Hi
I've got several lath and plaster ceilings with large original victorian cornice. A couple of rooms have minor cracks in ceiling but nothing significant (i.e. ceiling is not coming away from the joists).
I want to get new ceilings up as I work my way round each room but I've taken down lath and plaster ceilings before and would really rather not do it again - the dust and soot would ruin the rest of the house.
So I have read about the process of boarding over the lath and plaster ceiling with long drywall screws, I've held up an off cut of 9mm plasterboard on the ceiling and the surface is just level with the cornice (i.e. the corning would not be raised relative to the new ceiling.) I have seen that some people have got round this by then running a small piece of beading around the edge where the plasterboard meets the cornice do disguise the fact that the lip of the cornice is not visible any more.
Has any one done this before? If so I'd like to hear how it went and any tips or things to look out for - or even a photo of the finished article if anyone has one.
If anyone has done this exact process, I would really like to know, did you put the beading around where plasterboard meets cornice and then skim the ceiling, or the other way round, skim first then beading?
Cheers
Joe
I've got several lath and plaster ceilings with large original victorian cornice. A couple of rooms have minor cracks in ceiling but nothing significant (i.e. ceiling is not coming away from the joists).
I want to get new ceilings up as I work my way round each room but I've taken down lath and plaster ceilings before and would really rather not do it again - the dust and soot would ruin the rest of the house.
So I have read about the process of boarding over the lath and plaster ceiling with long drywall screws, I've held up an off cut of 9mm plasterboard on the ceiling and the surface is just level with the cornice (i.e. the corning would not be raised relative to the new ceiling.) I have seen that some people have got round this by then running a small piece of beading around the edge where the plasterboard meets the cornice do disguise the fact that the lip of the cornice is not visible any more.
Has any one done this before? If so I'd like to hear how it went and any tips or things to look out for - or even a photo of the finished article if anyone has one.
If anyone has done this exact process, I would really like to know, did you put the beading around where plasterboard meets cornice and then skim the ceiling, or the other way round, skim first then beading?
Cheers
Joe