So what is on the studs? Just the wood paneling? Pine boards?
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I think you mean above the ceiling tiles, but I dunno and I don't really > want to rip the ceiling out to find out. The house was built in 1938 but I > think it must have been renovated to the studs at some point because theres > no plaster anywhere. I didn't even find sign of it when I ripped the wall > out in the bathroom. > The place I'd expect to see it is in the basement stairs. Who pulls the > plaster out of the basement stairs to put in drywall unless they did > everything in the house? > > The kitchen is fake wood paneling and I'd expect them to lay that right > over plaster but theres a hole in the wall that was drilled for a dryer > vent and theres no plaster behind the paneling... > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 19:08:18 -0500 > From: dsereta...@yahoo.com > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Chimney > Message-ID: <fd6e98e7-d10b-4a03-9372-fb8287cbe...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > What's under the ceiling tiles? Probably plaster if your house is old. Rip > out that nasty ceiling tile and fill the gap with plaster. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Neither, we have fake wood paneling walls in the kitchen and drywall in > the living room. The ceiling in the kitchen is those little staple on > square things. The kitchen is texture on drywall. > > > > You can't have "combustables" within 2" of the chimney. I've been > reading and I'm thinking to do a strip of concrete backer board with tiles > 4" around the chimney at the ceiling flush with the staple up squares. > > > > -Curt > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
