CEILING

FINISHES
DRYWALL CEILINGS

MWANGI DAVID KAMAU B02/0893/2012

NDUHIU EMMA WANJIRU B02/0898/2012
Drywall is a panel
made of gypsum
plaster pressed
between two thick
sheets of paper.
It’s quick, easy to
use and cheap to
install.
 DRYWALL SIZES

 The standard and most

common size is 8 feet by 4
feet.
 Thickness – half inch or 5/8
inch panels to prevent the
ceiling from sagging
 Mainly imported from
China
Acoustic drywall texture
 the specially made
popcorn texture must be
mixed into mud or joint
compound and applied
via a special machine
equipped with an air
hose. Glitter or other
decorations may be
added to the mixture for
special effects.
 Easy to remove. Simply
spray the area with
water and scrape it with
a knife.
Orange peel drywall
 achieved by spraying on
joint compound that has
been thinned.
 created by using taping
mud that is thinned out
and sprayed on the
ceiling.
 the look will be different
according to the size of
the nozzle
on the sprayer you are
using as well as how far
away from the wall
you stand.
 This texture needs to be
painted after it is applied.
Knockdown drywall
 The orange peel effect is
knocked down by the use
of a drywall knife - a wider
one - on the compound
that has begun to dry
somewhat is what flattens
the drywall. This creates a
kind of
bumpy drywall texture
when it is complete and
often has unique
patterns that are a part of
the ceiling.
 This texture will need to be
painted after it is
applied.
 Costly and time
consuming due to priming
and painting.
Mud swirl
 Firstly sand the ceiling
paying attention to the
perimeters
 Apply mud to the ceiling
then immediately create
swirls with a swirling brush
before it dries up
 Perform in rows with the
second row overlapping
the first and the third
overlapping the second
until the whole ceiling is
complete.
Brush textures

 are very popular, they

look good and are easy
to do.
 the use of a drywall
texture brush. This brush
can be used for simple
fast textures to unusual
and unique texture
that are eye catching.
Skim coating

 used in areas with high

humidity, bathrooms and
kitchens, or when
homeowners want to put
wallpaper on the ceiling.
 flat surface to even
imperfections so that
hanging wallpaper will be
easier or to provide a
surface that is easy to
clean.
 consists of a very thin
coating of all-purpose
drywall mud applied with
a 10- or 12-inch trowel.
ADVANTAGES
 Inexpensive – labor
costs for installation

 Fire-resistant
 Easy to install
 Less vulnerable to
cracking than
plaster
 Asbestos free
 Noise-proof
DISADVANTAGES

 Can be damaged by
settling of the building
or home-owner
accidents
 Susceptible to water
damage - prevented
by covalent
waterproofing
 Mold problems and
termite
SUSTAINABILITY
 Drywall is the third producer
of green house gases among
building materials after steel
and cement.
 The production generates a
lot of carbon dioxide, it
leaves a lot of gypsum mines
which damage the
environment and the energy
used to fire the kilns in which
it’s produced is immense.
INNOVATION
 An alternative more
sustainable material that has
been developed to replace
gypsum boards is EcoRock.
 made of fly ash, slag, kiln dust
and fillers
 85% industrial by-products.
 fully recyclable
 not susceptible to mold and
termites like traditional drywall
 80% less energy in production.