Whats the easiest/cleanest/quickest way to remove a plasterboard ceiling approx 6 x 6 feet. Tried multi purpose tool, a bit slow and tiring on the arms.
Was thinking: Just rip it out with bare hands and tidy up afterwards. Circular saw set at plasterboard thickness.
You don't really want to saw it - it will make lots of dust.
Use a fubar or similar to smash a hole in it, and then tear it down with your hands. Wear a hard hat and some decent work gloves and - ideally - a face mask.
Bear in mind that the plasterboard will have been put up before the walls were plastered, so it will extend over the top of the wall plaster
- so be careful not to pull too much plaster off the walls in the process.
What's the current finish - is it just normal skim? If it's artexed or stippled, it just might contain asbestos - so you definitely need to make sure that you don't breathe any of the dust.
/What's the current finish - is it just normal skim? If it's artexed or stippled, it just might contain asbestos - so you definitely need to make sure that you don't breathe any of the dust. /Q
Both. Chop into the board with it at a convenient point, then slide the blade of the spade between the joists and pull down, repeat like an old fashioned tin opener. Then go back and deal with what nails pulled through with claw hammer or better still nail bar. It works with lath and plaster as well.
I did one recently with a garden hoe, of all things. It can just about slice through the board, and has a nice long handle. Still a bit messy, though, and you have to have some idea of where the joists are, to go between them.
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