lower ceiling

Hey everyone. Long time lurker here but I've only just signed up. **** tldr; I want to lower my ceiling using steel beams on party walls to increase attic headroom. The house is stripped out right now, so I have a lot of freedom. Can anyone advise on beam sizes, bearing depths etc? **** I'm...

i plan on doing up a bedroom which has an old lath and plaster wonky artex ceiling. It's an old house so theres plenty of height in the room. I plan on building a timber frame just underneath the old ceiling to board and plaster, should I use 2 x4 or 2 x 5 to stop sag? Iv heard some put banding...

Hi I bought a V3 bed victorian semi earlier in the year, currently having some planning issues, but aside from that looking for some advice and wisdom. House is about 40 square m on both ground and first floor. 3 bed, traditional L-shaped layout. The roof is a hip roof The roof space is...

I have a tenanted flat with neighbour noise problems. Easiest way to reduce noise travel to and from the flat above is to lower my ceiling and stuff the lowered area with noise attenuating material. Whats the very best stuff to stuff into the lowered ceiling area to really get the noise moving...