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How best to cover a damaged ceiling?
My basement bedroom ceiling has old patches of dry damp and two holes where recessed lighting used to be (the wiring is gone). Does anyone have any ideas for fixing it up inexpensively? The rest of the room is new wood panelling which looks good.
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I live in my basement and I took white sheets and stapled them to the ceiling and when they get dirty I take them down and wash them and staple them back up chep and you can get them at garage sales for about 50 cents like I did.
- T CLv 61 decade ago
Don't understand "dry damp" unless you mean finish has flaked off from being damp, but , now it is dry. Place a scrap piece of lumber across the hole above the ceiling ( two is better). Measure and cut a piece of Sheetrock (drywall) the size of the hole and attach with screws or adhesive. scrape area around the whole and place Sheetrock tape over the cracks, fill in with Sheetrock mud or spackeling material. You can buy a small ceiling repair kit to cover the patch and places that have flaked off
- 1 decade ago
Install a dropped or t-bar ceiling, fairly inexpensive and easy to install. Their are some really nice looking choices to choose from now.
