I was going to turn today...

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azamiryou

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Just got the tools for turning between centers, and was all set to try it out today! But then...

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Maybe in the afternoon I can steal a few hours to go to the shop and pretend I don't have to deal with this.
 
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jimm1 said:
I hope all were out at the time. Everyone Okay?
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Everyone's fine. luckily it happened at night.

We actually had a bit of warning. We heard a noise, and SHMBO made me investigate. In the course of the investigation I discovered the small crack (which has been there since we bought the house 7 years ago) was now a large crack. We moved things out from under it and got the furniture mostly pushed to the sides of the room, and went back to bed. About a half hour later, the whole thing went.
 
Hmmm...well I sure don't see too many screws hanging off the joists. Either didn't use enough screws or they mostly used nails which pulled loose over time. Sure sucks to be you right now! yikes.

Oh yea...if you do sneak out to use your new tools, check your tail stock alignment first. If the head and tail are not lined up with one another, then turning between centers is not going to help anything.
 
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workinforwood said:
Hmmm...well I sure don't see too many screws hanging off the joists. Either didn't use enough screws or they mostly used nails which pulled loose over time.
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First, the ceiling is rock lath, not drywall. Second, it's pretty much all nails... little teeny-tiny nails. Just looking at them, I can't imagine they are anywhere near strong enough to keep this rock lath up. This house is otherwise quite solidly built, and I haven't heard of any neighbors having this problem. (The rest of the houses on our block were built at the same time by the same builder, so usually when there's a problem from the original construction, it hits all the houses at once.)

So my assumption is that poor repairs were made at some point before we bought the house (seven years ago).

Thanks for the TBC tip!
 
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Man, that sucks!!

Take the "opportunity" to insulate between the floor joists. Your AC/heat will work better and you won't hear people walking over your head all the time.

Oh, and tell the kids to stop jumping up and down upstairs so much or next time THEY will have to fix the ceiling!!
 
That doesn't look like lathe at all... It looks like sheetrock to me. Either way, that's one pain in the butt project. Is tehre testure on your ceiling? If so, you'll never get a patch to blend, you'll have to take it all up if you want it to be consistent. Not a fun project, either way.

I also agree about using the opportunity to do what you want in the floor. Insulating will help soundproof and make the HVAC more consistent in your home. Also, if you ever wanted to run power or cable ot anything in the ceiling to get to somewhere else, now's the time.

Good luck!
 
If it just fell off, at least you didnt have a water leak that caused it. My brother woke up with a lake in his basement from a water leak and his ceiling had fallen in just like yours, but because of water.......

That ceiling isnt below the master bedroom by any chance........
 
We had this happen to our bookstore last year, unfortunately our insurance didn't cover damage from structural issues and our landlord told us to "sue" him for the damages. So after being closed for 4 weeks loosing about half the inventory, we are no longer the owners of a bookstore, just have the debt from owning a bookstore.
 
Thanks for the support, you guys are awesome!

... we are no longer the owners of a bookstore, just have the debt from owning a bookstore.
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Oh Mike, that really sucks. I feel lucky that we don't have much loss here.

Rojo22 said:
That ceiling isnt below the master bedroom by any chance........
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Haha, yes it is! But I will not disclose what we were up to right before this happened!:biggrin:

That doesn't look like lathe at all... It looks like sheetrock to me.
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Rock lath uses a sheetrock-like panel instead of the lath and the first coat of mud. Then the second coat (cement) and final coat (plaster) are layered on top of it.

So it looks like sheet rock, but it's much harder and heavier.

I also agree about using the opportunity to do what you want in the floor.
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Absolutely. We don't have any cabling we need to run, but we definitely plan use this opportunity to silence some squeaky floorboards on the second floor.
 
Rojo22 said:
That ceiling isnt below the master bedroom by any chance........
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Haha, yes it is! But I will not disclose what we were up to right before this happened!:biggrin:


Absolutely. We don't have any cabling we need to run, but we definitely plan use this opportunity to silence some squeaky floorboards on the second floor.
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Somebody needs to sneak in there and nail a bunch of jingle bells between the joists.....LOL....
 
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