My Ceiling Is Sagging

Spacing of ceiling joist or trusses.

My ceiling is sagging.

Installing ceiling tiles is a great way of improving the look of a room. If your ceiling drywall is. Here s how to determine the cause of your ceiling cracks and fix them. Sagging is usually obvious.

We prop the ceiling back up into place from inside the house and then enter the roof space. Or add furring strips and a second layer of 5 8 in. Stop a sagging ceiling from getting worse by having your building inspected by an expert. Generally we will fix your sagging ceiling by going through a number of standard steps.

The furring supports the tiles and keeps them from succumbing to gravity and falling downward. Apart from being a bad sight to look at sagging ceiling tiles can be very dangerous for people living in the house. However if the ceiling is sagging or has watermarks it hampers the overall look and feel of the room. Builders should adhere tiles to the furring with adhesive as well as nails or staples.

If the plaster feels spongy or gives under your hand pressure it s a sign that the key strength has been lost. We then move any insulation that is inside your roof. You either have to replace 1 2 in. If you have old blow in insulation we can organise to get it sucked out and install new batts.

If insulation is the culprit you may eventually see uniform sagging across the entire ceiling. If you have sags in a plaster ceiling press upward on the area with the flat of your hand. Cracks in the ceiling can be cosmetic or indicative of a serious structural problem. Again this is a situation where an early repair is much cheaper than repairing a collapsed ceiling.

Ceiling types each have a specific load bearing capacity so carrying too much weight will definitely result in a sagging ceiling. Water damage from a leaking roof can cause huge issues for your ceiling. If the ceiling joists or trusses supporting the ceiling drywall is spaced too far apart then sagging may result and the stress from this may create. Ceiling drywall that sags between joists or trusses is sometimes called pillowed drywall.

Cracks on a sagging or bowed ceiling. They ll look for any hidden weak spots where cracking or sagging may begin and repair any existing issues without hassle. However time and or water damage often leads to tiles sagging from the furring. The suspended ceiling method uses ceiling tiles hung from a grid called furring.

If it s not repaired the plaster ceiling can collapse. If a ceiling is bowed sagging or dropped down then the reason may relate to a structural issues.