Last weekend, being a long holiday weekend, I decided I had to tackle the remainder of the bathroom ceiling. As a refresher, this is what a portion of the ceiling looked like (the rest was torn out and sheet rocked last fall when I had the tub put in). Yes, parts of the ceiling were literally being held up by tape!
After I tore out the acoustical tiles, I weaved in some foil reflective insulation. I was hoping to install 1" rigid foam, but the strapping didn't allow for it. So, after taking inventory of what I had to help with insulation (and being unable to remove existing insulation, but its vapor barrier had deteriorated), I put in some foil reflective insulation. Sure, the insulation value isn't much but it makes an excellent vapor barrier, and would still be an improvement over the current state of thing. Plus, it is flexible, so was fairly easy to loop up thru the strapping and wedge between the roof joists.
Then the drywall - even if I hadn't done the foil just the drywall would have been a major improvement over the tiles!
I still need to tape and mud but it is at least progress.
MUCH progress!
Posted by: Cop Car | June 11, 2016 at 11:25 AM
I wish I could have just used one piece of sheet rock. I could have, but without help to put it up, I had to cut it in two for installation. Oh well, at least it is up.
Posted by: bogie | June 11, 2016 at 07:18 PM