Painting Floor Joists Basement Ceiling

During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling.

Painting floor joists basement ceiling.

Cover the floor and remaining objects with tarps or paper. If you don t already have one rent one for the. An exposed basement ceiling is when the structural and mechanical designs like trusses joists beam and ductwork are left in their natural state. Continue down the next joist.

However you won t have that endless sky feeling. Painting a basement ceiling white or a light color will brighten the area. Start in a corner and move down one line of joists moving back and forth slightly for even coverage. However black or a dark color will cause the basement area to have a darker appearance.

Even a carefully painted joist can drip onto anything below. Spray paint the whole thing. Here s our quick and easy guide to painting your basement s floor joists. Here is a quick and clever way to add some flair to your basement ceiling.

Spray the primer over the floor joists on the basement ceiling. A flat finish with a water based paint is a better option. Step 1 clean the ceiling pipes and duct work in the room to remove debris dirt and grease from all the surfaces that will be painted. Chuck is an amateur carpenter and diy weekend warrior.

Because you will be painting a large area over your head it will be easier to use a spray painter. Painting the joists and other fixtures of a basement ceiling is most easily accomplished with an airless paint sprayer. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open. The best paint for painting floor joists is a non shiny or matte paint.

This guest post on how to paint a basement ceiling with exposed joists comes from a reader and friend of one project closer chuck williams. Often times when a basement is finished all of the rafters pipes and mechanical lines are painted in a single uniform color.