Lath Ceiling to drop or not!

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oasis

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been to see a job were they have had a loft convertion done, since that the bedroom ceiling has cracked and sagged alot,and the centre bit is ready to drop id say.
my question is could i

take down sagged areas (i might just carry on coming!) then overboard whole ceiling?

drop all ceiling (loads of dust and rubbish to take away!) then plasterboard

or fix battons to ceiling then board to this? (i like this one!) less mess

not sure if i should take down reali lose stuff then batton ect?

any advice
 
hummmm or maybe do what i did here, hit all the old plaster off keep the laths, then batton !


Lath Ceiling to drop or not!




Lath Ceiling to drop or not!
 
Yeah just knock the loose plaster off, then what i do is put strips of plasterboard over the laths where the joists are so it brings it the same level as the rest of the ceiling then overboard the lot ;)
 
Example:
see in your first pic where laths are exposed just tack 2inch strips of board over the joists in the lath area then overboard as normal.
 
I would do,but since all the work that has garn on above and is now a new living space I think I may baton to help keep it up,I feel I'm starting to answer my own question!lol I put a price in 4 580 to rip down board skim and take waste
 
oasis said:
I would do,but since all the work that has garn on above and is now a new living space I think I may baton to help keep it up,I feel I'm starting to answer my own question!lol I put a price in 4 580 to rip down board skim and take waste

;D
There's your answer then mate ;)
Keep up the good work.
 
To be honest mate if you rip all the loose plaster down I wouldn't bother lathing it just put strips of board over old joists & this will cover any 5hit hanging through the old laths when you reboard.
Cheaper too ;)
 
I see what your saying,but if I baton out I can cross baton witch let's me set them to work with my boards,that way we can slap the boards on :_)
 
I'd be very wary of touching this job mate. Has the loft conversion been done properly? Lots of houses have thin timber such as 3x2 or 4x2 holding up the ceilings. Some dodgy loft conversion companies just board out the loft floor and away they go, when really they need to be installing steel beams and proper floor timbers.

If this job is one of these dodgy 'conversions' then no matter what you do to the ceiling below you're gonna have problems.

I went to price a job a few weeks ago to repair a cracked bedroom ceiling. Went up in the loft to have a look and the loft floor is boarded out in chipboard and is being used as a teenagers games room. Had a peep under the chipboard and the joists are spaced at 750 centres and are only 3x2. The floor was bouncing a good 4 or 5 inches when walked on!!
 
oasis said:
I see what your saying,but if I baton out I can cross baton witch let's me set them to work with my boards,that way we can slap the boards on :_)

Fair enough then, like you say you can set them
out to each board length etc..
Hang on you've just answered your own question again ;D ;D
 
MFW said:
I'd be very wary of touching this job mate. Has the loft conversion been done properly? Lots of houses have thin timber such as 3x2 or 4x2 holding up the ceilings. Some dodgy loft conversion companies just board out the loft floor and away they go, when really they need to be installing steel beams and proper floor timbers.

If this job is one of these dodgy 'conversions' then no matter what you do to the ceiling below you're gonna have problems.

I went to price a job a few weeks ago to repair a cracked bedroom ceiling. Went up in the loft to have a look and the loft floor is boarded out in chipboard and is being used as a teenagers games room. Had a peep under the chipboard and the joists are spaced at 750 centres and are only 3x2. The floor was bouncing a good 4 or 5 inches when walked on!!

i shall now take a closer look!
 
Nisus said:
oasis said:
I see what your saying,but if I baton out I can cross baton witch let's me set them to work with my boards,that way we can slap the boards on :_)

Fair enough then, like you say you can set them
out to each board length etc..
Hang on you've just answered your own question again ;D ;D

An answer to that is install a new ceilling two inches below the existing.
 
Mfw has said what I was going to say. Sounds really dodgy!
Nothing you do will be right unless you put a suspended ceiling up, but even then you're basically hiding a potentially dangerous loft conversion.
 
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