plastering

[jonnyp1]

i know probably somewhere there is already the answer to my question but cant find it.
i live in a flat the roof of an old victorian house, it is lathe and plaster. the condition seems to vary from hanging off or missing, through connected but easily pushed to crack to in some places not too bad. the roof seems to move quite a lot in some places and there are large cracks/ ruptures. most of the flat is papered and painted. i have had conflicting advice from friends, builders and plasterers,
take of paper, repair patch missing bits and reskim,
take off everything lathe plaster and reboard with 12.5
screw 9mm plasterboard right over the tip of everything and replaster, or dry wall it??
any advice i want the best possible finish that will resist future crackinig.
cheers jon

 

[AndersonC]

Can you just clarify a couple of things as I found you r question slightly confusing..

1. You are living in a flat which is within the roofspace of an old house

2. Your walls, therefore, consist of the roof structure which has been internally lined with lath and plaster which is falling apart

What condition is the ceiling of your flat? One thought is that if you start disturbing the lath and plaster walls you may end up having to do some work on the ceiling if this is also lath and plaster.

 

[jonnyp1]

sorry yes i live in the roof, the walls are 4*2s holding up the purlings covered in lathe and plaster, from there the rafters are covered in lathe and plaster, most rooms have no flat ceilings and simply come to a point at the top, 2 rooms have flat ceilings but these are seperated from the angled rafter part of the ceiling by further roof beams. is this clearer\/
jon

 

[jbonding]

i know probably somewhere there is already the answer to my question but cant find it.
i live in a flat the roof of an old victorian house, it is lathe and plaster. the condition seems to vary from hanging off or missing, through connected but easily pushed to crack to in some places not too bad. the roof seems to move quite a lot in some places and there are large cracks/ ruptures. most of the flat is papered and painted. i have had conflicting advice from friends, builders and plasterers,
take of paper, repair patch missing bits and reskim,
take off everything lathe plaster and reboard with 12.5
screw 9mm plasterboard right over the tip of everything and replaster, or dry wall it??
any advice i want the best possible finish that will resist future crackinig.
cheers jon

jon all 3 ways are possible, you can do 1 but doing 1 you may end up having to do number 2 so to save work i would go with 3 but use 12.5 boards, it will save a lot of mess and time and will give you extra fire protection and slightly more soundblock and insulation.