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Yes...he skimmed the ceiling, the walls had the layers of old floral wallpaper strpped off, coat of pva & skim, finished with 2 coats of paint.

Thanks Guys for your advise... My builder cut around the cornice, knocked down the the plaster from the lath, boarded over the lath so as to keep the orginal cornice, because of the lath he lifted the floorboards above to wire the downlighters. I'm happy with the results. If you are going to go...

Thanks Capital spread what you say make sense, taking down the old lath & plaster (l&p) on the ground floor ceiling, wiring downlighters then board & skim. I guess you would overboard first floor ceiling, because there is access above through the loft, the loft converstion is another project...

No mate....I'm just looking for advise for bad Lath & Plaster ceilings

I'm moving into a old terrace in Harrow. The ceiling are old lath and plaster, mostly cracked, when pushed there's movement there and in poor condition. A recommended builder has passed this by me 'I will not knock it down, I'll mesh over and plaster it twice, less messy and it won't come down'...