Need some carpentry advice.

[Old Ironmaker]

We are doing a kitchen remodel to put our lake home on the market. I now realize the ceiling has a 1" drop over 11 feet. I am putting up pine wainscoting over the plywood that is the ceiling now. I forgot the ceiling is thin plywood as my wife wallpapered it with a tin ceiling look alike pattern over 20 years ago. Actually the pine wainscoting is less money than the good wallpaper that is there now, I didn't know how expensive wallpaper could be, just crazy but it sure worked well with all the cooking I did in that kitchen fr the last 25 years and looked really great. People thought we had the real deal tin on it. I put on a coat of high gloss Latex paint on every few years. You get what you pay for. Do I regress much? Drives my Lady nuts, me too.

What is the best way to shim this ceiling? I have never had to shim anything level that large. I pray I don't put a brad nail into a live wire.

I am going to miss this place. I watched the Small Mouth Bass start making their spawning beds today. You don't see that from many multi million dollar houses they are asking around the Niagara Peninsula.

 

[Scott Danforth]

no one will notice a 1" drop over 11'

put up a large molding to hide the edges.

 

[aspeck]

Not worth the time and expense to shim 1" over 11 feet. Cut your molding to make it level on the walls if you must.

 

[Redfred1]

Agree with the rest. Another trick a Drywall Tech told meis if you patch a hole' cut the patch at a small angle. (Not straight across; up and down; or circle[; but a slight angle). According to him; the human eye can distinguish the three listed; but not the angle. His tthought!

 

[Maclin]

Depending on the position of the viewer it could make that room seem longer, so you can maybe add "Spacious Kitchen" in the listing description...

 

[64osby]

Crown molding would also hide any variations.

 

[sphelps]

Many ways to shim if you want .. 1" in 11' is quite a bit .Just depends if ya want to go through the trouble .. Easiest way but would require removing the old plywood is to scab new straight joist to the old sagging ones . But that will lower the outside edges a little ... A line laser would be a really big help if ya have one or can borrow one ..If you plan on leaving the old ply up set up the laser up close to the ceiling then measure the lowest point .. Use that measurement to shim the spots down were you know the fasteners will go for the new ceiling boards .. Just use screws or nails long enough to go though the shims and into the the joist ...

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Thanks guys. I was losing sleep over it. A buddy who is a retired carpenter stopped by and agreed that 1" isn't much over the width of the room. Because I am not building a bulkhead where the upper cabs are going no one will ever see the corners above the upper cabinets. For the other end of the room the crown will be put up level, or more or less level and I'll fill the gaps with painters caulk. No one will see the difference. Thanks again.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

The ceiling worked out well, looks good to me. I didn't put a nail in a electrical wire but I did manage to cut the water line to the fridge icemaker.

 

[aspeck]

The ceiling worked out well, looks good to me. I didn't put a nail in a electrical wire but I did manage to cut the water line to the fridge icemaker.

Experience is a lifetime of mistakes, wisdom is not making them again ... someone once told me that! :wink: So, as long as you don't cut the water line to the fridge again, you have gained wisdom! Congrats on your "good looking" ceiling!:clap2::clap2::clap2:

 

[southkogs]

I didn't put a nail in a electrical wire but I did manage to cut the water line to the fridge icemaker.

At least you didn't knock out the cable! :thumb: