Finishing: Ceiling and Floor

The ceiling is finished with water proof vinyl material which I bought at the Habitat for Humanity store. I do not know what it is - there were no label. It looks like wallpaper, but it is vinyl,  56" wide, very sturdy and has slight texture that resembles grey wood grain. I did not want any sims so I decided to cut one piece to cover all ceiling. It was not easy, as the form of open ceiling is quite complicated. 

I glued it using the Roberts 6700 carpet glue from the HD. This glue is not bad to work with - becomes sticky quite fast, but stays soft for a long time, so there is no rush and it is possible to fix mistakes: remove and reattach better. However it was harder than I expected due to the large size of the piece. First, I pinned it roughly with push pins to guaranty the correct position. Then, keeping the rear half pinned, I applied the glue to the front  1/3 and pressed the vinyl tightly pushing air from the center to sides, and then piece by piece, went to the rear. It was a great relief, coming back next morning, to see how nice the ceiling looked: smooth surface, not a single wrinkle, covering all multiple holes, sims and imperfections in the plywood.



  






The plywood sub-floor was covered with vinyl plank. Two boxes was enough to cover all open floor surface and step transition to the elevated cabin floor.  The top parts of the transition at the entrance and under the table I made as opening doors, creating two boxes that could be used for shoes or tools.


  

         

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