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    Lowered ceiling - what timber for studwork

    Thanks Mike. I don't think its going to be too bad a job, it's just planning it right first (i.e considering plasterboard sizes - something I hadn't thought of). It's going to be a faff working over the stairs but as I'm also going to have to strip wallpaper prior to any plastering and then...
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    Lowered ceiling - what timber for studwork

    The woodwork just needs to support the ceiling plasterboard. The actual loft floor is already over a foot higher than the landing celing. It'll end up about 2 foot higher. Loft floor is a bit of a bodge (previous owners) but I'm certainly not going to take it out and start over!!! :) I'm a...
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    Lowered ceiling - what timber for studwork

    After 5 years my house is nearly in order. the last remaining task is to get the plasterers in to skim the walls in the hall and landing. Unfortuntely the landing ceiling is a mess (sagging) so I'm looking at fitting studwork to make a lowerered ceiling. It's an old terraced house with...
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