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ceramic tile on ceiling - I don't want tile there anymore! moosictchr 11-25-2006
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Posted by moosictchr on November 25, 2006, 6:32 pm


Okay, I've just ripped out my entire tub surround (which was itself
surround by tile), found damage and will be ripping everything out and
putting up new cementboard. (Oh yeah, I've never done this before! ha
ha!) Anyway, there was tile on the ceiling, too, which I don't want
anymore. I'll be putting up another tub surround and would like to
have the ceiling just flat and painted. There is of course adhesive
there. Do I sand it down and smooth it out and level out the surface
(if so, with what?) or do I have to take the whole ceiling down?
Beyond the tiling is just the plain ceiling... Please help!


Posted by Lawrence on November 25, 2006, 6:40 pm



moosictchr wrote:
> Okay, I've just ripped out my entire tub surround (which was itself
> surround by tile), found damage and will be ripping everything out and
> putting up new cementboard. (Oh yeah, I've never done this before! ha
> ha!) Anyway, there was tile on the ceiling, too, which I don't want
> anymore. I'll be putting up another tub surround and would like to
> have the ceiling just flat and painted. There is of course adhesive
> there. Do I sand it down and smooth it out and level out the surface
> (if so, with what?) or do I have to take the whole ceiling down?
> Beyond the tiling is just the plain ceiling... Please help!

If you have a relatively smooth surface after removing tiles then I
think you can skim coat and paint. It can be kind of a crappy job to
take the ceiling down.


Posted by moosictchr on November 25, 2006, 6:45 pm



Lawrence wrote:
> moosictchr wrote:
> > Okay, I've just ripped out my entire tub surround (which was itself
> > surround by tile), found damage and will be ripping everything out and
> > putting up new cementboard. (Oh yeah, I've never done this before! ha
> > ha!) Anyway, there was tile on the ceiling, too, which I don't want
> > anymore. I'll be putting up another tub surround and would like to
> > have the ceiling just flat and painted. There is of course adhesive
> > there. Do I sand it down and smooth it out and level out the surface
> > (if so, with what?) or do I have to take the whole ceiling down?
> > Beyond the tiling is just the plain ceiling... Please help!
>
> If you have a relatively smooth surface after removing tiles then I
> think you can skim coat and paint. It can be kind of a crappy job to
> take the ceiling down.

It's pretty bumpy....what do I skim coat it with?


Posted by Lawrence on November 26, 2006, 8:37 am



moosictchr wrote:
>
> It's pretty bumpy....what do I skim coat it with?

Drywall mud.


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on November 25, 2006, 7:14 pm



> Do I sand it down and smooth it out and level out the surface
> (if so, with what?) or do I have to take the whole ceiling down?
> Beyond the tiling is just the plain ceiling... Please help!
>

Probably easiest to just add a layer of drywall (greenboard) and tape and
paint it.



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