Replace ceiling?

Rambosmum

We have lath and plaster ceilings. We removed it in the cellars and it didn't half cause a mess! 125 years of coal and household dust falling on the floor, two skips full to remove. For the bedrooms we just plaster boarded over and skimmed - much quicker, easier and looks just as good but we didn't mind losing the 3 inches of height (unlike the cellar) and there was no ornate cornicing etc to consider. Our downstairs living room and dinning room just got a reskim, no removal of the lath and plaster, it was in good enough nick. with a few hairline cracks, hence the reskim - the downstairs has beautiful original cornicing though so we didn't want to lose that or have to pay £££ to replace/ reconstruct it.

Polystyrene tiles were a fashion choice once. Hideously flammable though and they melt an drip with heat causing terrible burns and literal dripping fire.  Hideous things. They can be a ballache to remove but it's mainly just time consuming.

Mickey666

Rambosmum said:

Polystyrene tiles were a fashion choice once. Hideously flammable though and they melt an drip with heat causing terrible burns and literal dripping fire.  Hideous things.

Probably a Barry Bucknall inspired trend - a man responsible for all manner of home 'improvement' abominations!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVnzu0COFU

AdrianC

Mickey666 said:

Rambosmum said:

Polystyrene tiles were a fashion choice once. Hideously flammable though and they melt an drip with heat causing terrible burns and literal dripping fire.  Hideous things.

Probably a Barry Bucknall inspired trend - a man responsible for all manner of home 'improvement' abominations!

Reg Prescott, I think...

Davesnave

Rambosmum said:

Polystyrene tiles were a fashion choice once. Hideously flammable though and they melt an drip with heat causing terrible burns and literal dripping fire.  Hideous things. They can be a ballache to remove but it's mainly just time consuming.

In the 70s, a friend and I kicked-in the front door of an old lady's flat and rescued her from the choking smoke inside. I went back to see if I could find anyone else, but I couldn't even see my own hand or breathe, so only managed a metre or two before being forced to retreat each time. It struck me as odd there were no flames or heat, but in other respects it seemed like the entire flat must be alight.

A fireman with breathing kit went in, assessed the situation and managed to get two windows open. There was no real fire at all; just the fake coals made from a kind of polystyrene, gently smouldering on the electric fire.