It s an art form. We talked to a dozen remodelers and every one of them made the same point.