Ceiling

[WENDYr]

Hi I’m having a room plastered. My ceiling feels slightly loose and I suspect nails were used to hold plasterboard in place that over the years have worked free from the joists. My plasterer has given me two choices:

1. Find the joists and put a load of screws in to secure existing plasterboard and the plaster over or

2. Board over with new plasterboard and then skim over.

I’m not sure which is best and he’s given me a choice. One is slightly more expensive but that’s not so much of a concerned I just want the best long term results. The current ceiling has visible cracks on the joins

Thanks in advance

 

[opps]

Option 2- I would hope that they would screw into the joists rather than simply screw into the existing plasterboard.

Option 2 will offset the joins and should reduce the risk of cracks... but it should be substantially more expensive. Overboarding involves extra labour and the cost of the materials.

I am not a plasterer. Do you mind telling us what the two options are quoted at (and the approximate size of the room)?

Edit: regarding the nails, if you can see popped plaster over the nail heads- they weren't hammered in properly meaning that there was a gap between the joist and plasterboard. When I had my extension built by clowns, I said I wanted screws and not nails. The t.wats hammered in the screws. Only about 3mm of the screw thread was holding up the boards. I had to remove the boards and put them back up...