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sorry i haven't managed to upload any photos yet, thought i had some on my camera but turns out not, so has to be weekend now. i spoke to the authority earlier today and the very helpful officer told me that it was ok to take the pot down. he told me to make a start then give them a call a day...

after all the tips i got about removing ceiling boards and having done it, i dont think its that difficult a job to do

thanks static, all of my neighbours have their chimneys intact, will post pics this evening.

Hi all, I have two separate chimney breasts/chimneys in a 3 bed semi in barking, essex, 1930-40's build. The chimney in question has no supporting walls in the loft space and is a standalone, it does go up against the dining and bedroom wall but as soon as it reaches the ceiling and loft...

all ceiling now removed and house cleared, next task is to get rid of all the old nails, i suppose i can hammer in the ones that have heads broken off and just remove the ones i can? there are loads of old nails that i can see which have been hammered in, can i leave these alone? any tips??

im looking to do the same, i would like to use them as open fires also, any advice?

sorry ajrobb, i said the wrong thing, i was thinking of starting the new ceeling half way up the existing timber so that you could see them going across the ceeling. a plasterboard cut to size in between every joist, prehaps by screwing on a smaller wooden frame on the inner side of the joists...

lol@resting my limbs !! they're like jelly at the momment, wobbling all over the place, i strated with the shovel then resorted to the dust pan, didn't use a brush in case i disturbed the dust too much, just scraped the surface with the dustpan and then into a bucket. most of the clean up is now...

the shovel... great idea. THANKS

yes ajrobb, i will use foilback boards since you mention it, thanks for the tip. are there any modifications i should be making to henry, i.e remove filter/bag etc to make it more efficient as it sort of slows down after a little while... thanks

hi all, im not sure how u post a pic on here but the pic of the existing ceiling board is in my album anyway http://www.diynot.com/network/1stProject/albums/ managed to roll all the insulation up 1 by 1 and left them at the edges then bagged them up 1 by one and passed it down the hatch for...

thanks patienceboyofderry, the board wont be stong enough to hold screws, i will put up a pic tonight though, my ceeling rounds off at the edges so i thinks thats where the lath and plaster will be, hoping noto to touch on that if i can avoid it

hi ajrobb, the boards are like hair type wood softer mdf type that comes apart easily, is this fibre glass? how worried should i be about asbestos?

thanks for all your replies. i am seriously now thinking of overboarding, will have to find out a bit more about the batton frame approach, my house is a new purchase and empty needing a refurb, no furniture, is it not best to git rid of the horrible dust if i am to live there in years to come...

hi all, my first post!! im looking to remove the ceilings on my 1930-40's home i recently purchased, i can work out of most of the joist from the loft and thinking of doing room by room even though the entire upstairs ceiling needs to be replaced with plasterboard in my own opinion, they are...