Drying a room out

[Pug]

Went to look at a job this morning, Empty house, pipe burst in the loft, 100 gallons of water has brought a ceiling down, 30m2, lathe and plaster which has already been overborded and skimmed. Lathes are sound so was going to tear down boards and reboard. Question is, will the exsisting ceiling need to be bone dry? Am going to put dehumidifiers in, but the customer wants it done before xmas for soom reason.

Personaly I wouldn't want to reboard a damp ceiling, what do you guys think?

 

[Essexboy]

you could always put some of that blue membrane between the cieling and the plasterboard

 

[oasis]

foil back boards?... might help lol

 

[richardbrown]

youll have to get everything that is wet out .... insulation the lot then hire some big de humidifier

 

[rockhardsolidplastering]

board it skim it get your money thats what the customer wants thats what the customer gets

 

[bubbles65]

I can't see why you're not just pulling out the old ceiling as well pug, it can't get any messier, and it will get rid of all the wet debris, enabling you to use the dehumidifiers more efficiently, thus drying it out quicker and therefore completing it before Christmas, consequently leading to a satisfied customer. How about that:RpS_biggrin:

 

[Sandy Thompson]

yes pull every thing down dry out counter batton down to existing level pb and skim

 

[martinemj]

pug

i would get all the ceiling down----dry it out and go from there

 

[Pug]

Yeah I know...

Just being lazy, room is 5m x 6m and ceiling is 3.4 high.

I'll do the right thing. Promise!