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Thanks for your response. I do intend to take down the original ceiling. I don't know how I would install the bead board otherwise.... Seems like I need direct access to the floor joists.
The floor joists seem to be about 8 inches high (the space between the ceiling and the floor above - so I think I can fit insulation in there.
It's just a living room above so there shouldn't be widespread hosing of water on the floor. But it IS a living room and the person currently living up there, and us later after we convert the place into a SFH, eat and drink and entertain in that area so spills happen.
This whole project got started this weekend because I noticed a new stain spreading on the tiles. Turns out my tenant had her water bladder from her biking equipment on the floor and it was leaking. I just anticipate other stuff happening in the future.
Would it be better to somehow seal the oak flooring upstairs? I don't know if this is done....
Thanks, again!
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