Remove render to ceiling before getting a plaster in?

[Neilbot]

I've removed a kitchen, in doing so much of the render has loosened or come off. I've remove the render up to where is stable, there is now no render between the floor and a roughly 6ft. Should i remove the render to the ceiling before getting a plaster in?

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• Neilbot
• 28 Dec 2014
• 1

this is my first diy, and im totally lost

 

[stef99]

To put it quite plainly.. yes.. doing a "patch" that size is useless.
It may work out better to dry line it with plaster board and have it skimmed.

 

[roughcaster]

Definitely,, take it all off right up to the ceiling. I'd also do what Stef suggests. Batten, insulate and plasterboard the walls, then skim.