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Questions tagged [ceiling]

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. If your question refers to a [ceiling-fan], please use that tag instead!

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How can you tell if it's safe to hang weight from the ceiling?

I live in Canada and my house is made of wood. I'd like to mount gymnastics rings to my ceiling. I weigh roughly 90kg and I know you're suppose to find joists and attach weight there, but I don't want to pull my ceiling down. Is there a way to test…
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How can I make low ceilings appear taller?

I am having my basement remodeled. The ceiling is about 6'6 recessed lighting has already been installed. I would like to know what I can do do make the ceiling appear taller.
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What should I look for when choosing faux tin ceiling tiles?

My fiancee really likes the look of the faux tin ceilings. We found some in Home Depot, but they are 20$ for each 18" x 24" pane. For a moderate sized room, this will be a LOT of money to do one ceiling! (I'm assuming they're so expensive because…
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Screws in ceiling

Can anyone tell what these screws in my upstairs ceiling are for? There are three drilled into a joist, about 1.5 ft from a window. I would guess they are for some style of curtain rod. But I don't understand why it'd be so far from the window. …
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How do I repair this hole in my ceiling?

So I did something stupid and I screwed up my den ceiling: For scale, the hole itself is about 3-4 inches long, but the overall damaged area is about 9 inches in diameter. It's hard to see, but it looks like there is about 1 inch worth of layers of…
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Why is my plaster covered ceiling magnetic?

tldr; Why do magnets stick to my ceiling? I have an old house, built in 1905 in the Boston area. I want to install a light fixture in a room that does not currently have one. I tried using my stud finder to find the joists, but it proved futile. I…
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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 now we have fabric lining the outside of our…
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Why do I have pocket holes in my new texture ceiling?

We sanded down old texture on ceiling. Then skim coated, and sanded again. After that was dry, put up knock down to ceiling. When it dried, we have little holes all over. What can we do to fix it?
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Ceiling Hole in Closet, Sprinkler? Light? What is it?

There is this hole with this gadget in the condo ceiling which is in the bedroom closet. I cannot tell what it is exactly? Does anyone know what this can be? Thanks!
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Can I remove ceiling joists without risking the integrity of my roof system?

We have a 23x12ft room that we are looking at opening up the flat ceiling. The 2x6 rafters are parallel with the long side the the room and there is one beam (3 2x6s) that seems to be a rafter tie running this long length of the room. Looks to have…
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plaster boarding an existing ceiling and locating pipes and electrics

Hi I have located the joist with no problems. I now need advice on how to avoid putting my drywall screws into pipework or electric cable as I screw through the plasterboard. Thank you in advance
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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 filler which is a disaster. What's the best way…
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How to hang a mosquito net from a ceiling without causing damage?

We have one of those hoop-style mosquito net that hangs off a single hook. When we first put it up, we hung the net with a small brass hook--the kind that you just screw into the ceiling with no wall anchor for lightweight stuff. Maybe not ideal,…
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How should I repair paint peeling from my ceiling?

I have paint that's not sticking to the ceiling. This all occurred during a cold spell last month when the temp was below 10°F. Everything seems to be dry under the paint. No water damage or mold is evident. I had one contractor that said he could…
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What is likely to be causing these damp looking spots?

I've recently noticed some spots appear on a pitched ceiling of our bedroom, and I'm trying to work out what could be causing them. I've only been in the house 12 months, and didn't notice anything last year, but it means I don't have a lot to…
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