Basement Ceiling / Lighting Idea

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January 10th, 2008 | Posted by: Fred
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2 Responses to “Basement Ceiling / Lighting Idea”

  1. Andy responds:
    January 12th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Thanks for the comment on sealers on my site, Fred…looks like we may be brainstorming things together as our basement projects progress! I will check out the sealers — the problem I may have is that the brick is painted (or sealed, not sure) already. So I’ll have to see.

    As for your ceiling issue…The brown joists/floor doesn’t look so bad, in my opinion…I’m debating my ceiling options as well, FWIW.

  2. Fred responds:
    January 12th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Andy,

    Would love to know what you come up with for the ceilings…

    I’m going to post a pretty legnthy post on my experience with sealers. I have about 1065 sq. ft. of wall in the basement. I found the coverage of SunnyDry and Super Thoroseal to be about equal - and it took more than 10 4 gallon gans of those.

    Both of those products *require* a clean, porous surface to work. If you’ve got sealer on the brick, my guess is you’ll have to take it off first to make another product work…

    Unfortunately, the only way *I* know how to do that involves renting sand-blasting equipment.

    I know that latex-based sealers are gaining in popularity — perhaps they can work over an existing painted surface. My gut tells me no… but I hold out hope for you.

    I think a vapor barrier without some kind of wall sealer will definitely cause you trouble though - you’ll get water pooling between the studs.

    In any event, I’ll throw up a link to your site on here. At the least, it’ll remind me to stop by and see how things are going.

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