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I'm remodeling/finishing an unfinished attic of a cape cod. My house is 60 years old made of white cedar everything. Much harder on the screw gun than pine, but no termites...ever. I have a lot of 3/8" drywall that's been sitting around begging to be used for quite awhile. When I moved in 40 years ago, it had a huge coal furnace, 60 amp service and no insulation. My father-in-law and I ripped out the drywall, insulated and put up new, redid the electric to 200 amp with grounded outlets, and I had an oil fired hot water baseboard heating system installed.
The walls were all paneled as it was popular at the time and did not require the 'artistry' and effort required to finish and paint the drywall. Obviously with 16" centers I used the 3/8 on the outside and inside walls and the paneling yielded approx 1/2 walls. Now with my second wife, we've repainted most of the main floor paneling. We've also had the ceiling over boarded and finished and put up crown molding for a much lighter 2nd life for the house.
Because the step daughter and grand daughter like paneling, just like the main floor, the same is occurring in the attic. Now after giving TMI, my question is about using the same system in the attic. I don't have the money available to have the drywall done professionally right now, particularly in the grand daughter's bedroom. She wants white bead board from HD horizontal on the knee walls (done) and vertical on the sloping roofs. Top flat roof and end walls in plain white paneling, washable for decals, etc. Her accent pieces are black and/or pink.She and her and mom had a 'wish book' with ideas.
Thus the ceiling is currently boarded with 3/8 and with the paneling applied will be 1/2 - 5/8 approx. I didn't panel the downstairs ceilings 40 years ago, so don't know for sure but I think that I won't have any concerns about sag that is mentioned with the 3/8 screwed on the ceiling. Any opinions?
The walls were all paneled as it was popular at the time and did not require the 'artistry' and effort required to finish and paint the drywall. Obviously with 16" centers I used the 3/8 on the outside and inside walls and the paneling yielded approx 1/2 walls. Now with my second wife, we've repainted most of the main floor paneling. We've also had the ceiling over boarded and finished and put up crown molding for a much lighter 2nd life for the house.
Because the step daughter and grand daughter like paneling, just like the main floor, the same is occurring in the attic. Now after giving TMI, my question is about using the same system in the attic. I don't have the money available to have the drywall done professionally right now, particularly in the grand daughter's bedroom. She wants white bead board from HD horizontal on the knee walls (done) and vertical on the sloping roofs. Top flat roof and end walls in plain white paneling, washable for decals, etc. Her accent pieces are black and/or pink.She and her and mom had a 'wish book' with ideas.
Thus the ceiling is currently boarded with 3/8 and with the paneling applied will be 1/2 - 5/8 approx. I didn't panel the downstairs ceilings 40 years ago, so don't know for sure but I think that I won't have any concerns about sag that is mentioned with the 3/8 screwed on the ceiling. Any opinions?
