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   LW_Agostino | Apr 05, 2000 04:10am | #1

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   Dave-
   Other than the aesthetic value of paint, it does provide a moisture barrier; especially important in the bathroom/shower area.
   For some reason folks perceive painting as a simple,relatively unimportant task when, in fact, it is the first line of defense whether inside or out.
   Reference the handbook for whatever brand of paint they applied to walls for more convincing data.

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   Guest_ | Apr 05, 2000 04:19am | #2

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   Dave, my guess is that the exposed areas of the dry wall will darken as time passes, especially in the bathroom area. I'm not sure you should have to "touch up" any exposed areas of dry wall... after all, the ceiling was designed to be painted.

   Possibly, the "darkening" process has already started, and the client is just now noticing it.

   In my opinion, the ceiling SHOULD be painted. The dried mud that in now exposed has no protection from the mildest humidity, and if mildew gets started, the client is gonna really face a problem.

   FWIW, we always prime new sheetrock and mud before painting, although textures are not used in this part of the country. The primer keeps the tape joints and screw patches from blushing through the finish coat of paint.

   Good luck, Steve

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   Joseph_Coe | Apr 05, 2000 08:25pm | #3

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   I have a structural question that maybe someone out there can answer for me. I have a old farm house that is balloon framed constructed. The floor joists to the second floor are spaced (0ne )foot on
   center,are rough cut 2x6 1/2 and span 18feet long. Needless to stay more I have a lot of spring and deflection on the second floor which is a master bedroom measuring 14x18 feet. My plans are to remodel
   the first floor room below the master bedroom by completely removing all the lath & plaster on the ceiling etc. It should be noted that the stairs leading upstairs run with the length of the room (18ft)direction. Ceiling height downstairs is 9feet
   2inches. Can anyone help me solve the problem of the springing of the second floor, its bad.

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   Guest_ | Apr 05, 2000 08:53pm | #4

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   Joseph,

   You should probably start a new thread for your question, rather than "hijacking" one on painting drywall ceilings...

   regards, jim

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   Guest_ | Apr 05, 2000 10:47pm | #5

   *yeh, joe, you've got a good question, but yur a PITA, get off this thread and go up to the top and punch then start yur own thread...

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   Guest_ | Apr 05, 2000 10:48pm | #6

   *Unpainted drywall will seriously discolor in short order. Do they expect you to "touch up the problem areas" for no charge? If so, tell them that they have another think coming. Otherwise, give them a price to paint the ceilings, if they don't like the price, don't do the work.

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   Guest_ | Apr 05, 2000 11:06pm | #7

   *Hi Joseph,The guys are right, you should start a new post in order to get as many on board as possible.The fact that your stair openning is at the end, I believe that you're indicating that a standard approach of installing a beam at the midway point of the span is out of the question, is this right?With the ceiling height as high as you describe, a midspan beam would still be the cheapest and best solution.Chat laterGabe

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   Guest_ | Apr 07, 2000 03:48am | #8

   * An addendum... Today I painted a "lightly-textured" ceiling.Then it became nescessary to remove the texture altogether...because the moisture of the paint detatched the "popcorn". I don't know if this was due to the age,@ 12 yrs., or the texture mix itself,but... Perhaps you'd be better off not getting re-involved! Stylisically,I've never enjoyed such treatments-now I've got another reason !! Best of luck!

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   Waterdog | Apr 07, 2000 04:55am | #9

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   Buss-I recently bought a 10 year old home that has cielings that were stippled but never painted. They mixed paint with the mud. It looks great, but when we tried to paint them, the stipple comes off on the roller. So I rented a sprayer- and spent a weekend painting my ceilings. Then I spent a week cleaning up the mess. Spraying the first coat before carpet and furniture goes in would have saved me a lot of headaches.
   PS airless sprayers rule!!

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   Guest_ | Apr 07, 2000 04:55am | #10

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   I've got a customer that wanted to do their own painting on a 3-bedroom, 1-bath addition I completed for them in March. Must have thought my painting price was too high. Anyhow, I got an em-ail from them today saying they decided not to paint the ceilings!! These are lightly texture dry wall ceilings that would have looked great with a coat of ceiling white on them. They want me touch up the `problem areas' when I get back down there to do the trim work. Must be the small areas that the wall board can be seen through the texture. Of course there wouldn't be any problem areas if they would have painted it! I want to respond to them with all kinds of reasons why they need to paint them. I can think of only a few like the obvious: It will make them look better, they will stay cleaner, be easier to clean, but what about anything that might cause a problem down the road? Why is dry wall sealed in the first place? Could there be a moisture problem? What other problems could arise by not painting the ceilings?

   Thanks,

   Dave