overboarding artex celing advice needed

[markyyyyyy]

I've started overboarding my ceiling after spending time finding the joists, and i've got some questions

1. The nearest joist at each side of the room is approx 10-15cm away from the edge, meaning that the perimeter of the board isn't secured - please see pics. What do i do wiith the edges?

2. There is a really deep section of artex on the next board going up and the board wont be flush - would you just overboard as is and then give a bit more thickness to the skim, or take the high spots off?

3. How do i go about overboarding where the pull down light switch is?

pics below

thanks

 

[Alastairreid]

Knock the high spots off, dampen down if you are concerned about asbestos.
Remove the pull switch and refit when new boards are up.

 

[markyyyyyy]

Knock the high spots off, dampen down if you are concerned about asbestos.
Remove the pull switch and refit when new boards are up.

Cool thanks

Steamer ok to remove spots? I've only got a wallpaper scraper you see!

 

[Alastairreid]

Steamer will be fine.

 

[markyyyyyy]

Steamer will be fine.

There is a littl lip between some of the boards when they are screwed into the joists.. is this ok and do I just level off the lip with adhesive to level off before skimming?

 

[Alastairreid]

The skim should take up any discrepancies in the boards, make sure the boards are screwed up tight.

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

if its an upstairs room get into the loft and stick a batten or timber near the edge where you need to screw it up.
i noticed you boarded the wall too.
if you’d done the ceiling first your wall boards may have held the ceiling up where you dont have a fix

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

you wont need a steamer. it’ll take more off than you need. then youll have low spots. just knock the high spots off with a scraper.