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Thanks @opps, that might be what I have to do.

Thanks @sparkwright, it may be more than 5mm, difficult to tell when it’s up. For the rest of the house it’s been suggested that I just board over the woodchip rather than wasting time trying to get it off and cleaning the existing boards. Wicks do a Knauf square edge 1.2 x 2.4 9mm board at...

I’m going to have to do 5 ceilings but only one at a time as we’ll have to live around the rooms being decorated. Getting a plasterer for 5 small jobs might prove difficult and pricey so I might have a go myself. I don’t fancy messing with mixing plaster as I’ll need extra tools and I might mess...

Thanks @sparkwright, I’m pretty sure it’s plasterboard from the photo. It looks about 5mm thick abs crumbly.

Thanks @JohnD, there’s no staining though, it’s just brown, see photo. This is an upstairs bedroom.

Thanks for your reply @JohnD on further inspection there is a paper covering, it’s brown behind that too! The woodchip looks to be as old as the house, most of it was easy to get off but there’s a little bit to go. There was tape on the joints but it came off with the paper. I’ll get a plasterer...

Hello all, we’ve recently moved into a new house, 1950’s prefab Cornish whatnot, repaired to brick some time ago. The ceilings all have woodchip on, we’ve removed it from one room to find bare boards beneath. Or is it above? Anyway do we need to have it skimmed or something. Any advice greatly...