Bad ceiling

[mmcmahon]

I'm doing up my spare room and have stripped all wallpaper. The ceiling was covered in a think polystyrene type paper and painted orange. Underneath the ceiling seems to be in bad condition. There are a couple of areas with nasty looking spores on them and a couple of nice big cracks.

Any idea how I can get this looking nice? I don't like the idea of papering ceilings but if there are any decent products on the market that can easily disguise the cracks and look flat I will give them a go. If I clean the ceiling (to get rid of spores) then put up lining paper followed by thick plain wallpaper then use a tin of that base coat for ceilings stuff, should I get a decent result?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[alexm]

....think polystyrene type paper and painted orange. Underneath the ceiling seems to be in bad condition. There are a couple of areas with nasty looking spores on them and a couple of nice big cracks.

Polystyrene could have prevented the ceiling from breathing and a build up of condensation....personally I would treat the spores with a fungicidal wash...plasterboard over the entire ceiling and cove around the edges for the best finish.

 

[masona]

Any idea how I can get this looking nice? I don't like the idea of papering ceilings but if there are any decent products on the market that can easily disguise the cracks and look flat I will give them a go.

Put Gyproc Thistle Protape FT50 over the cracks then use Gyproc Easi-Fill.My next door neighbour just done this before I offered to put plasterboards up so he thought he try using the materials above first.I was amazed at the finish,so he paint it over instead and very easy to do.