Overboarding

aj9648

Hi

Doing a bit of sort out of the house this summer

We have lath and plaster ceilings and don't really want to pull them down given the mess it makes - having 2 kids don't help the situation!!

I was thinking of overboarding the instead. If I did this how much ceiling space would I roughly lose?

Thanks

TheCyclingProgrammer

Approx. 15mm - 12.5mm PB and 3mm skim.

trailingspouse

If you have coving, there may be a problem where the new plasterboard butts up against it.

Ruski

If the existing is sagging badly then you're better off cross battening with roof battens and then 12.5mm plasterboard - overall lose about 40mm.

(this gets you a flat ceiling which doesn't just follow the previous contours for those about to disagree!!)

HTH

Russ

TheCyclingProgrammer

trailingspouse wrote: »

If you have coving, there may be a problem where the new plasterboard butts up against it.

No ifs or buts...if OP has coving it will need to be removed before overboarding and refitting new afterwards.

J_B

You haven't said why you want to do it.

aj9648

J_B wrote: »

You haven't said why you want to do it.

Its as i said in my OP - its lath and plaster and I cant be !!!!!d bringing it down !!!

aj9648

Ruski wrote: »

If the existing is sagging badly then you're better off cross battening with roof battens and then 12.5mm plasterboard - overall lose about 40mm.

(this gets you a flat ceiling which doesn't just follow the previous contours for those about to disagree!!)

HTH

Russ

Thanks - less than i thought

J_B

aj9648 wrote: »

Its as i said in my OP - its lath and plaster and I cant be !!!!!d bringing it down !!!

Sorry, I did read that, but is it a problem as it is??

anto164

I have L&P ceilings in 90% of my property. Love the unevenness of them. We just got them skimmed to hide the little cracks and chips that have been taken out of them over the past 100 years. We got one room over-boarded as the condition of the ceiling was poor and it didn't lend itself to skimming, but i'd look to keep the existing.

Unless the keys are lost and there is physical movement of the ceiling when applying light upwards pressure (sagging), then overboarding is pointless IMO. You'll still need it skimming afterwards.