Lath & Plaster curved ceiling edge. Decorative or functional

[bristolbaron]

The lastest on my list of things that keep me up at night!

We're redoing the whole of upstairs on our 1930's property. Involving plenty of studwork and lath & plaster removal.

As we have to put a couple of walls back in place into a curved ceiling edge which option do I go for?

A: Cut into the curved bit and fix as it 'should' be.


B: I don't quite understand B. I just thought it was strange to run the laths that way.


C: Goddammit! I forgot to take a photo of option C. It's basically cut the top corner off the studwork and attach a joining piece at the same angle as the curve.. [i'll update later.]


D: If the ceiling curve is just decorative, knock those sections out and run plasterboard up full height and get rid of the curve. If I do that, will I couse complications in the corners?

Heres a couple of other snaps of the mess we're in..

Edited by bristolbaron on Wednesday 21st June 00:20

[V8RX7]

If I had a decent fixing along the top I'd simply cut the corner of the stud off with a diagonal.

If I didn't, I'd probably cut into the corner to make it stronger.

I presume the corner detail is because the roof comes down so can't be removed - regardless if it's original I'd keep it.

[paulwirral]

lots of houses around me like that , usually hip ended semis with a decent eaves overhang , hence why the curve is there . Don't forget you will have to replace the picture rail around the room so you have an edge to paint to for the walls and ceilings .

[bristolbaron]

Thanks guys,

Picture rail? I was planning on wallpapering back up to the polystyrene tiles?

[FlipFlopGriff]

Do you have loft access in that room as that should show you what the roof structure is like and why it is like that. For option B I would say its plastered to the wood to hide the corner detail and make it look more appealing. We have curved ceilings upstairs but our roofline starts lower and the curve follows to rooflines. Our previous house had ash walls - what a pain if you want to fix anything to it.
FFG

[paulwirral]

bristolbaron said:

Thanks guys,

Picture rail? I was planning on wallpapering back up to the polystyrene tiles?

Polystyrene tiles , I hope your going to fireproof them before putting them back on ! Seriously though , a mate stripped his rooms much the same as your doing and I skimmed them out , when it came to decorating he couldn't work out where to finish the wall colour to the ceiling colour .

[bristolbaron]

Thanks again guys.. I've got my head buried in this house and keep forgetting simple pleasantries!

I'm going with option C where I'm starting fresh and will go with A where I've removed walls anyway. The plasterer can sort out the mess!