Cover An Open Floor Joists Ceiling

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.

Cover an open floor joists ceiling.

Stately attractive and open. Does fiberglass insulation need to be covered or is it safe to leave it exposed. 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.

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. Typical joists can be exposed or covered by drywall. There are many styles available so you can create a unique look you ll love. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above.

Start in a corner and move down one line of joists moving back and forth slightly for even coverage. Continue down the next joist. Norbert schafer getty images what. Floor joist span use this table to determine the maximum lengths of floor joists based on species of lumber joist spacing and joist size.

During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling. The ceiling look creates an urban industrial early 20th century look. Spray the primer over the floor joists on the basement ceiling. In the 1920s it was popular to cover ceilings with copper or tin ceiling tiles and wood molding giving them an elegant look.

The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want. Modern metal ceiling tiles are installed using an adhesive compound. Pink fluffy batts wedged tightly between studs rafters and joists insulate the space against exterior temperature changes. Fabric will reduce the industrial feel of bare ceiling joists.

The answer depends on how you use the space where the exposed fiberglass is located. But here s the question. Floor joists are large beams used to support upper floors. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open.