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overboarding lath and plaster ceiling
starving_artist
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(I aready asked this on the quotes board but got no answers).
The ceiling in my kitchen is lath and plaste. I think it's reasonably sound - it's not sagging - but it has been patch repaired in the past and is very rough and uneven. A builder suggested that rather than pulling the whole lot down (and creating an enormous mess) it could be boarded over with plasterboard. Anyone see any problems with this? He quoted £700 for a room 3x4m.
The ceiling in my kitchen is lath and plaste. I think it's reasonably sound - it's not sagging - but it has been patch repaired in the past and is very rough and uneven. A builder suggested that rather than pulling the whole lot down (and creating an enormous mess) it could be boarded over with plasterboard. Anyone see any problems with this? He quoted £700 for a room 3x4m.
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overboarding is quite common place.all it involves is fixing plasterboard over the existing wooden laths, by using a decent length dry wall screw at least 50mm then screwing to the existing timbers,then replastering.
the estimate is ridiculous, so he obiously doesnt want the job.
its a days work plus materials no more than the 200 mark that is how id price it anyhow.0
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