Ceiling Drywall

[ertw_rules]

So recently I decided to take down a wall in my kitchen. The problem I have curently is that after the wall was removed it left a 2.125 inch gap in the ceiling between the kitchen cieling which is plain drywall and the living room ceiling which is sheet rock. Now the good news is that both sides of the ceiling have metal studs right at the edges and they are at the same level. The gap is about 6ft long

I was wondering if the experts here could recommend me a quick and aesthetically pleasing way to fill this gap.

 

[heffneil]

Take a picture or two but I would think you could take the drywall back in each of the previous rooms half way on the studs and put a new piece screwed to the exposed studs and then tape it up? Otherwise you might need some filler. If you don't like drywall perhaps you could make a false exposed beam with some wood in a box like configuration?

Just some thoughts and good luck!

Neil

 

[brownbagg]

what the different between drywall and sheetrock, last I look it was the same

 

[jam022316]

what the different between drywall and sheetrock, last I look it was the same

I was confused at that as well. Is there a difference?

 

[ertw_rules]

Sheet rock i though had that uneven pattern to it, while drywall is just plain!!

 

[brownbagg]

oh you talking about painted drywall or is it sheetrock, texture paint

 

[dalvorsen]

Nope. What you are seeing is a finish which is applied later, after the drywall/sheetrock has been hung. It can be something as simple as joint compound which has been applied unevenly in a pattern, or up to something called popcorn finish which is sprayed on. Whichever type of finish you have, there is drywall/sheetrock underneath it.

As for how to bridge the gap, I'd put up some kind of false beam like heffneil suggested. Look at www.creativehomeowner.com/index.php?pane=project&projectid=chwal216 for a general idea of how to build one. The ceiling will look cheaply finished if there isn't a transition like this or something else. Without one you will need to continue whatever ceiling texture you have along the entire continuous ceiling.

 

[jamesemery728]

Sounds like its all sheetrock, one is just painted, the other has an applied pattern done with a ceiling sprayer or a brush. Follow the previous advice and cut it back half way on the metal stud on both sides so you can patch it with a piece of sheetrock and make it all plain and you won't have to match any pattern that is already there.

 

[sammerdog]

Crown molding?

 

[v7guy]

I was going to suggest molding as well, but there also several textures you can buy in an aerosol can in the paint aisle that will match the texture on the wall.
You can also thin down some spackle and skim coat the wall making it all smooth.

 

[knudsen]

"Stomping" is what they call it around here if they create a texture on the drywall using a trowel and some drywall mud. They take the trowel, put smear a coat of mud onto a few square feet of the ceiling, and apply the trowel flat on the ceiling and pull straight down, creating a pattern of small stalactites. Good way to cover up crappy work! If that's what the one half of the room is, it's easy to recreate it on the other half. Fill in the gap, tape it, and stomp it. Use the right kind of mud over the tape, or you'll get a crack in a year. Just tell DIY guy at the store your drywalling a ceiling and he'll point at the right stuff.