Recent content by em63

I want to put up plaster coving (127mm, paper covered) between an already painted wall & ceiling. I know that I need to provide a key for the adhesive but does the paint need to be removed all the way back to the bare plaster or is it sufficient to lightly sand the paint surface to provide the...

Photo showing boxed-in beam.

Thanks for your response Deluks. Your suggestion of 50mm battens is of course much easier than my proposal but it would still leave me with a two-level ceiling and I really do want the flat ceiling at the end of it all. If my current plans are achievable, the new ceiling height would be around...

My kitchen ceiling has a 'step' where a steel beam has been inserted to support the upper part of a chimney breast. I want to lower the main area of this ceiling - by around 8 inches - so that it is level with the underside of this steel beam, so providing a single flat surface. [I don't really...