Hello All,
I have a 1890's house. The sitting room has a complete cornice and a huge celing rose. The lath and plaster ceiling is on its way out - lots of huge cracks. One or two have cracked straight through the cornice.
I would like to renew the ceiling with modern board, sticking in rockwool etc as I go. However, I would like to retain the cornice and ceiling rose?
Can this be done by a standard plasterer or does it need to be some kind of specialist?
I was thinking of cutting out the rose and setting it aside. Then, remove/cut away the ceiling from any links to the cornices, then removing the ceiling. After this, installing some kind of support for the cornices, and installing boards upto the edge of the cornices. Would this work or has it got Walter Mitty written all over it?
I have a BILLION questions walking around this house with "original features".
I have a 1890's house. The sitting room has a complete cornice and a huge celing rose. The lath and plaster ceiling is on its way out - lots of huge cracks. One or two have cracked straight through the cornice.
I would like to renew the ceiling with modern board, sticking in rockwool etc as I go. However, I would like to retain the cornice and ceiling rose?
Can this be done by a standard plasterer or does it need to be some kind of specialist?
I was thinking of cutting out the rose and setting it aside. Then, remove/cut away the ceiling from any links to the cornices, then removing the ceiling. After this, installing some kind of support for the cornices, and installing boards upto the edge of the cornices. Would this work or has it got Walter Mitty written all over it?
I have a BILLION questions walking around this house with "original features".