I'm grateful for all the help I received in trying to plumb in my radiator. This has been completed successfully so many thanks to all. I thought i'd put up a thread to bring together all of my DIY conundrums...
I'm not far from getting the room finished and painted, but something has thrown a spanner in the works. I'd had a section of the ceiling plastered separately to the rest of the room, but the plasterer decided to level a 45mm dip on one end by filling it with plaster rather than packing it out with plasterboard first. This delaminated and a 10kg chunk fell off. Not only did that delaminate, the leading edge wasn't straight.
This is in a house that's over 100 years old and was a mixture of plasterboard on top of lath and plaster. The ceiling is bowed but there is nothing structurally wrong with it.
I've so far cut it back to the joists and taken it back 300mm from the front. I'd like to straighten it out, but i'm not sure if I can get away with just boarding and skimming the front end so it meets with the existing plaster, or whether the whole lot needs taking back to the joists and boarding.
I've been told that boarding and skimming this section to meet the existing bit is a bad idea and that I should take down the whole area so it can be boarded, levelled and skimmed fresh. How true is this? It would save me a lot of time and money if I could get away with doing it my way, but i'll rip it all down if needs must.
I'm not far from getting the room finished and painted, but something has thrown a spanner in the works. I'd had a section of the ceiling plastered separately to the rest of the room, but the plasterer decided to level a 45mm dip on one end by filling it with plaster rather than packing it out with plasterboard first. This delaminated and a 10kg chunk fell off. Not only did that delaminate, the leading edge wasn't straight.
This is in a house that's over 100 years old and was a mixture of plasterboard on top of lath and plaster. The ceiling is bowed but there is nothing structurally wrong with it.
I've so far cut it back to the joists and taken it back 300mm from the front. I'd like to straighten it out, but i'm not sure if I can get away with just boarding and skimming the front end so it meets with the existing plaster, or whether the whole lot needs taking back to the joists and boarding.
I've been told that boarding and skimming this section to meet the existing bit is a bad idea and that I should take down the whole area so it can be boarded, levelled and skimmed fresh. How true is this? It would save me a lot of time and money if I could get away with doing it my way, but i'll rip it all down if needs must.