Ceiling - take down or board

Alan51 · 28 Dec 2020

Plasterboard ceiling that has water damage in one place.
Better to board over or replace with new board. One section has crumbled away.
Attic has the usual fibreglass insulation and this strange stuff between the joists that's like a cross between wool and ground up cardboard.
I've had the artex tested and it's clear of asbestos.

dontbelieveawordofit · 28 Dec 2020

looks like an old place. if it’s flat enough board over.

Alan51 · 28 Dec 2020

bennymultifinish said:
looks like an old place. if it’s flat enough board over.

Yes it's flat enough, I'll have to do lots of cuts along the back for the curve down to the wall.
Built in 1854, so yes fairly old.

dontbelieveawordofit · 28 Dec 2020

Alan51 said:
Yes it's flat enough, I'll have to do lots of cuts along the back for the curve down to the wall.
Built in 1854, so yes fairly old.

if the artex is sound you could build the curve out with bonding coat.

Alan51 · 28 Dec 2020

bennymultifinish said:
if the artex is sound you could build the curve out with bonding coat.

Artex is about the only solid thing in the whole house.

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