Hello, I bought a 1930's terrace house 18months ago and one of the bedroom ceilings is bowing, I think its the original lathe plaster? My partner wants to bring the whole thing down with dust mask, tape up doors etc... However my neighbours son did this in her house before we met her and she said it covered the whole house in thick black dust and destroyed the house. Other people have similar stories, but he's adamant it will be ok.
What do you think, should we try putting new plasterboard over the top or bring it down?
Also the room needs other jobs doing;i.e;
1. ceiling as mentioned above
2. Plaster skim all walls and ceiling (approx 4 x 3m room)
3. Fit spotlights to ceiling
4. Sink 2 plug sockts into wall
5. Sink old pipe in corner of room to enable skirting board to be fitted
6. Fit new skirting board and door frame
My partner could probably do most of these jobs and he as an electrician friend and gas engineer/plumber friend he could ask for help if needed. But we were wondering whether we should do the room ourselves except for the plaster skimming or whether we should get a general builder to do the whole room, i.e. less hassle but more cost?
Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to pay someone to do the whole room and how long it would take? And whether it would be worth paying the extra to have someone do all the hard work for us?
Sorry its so long!
What do you think, should we try putting new plasterboard over the top or bring it down?
Also the room needs other jobs doing;i.e;
1. ceiling as mentioned above
2. Plaster skim all walls and ceiling (approx 4 x 3m room)
3. Fit spotlights to ceiling
4. Sink 2 plug sockts into wall
5. Sink old pipe in corner of room to enable skirting board to be fitted
6. Fit new skirting board and door frame
My partner could probably do most of these jobs and he as an electrician friend and gas engineer/plumber friend he could ask for help if needed. But we were wondering whether we should do the room ourselves except for the plaster skimming or whether we should get a general builder to do the whole room, i.e. less hassle but more cost?
Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to pay someone to do the whole room and how long it would take? And whether it would be worth paying the extra to have someone do all the hard work for us?
Sorry its so long!