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drywall over cedar shakes? Can I do it?

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#1 ·
I have a 3 season porch that I have recently sealed up with new windows and a new solid wood door. Whoever built it put the same cedar shakes that were on the outside of the house in this room. As I am trying to make it into a 4 season porch I want to put drywall up. Can I just drywall over the shakes instead of removing them? Any help is much appreciated.

thanks,

PC
 
#2 ·
sounds like you don't want to do the tear out...
how are you going to put trim on the windows or finish off the sheetrock around the window openings, you'll have to add some trim to make it all better
there is nothing wrong with going over the old shakes. good insulation too!!!
good luck
 
#7 ·
Whoever built it put the same cedar shakes that were on the outside of the house in this room.
The wall with the cedar shakes on it was probably the exterior wall of the house with an open porch attached when the house was built. Along the way, someone enclosed the porch to make it into another room.

A lot of people enclosed the front/back porches on their homes once tv and air conditioners came along.
 
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