I need to take the ceiling down in my kitchen and utility room, I need to put in new central heating pipes, spot lights in the ceilings, extractor ducts, etc. Upstairs is chipboard floors and the ceilings are artex which I want rid of anyway so it seemed like the best solution. House was built in 1997 so should be free of azzy. I didn't realise artex was still in fashion then, but it's even on the ceiling of the cupboard under the stairs...
The existing ceiling isn't in bad nick but lots of it is going to have to come down to do everything I need to do, rather than patching it up everywhere I thought it would be easier to take the whole lot down and get it re boarded then skimmed. I am hoping to get away with just a patch in the dining room though.
Whats the best/cleanest/easiest way to tackle this? It will be me doing it on my own off a hop up most likely. Need to know if I need any more tools in to do it.
The existing ceiling isn't in bad nick but lots of it is going to have to come down to do everything I need to do, rather than patching it up everywhere I thought it would be easier to take the whole lot down and get it re boarded then skimmed. I am hoping to get away with just a patch in the dining room though.
Whats the best/cleanest/easiest way to tackle this? It will be me doing it on my own off a hop up most likely. Need to know if I need any more tools in to do it.