ceiling

Hi all, I live in a Victorian semi with original lath and plaster ceilings. They are a bit discoloured and cracked, but nothing major and still flat. They look tired though and I'm planning to overboard, skim and re-paint them. I've considered pulling them down but the house is fully furnished...

I found out that the ceilings on my first floor were renovated but the laths were kept and pins were used instead of screws. My first question. Is it worth to remove the old plasterboard attached to lath and replace with a fresh one and maybe just tape and joint or new plaster? Why the lats...

The stay at home situation has made me think about sorting out a home office pretty sharpish, and I plan to finish an outbuilding conversion started by previous owners. They had trades in and got most of the way there apart from the ceiling. My plan is to keep things simple and frame across...

Hi, what to do about the joint with the ceiling when replacing wall plasterboards and skimming. The ceiling is enormous so I won’t be re-skimming that. If I don’t do anything I’m going to see cracks. Coving isn’t an option

Hi, I want to clad a scruffy bedroom ceiling using "uPVC hollow board for soffit and interior cladding". I'm using this because it's lightweight and cheaper than wood paneling. It's the usual white colour, but I want to paint it (probably a cream colour), so it looks more like wood cladding...

Hello all, I'd love to hear people's thoughts please on the kitchen extraction we have going on in our house. We're a typical red brick victorian terrace. 4 years ago our builder built us a nice new kitchen, installing a false ceiling with spotlights etc. They also installed a flue hose from...

Hi guys/gals, I’ve recently had my building regs drawings through from my architect for a loft conversion where the truss roof is coming down and new roof put up, it states “restraint strapping - ceiling joists and rafters to be strapped to walls and gable walls, straps built into cavity across...

Hello, My husband and I have already taken down a partition wall and unattractive cupboard in our kitchen, we have yet to take the ceiling down. We are then having a new ceiling and walls re plastered. Whilst doing research online I discovered that some properties have asbestos I the walls...

my bathroom ceiling was a bit mouldy, so i painted it white. i think it had got so damp and mouldy that some of the ceiling near to the extractor had cracked and fallen off - I'm worried it could be asbestos. what do people think? please see pictures. the house was built in 1971 in ellesmere...

12mm PB going up on ceiling, what difference does it make wether twin or coarse? Are twin/coarse intended for different purposes? I had to shim the underside of joists with 9.5 ply strips, panel pin and pva fixed, so I'll probably use longer than the usual recommended 38mm (not that 38mm...

Hi all, I have a lath & plaster cracked ceiling repair to do and I need some advice on how to best tackle this problem. The cracks extend to the cornice as well, so those cracks need to be filled, made good and painted as well. Originally, the hall ceiling was covered with woodchip wallpaper. I...

I'd like to use a soundproof plasterboard on this ceiling, what thickness do I need? It's just going to be a ground floor bedroom. What additional measures are necessary to make the use of a soundproof plasterboard effective?

Hi all, A house I am purchasing has this Artex and a radius between the wall and ceiling. Anyone have idea how this is done and how easy it would be to remove and replaster for a 90 degree angle. Also I believe I would need an asbestos test before even thinking of removing it? Covedceilingtwo...

Hi All, I have run into a slight problem, my ceiling had some very bad cracks in them, I reached out to my plaster who plastered the ceiling and cracks. A month passed and the same old cracks returned. Mist coat was applied to the new plaster ceiling after a few weeks. I informed my plasterer...

Hi Guys, Could anyone please assist me on the best method for filling in gaps between coving corners. Sadly, my plasterer could not level the walls or ceilings in my home when re-plastering the home. The condition of the walls and ceiling were much worse and out of level by far, though, things...

Hi all Back once again! The property is an 1860's terrace with lovely high ceilings, cornicing and ceiling centres. As you can see in the pictures the wallpaper on the ceiling has lifted at the seams. It is nonetheless lovely paper and I am wondering if there is an effective fix for this...

I'm nipping around to a friend's at the weekend to look at putting up a curtain pole for them. Currently they have blinds which are attached to the ceiling. By the looks of it, someone in the past has screwed timber into the ceiling joists and then screwed the blinds into that timber. There's...

As part of an extension I'm converting a car port to a room, the old car port has another room above it. Would I plasterboard (insulated type for heat retention/sound proofing)) the ceiling before I do the walls? Do the recessed edges that take the joint tape/mesh run parallel to the ceiling...

Back again! This time it is lining an awkward ceiling which slopes evenly both sides: This is what it looks like! A sort of mansard roof Angled at both sides, about 2ft, then straight across the ceiling. The ceiling is about 4 metres on the flat. I know the obvious answer is...

Any advice on 1m squared plaster fallen from ceiling lathes near back door? Is it best to cut back to solid then either board or use a bonding coat?