Old Lath and Plaster Ceiling

DIYamTrying · 2 Jun 2021

Hello

Will a plasterer be able to plasterboard and skim over a lath and plaster ceiling?

Many thanks

roughcaster · 2 Jun 2021

what's wrong with the ceiling, eg, badly cracked, loose areas/coming away from the lath etc?

KenGMac · 2 Jun 2021

Any chance of some images?

Ken

DIYamTrying · 9 Jun 2021

Thank you. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Ceiling is 120 years old and it has a few cracks.

mrrusty · 11 Jun 2021

Yes. Most of our L&P ceilings came down, but we had to keep one to retain the decorative plaster cornice. This ceiling was badly cracked. I overboarded using 9mm PB stuck up with foam adhesive supplemented with screws into the joists. I used foam as the old ceiling wasn't totally flat and the foam took up the gaps. Edged in rebated MDF profile to cover the raw edge it worked a treat. Very solid, looks great and plasterer had no issues.

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