corrugated slate in the attic between rafters?

DVardysShadow

keystone wrote: »

Only ever took one down - before I learned! Never again. Overboard and skim is the only way to go.

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It does depend how bad they are. If it starts coming down when you overboard, you will have an awfully rough ceiling, even if it is only broken behind the plasterboard. If it stays up when you overboard, then it was good for a few more years and you may have another ceiling which is in far more need of fixing.

keystone

DVardysShadow wrote: »

It does depend how bad they are. If it starts coming down when you overboard, you will have an awfully rough ceiling, even if it is only broken behind the plasterboard. If it stays up when you overboard, then it was good for a few more years and you may have another ceiling which is in far more need of fixing.

If its hanging down in festoons then yes take it down. There is no reason whatsoever not to overboard if you do it properly. Screws through plasterboard into the joists, plasterboard joins on joists and as many screws as possible. If its overboarded badly then I would agree with you.

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ronaldmacdonald

Thanks again folks for your replies, I have got some ideas now on options. I am getting a plasterer down as I wanted the ceilings skimmed so I will be interested to see what he says. I imagine the most disturbance will be the removal/replacement of the eyball lights. As yet no sagging/dropping so maybe a collapse (touch wood) is not imminent, but as you say there is no telling once we start "interfering".