Baton exposed on ceiling

[DIY amateur!]

Hello. New to the forum and hoping for some help if possible! We are in the process of buying a house, and in one of the rooms there are batons running below the plasterboard ceiling. Difficult one to explain but have included a picture for reference. Any ideas why this might be? Could it be that the ceiling isn't sound and was in need of support? Any thought welcome. Cheers.

 

[smoother09]

Fashion maybe I once saw a badger run across the ceiling so takes all kinds!

 

[tapit]

You have too much time to think and not enough time to be.

 

[ChrispyUK]

Hello. New to the forum and hoping for some help if possible! We are in the process of buying a house, and in one of the rooms there are batons running below the plasterboard ceiling. Difficult one to explain but have included a picture for reference. Any ideas why this might be? Could it be that the ceiling isn't sound and was in need of support? Any thought welcome. Cheers. View attachment 53855View attachment 53856

shite fake beams. More like lath...look at the gaps!

 

[tapit]

Not even fake lath.

 

[ChrispyUK]

Not even fake lath.

Like lath size dick head x

 

[smoother09]

There certainly not there for support at a guess the same person who chose those green carpet tiles thought they could make the place look like a 18th century cottage and failed massively

 

[DIY amateur!]

Thanks all. Good to know it is more decorative than anything more.

 

[Fordydiy]

Hi there, just spotted your post as I have found myself in the same predicament. Did you discover what it was in the end?

 

[ChrispyUK]

Hi there, just spotted your post as I have found myself in the same predicament. Did you discover what it was in the end?

Be careful, as in some older properties, asbestos panels were used with strips of wood over lapping the joints.

 

[BryanJ]

You could have asked the pink lady, she looks that she has been in that room a while?

 

[Monkey Boy]

 

[Brimstone]

If asked he says he's lost his ferret down a hole.. Best not to ask...

 

[Danny]

Hi there, just spotted your post as I have found myself in the same predicament. Did you discover what it was in the end?

be aware that it may be asbestos underneath I know lots of properties who have had it and its because the board is asbestos

 

[Stewie03]

The post was nearly 2 years ago, not to sure about that mannequin though buffalo bill had one