To Remove Lath or Not?

[1john]

You can get the moulding copied and reinstalled although it does cost bucks, it's an attractive selling point and also nice to keep period features, even if they are new. You are going to get dirty, your whole house is going to get dirty, dont underestimate the dirtyness.

 

[IanAnderson]

It is always going to be difficult to advise on this one because it depends on your 'tolerance' of the flatness of your ceiling.

I have clients who think that perfectly flat ceilings are abhorrent, look out of place and ruin the character of a period property.

I have other clients who 'have' to have everything perfectly flat and not a hair out of place.

Whatever you do, be wary of adding more weight to it. 'Skimming over it' is definitely out.

There is some good advice above and removing the plaster, boarding and keeping the cornice is a lot of work but IMHO it will give you the ceiling that you seek.

If you want to see a bit more about whats involved I wrote about lath and plaster ceilings this week after working on these jobs for more years than I care to admit!

At least it looks like you have plenty of pro help!
Good luck

 

[IanAnderson]

Oh, to give you a'taster' of what a lath and plaster ceiling looks like under the skin so to speak........

Read about some DIY options for your lath and plaster ceilings here.

 

[stevethespreader]

you can reboard using an edge bead and not comprimise the cornice, i have never done it myself but here is a link to another forum where another spread has done just that and it looks good "EDIT" scroll through to the second page and you can see it painted http://www.ukspreads.co.uk/uksforum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43&sid=24e689e31c118a2f366afcd6e7634652

 

[ajrobb]

I was looking at a house renovation and was advised that noise through lathe and plaster is much quieter than simple plasterboard, probably because it is so much heavier.

 

[Micilin]

you can reboard using an edge bead and not comprimise the cornice, i have never done it myself but here is a link to another forum where another spread has done just that and it looks good "EDIT" scroll through to the second page and you can see it painted http://www.ukspreads.co.uk/uksforum...&sid=24e689e31c118a2f366afcd6e7634652[/QUOTE]

I've done this a few times -

post here too

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1295060#1295060

 

[Micilin]

INteresting stuff here too



http://www.ukspreads.co.uk/uksforum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=518&sid=ae1516bda7fb48e58c608d86f0d64ae8

 

[IanAnderson]

"Micilin- I've done this a few times"-

Never seen that done before, good compromise if going down the overboard route. You learn something every day.......

Take a good man to spot it once painted.

 

[Micilin]

"Micilin- I've done this a few times"-

Never seen that done before, good compromise if going down the overboard route. You learn something every day.......

Take a good man to spot it once painted.

If you keep it back a uniform distance from the cornice it retains the feature of the top member of the cornice, which (to me) looks better than butting it up to the cornice