laminate flooring on ceiling

mavrick1100 · 01-05-2011, 05:04 PM

Hi All, I am looking for anyone who has installed laminate flooring on a ceiling. I found Armstrong Laminate Ceiling Planks, but it is very expensive. I have 1000+ sq ft to cover on a cathedral ceiling. I found a contractor on the sister site, Contractor Talk, but cannot contact the contractor to inquire how he performed this.

Anyone with ideas, suggestions, pitfalls, howto's, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Paul

cocobolo · 01-05-2011, 06:00 PM

Paul:

When laminate flooring is installed, it normally sits on a floating membrane. It needs to do this because it moves. This, in itself, makes laminate FLOORING most unsuited for a ceiling application.

The Armstrong products for ceilings are another kettle of fish entirely. They are used routinely in huge commercial installations and have been proven over many years.

KCB · 01-05-2011, 06:26 PM

frankly i dont see how you can walk on the cieling ?

Is your house upside down ??

stary kozel · 01-08-2011, 05:52 PM

I did walls using laminate; used screws which I covered with base and rail molding. Works OK for some 3 - 4 years now; walls are more stable regarding temp. and humidity than floors.

Ceiling is more challenging because of large area to be covered. I would use something like grid made from moldings that would hold the squares or rectangles of the FLOATING! laminate.

You would have to find the anchor points into which fasten the moldings, and do your lay-out on paper. You could get fancy and use 2 colors, like checker board or change directions, etc.

The process would be using drywall lift with platform on to of it; you would pre-assemble the laminate sections, lift them up, align, and the install the molding to hold the the laminate. The grid molding assembly would have to be made from 3 molding members : two "L" shapes back to back (this would make something like "T") and one piece to cover the seam between the "L"s.

I never seen anything like this yet, but the concept should be feasible.

Thinking about it some more:
You could also use the "T" shaped parting strip that is sold with the laminate. Then you would use screws and do not tighten them, so the "T" is loose - this would help you to get your pre-assembled laminate rectangle under the "arms" of the "T". Counter-bore the holes and, after final tightening of the screws, cover then with wooden plugs.

**BigJim** · 01-08-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by stary kozel

I did walls using laminate; used screws which I covered with base and rail molding. Works OK for some 3 - 4 years now; walls are more stable regarding temp. and humidity than floors.

Ceiling is more challenging because of large area to be covered. I would use something like grid made from moldings that would hold the squares or rectangles of the FLOATING! laminate.

You would have to find the anchor points into which fasten the moldings, and do your lay-out on paper. You could get fancy and use 2 colors, like checker board or change directions, etc.

The process would be using drywall lift with platform on to of it; you would pre-assemble the laminate sections, lift them up, align, and the install the molding to hold the the laminate. The grid molding assembly would have to be made from 3 molding members : two "L" shapes back to back (this would make something like "T") and one piece to cover the seam between the "L"s.

I never seen anything like this yet, but the concept should be feasible.

Thinking about it some more:
You could also use the "T" shaped parting strip that is sold with the laminate. Then you would use screws and do not tighten them, so the "T" is loose - this would help you to get your pre-assembled laminate rectangle under the "arms" of the "T". Counter-bore the holes and, after final tightening of the screws, cover then with wooden plugs.

If the laminate isn't made for the ceiling, I would be afraid it would sag especially with all the heat that stays at the ceiling.

woodman58 · 01-09-2011, 09:20 AM

The vidio of armstrongs web site is very informative.

http://www.armstrong.com/resclgam/na...stallation.asp

vjnewton48@yaho · 02-16-2012, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mavrick1100

Hi All, I am looking for anyone who has installed laminate flooring on a ceiling. I found Armstrong Laminate Ceiling Planks, but it is very expensive. I have 1000+ sq ft to cover on a cathedral ceiling. I found a contractor on the sister site, Contractor Talk, but cannot contact the contractor to inquire how he performed this.

Anyone with ideas, suggestions, pitfalls, howto's, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Paul

Hello
I put oak laminated flooring that is used for Floating floors on my ceiling, walls, and basement floor.....I used black tar paper under the floaring floor......Looks great and works well........I dont know of anyone else that has done this........You dont know if it will work unless you do it...
VJ

JetSwet · 02-16-2012, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vjnewton48@yaho

Hello
I put oak laminated flooring that is used for Floating floors on my ceiling, walls, and basement floor.....I used black tar paper under the floaring floor......Looks great and works well........I dont know of anyone else that has done this........You dont know if it will work unless you do it...
VJ

How did u manage to get the pieces to hold to the walls ceiling this is about the silliest thing I have heard?!?!?.....crazy if u will lol post pictures!

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