Re-boarding ceiling

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Jambo85

3,319 posts

89 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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thebraketester said:
MrJuice said:
Nice job there OP

What factors would make you take the ceiling down and replace with board as opposed to overboarding?

I took the ceiling down in my room at my mum's place about 12 years ago. Very messy job but it did feel quite clean putting up new board and knowing all that soot had gone. We have a room above my room so I didn't add any insulation.
We did the kitchen ceiling a few year back and removed the old board and it was horrifically messy. Ocerboarding is much cleaner.
Yep, I took one down at the weekend, 50 years of mouse st, wasp bikes, starling detritus, honeybee combs - ghastly! 4 inches of kingspan in though and getting palstered today, should be worth it!

hyphen

26,262 posts

91 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Jambo85 said:
Yep, I took one down at the weekend, 50 years of mouse st, wasp bikes, starling detritus, honeybee combs - ghastly! 4 inches of kingspan in though and getting palstered today, should be worth it!
Always better to get access from above, even lathe and plaster are not so bad if you can remove all the stuff and vacuum it from above first.


thebraketester

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14,246 posts

139 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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Ceiling is still up. No cracks :-)

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

171 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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thebraketester said:
Ceiling is still up. No cracks yet:-)
FTFY

Andehh

7,112 posts

207 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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Good work!

thebraketester

Original Poster:

14,246 posts

139 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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Alucidnation said:
thebraketester said:
Ceiling is still up. No cracks yet:-)
FTFY
LOL.... I almost put "yet" but I thought I would let someone else have the pleasure.

hyphen

26,262 posts

91 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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thebraketester said:
Ceiling is still up. No cracks :-)
Is there a heavily used loft above though? As otherwise unlikely for any underlying issues to appear.

thebraketester

Original Poster:

14,246 posts

139 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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hyphen said:
thebraketester said:
Ceiling is still up. No cracks :-)
Is there a heavily used loft above though? As otherwise unlikely for any underlying issues to appear.
No, not really. I doubt we will have any problems with it.

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

171 months

Friday 15th September 2017
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thebraketester said:
Alucidnation said:
thebraketester said:
Ceiling is still up. No cracks yet:-)
FTFY
LOL.... I almost put "yet" but I thought I would let someone else have the pleasure.
hehe