Weight concerns for ceiling cover-up
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:13 pm
My wife has a "vision" for our home, a 10-year-old Champion 28' x 56'. GOing for a rustic look, iy involves re-doing most of the interior in 6" toungue-and-groove pine paneling. My plan is to install it over the existing 3/8" drywall in most places, unless we've already removed the drywall due to other remodeling.
My question is, how concerned do I have to be about the weight of the pine on the ceilings? Unlike drywall, I'm not worried about the 3/4" pine sagging, but I'm concerned about the added weight on the roof structure.
I've seen some online articles that seem to describe installing 1/2" drywall on furring strips over existing ceilings, and I suspect the pine might actually be lighter than 1/2' drywall, but I'm not sure about that.
I suppose we could get a similar look using 1/4" pine bead board, but that involves a lot of furring, and hassle end-mating the short pieces of paneling. Putting up 12' continuous lengths of 3/4 pine, nailed directly into the joists sounds easier to me (and a good way to make sure we never see the textured ceiling again) provided the roof can take it.
How concerned should I be about the weight of the pine paneling?
My question is, how concerned do I have to be about the weight of the pine on the ceilings? Unlike drywall, I'm not worried about the 3/4" pine sagging, but I'm concerned about the added weight on the roof structure.
I've seen some online articles that seem to describe installing 1/2" drywall on furring strips over existing ceilings, and I suspect the pine might actually be lighter than 1/2' drywall, but I'm not sure about that.
I suppose we could get a similar look using 1/4" pine bead board, but that involves a lot of furring, and hassle end-mating the short pieces of paneling. Putting up 12' continuous lengths of 3/4 pine, nailed directly into the joists sounds easier to me (and a good way to make sure we never see the textured ceiling again) provided the roof can take it.
How concerned should I be about the weight of the pine paneling?