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Hey All,
I have a job coming up that I will have to raise the ceiling joists back to the level they were in 20 years ago. My concern is that when I do this the drywall will not come up as easy as the joists. So I have contemplated the idea of wetting the back side of the drywall and slowly raise up the joists allowing the drywall to develope a new memory and not causing to much damage. The ceiling has a popcorn texture on it, and I will be repainting after this process. Any thoughts???
Dan E.
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yeh, u wet it down enuf so it can make beautiful memories and it's gonna be down on your ears...
...i assume yur gonna hang the joists from the rafters to get them to stay? is that it?
jack from below... secure the joists ... hope for the best and include provisions for replacing the ceiling if it don't work
b but hey, whadda i know?
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Hey All,
I have a job coming up that I will have to raise the ceiling joists back to the level they were in 20 years ago. My concern is that when I do this the drywall will not come up as easy as the joists. So I have contemplated the idea of wetting the back side of the drywall and slowly raise up the joists allowing the drywall to develope a new memory and not causing to much damage. The ceiling has a popcorn texture on it, and I will be repainting after this process. Any thoughts???
Dan E.