Hi,
just getting into the full enjoyment of removing my diningroom ceiling.
Looks as though it has been repaired once as there were several smallish areas of newer plaster. Probably had the 'prop up on moist plaster' repair.
Not bad, becuase we haven't changed the ceiling paper for 20 years so it has lasted at least that long.
However about 70% of the plaster ceiling has fallen down mostly unaided, and I am starting on the rest.
The laths look pretty good.
So, as I was originally going to screw through the lath and plaster to put a second layer of plasterboard over the ceiling, can someone please remind me why I have to remove the laths, instead of just screwing up the new plasterboard with the laths still in place?
This avoids all the nasty brutishness of removing the laths and removing or driving in the nails.
The ceiling is lower by a lath thickness, but not as low as if I had covered both the lath and the plaster.
Looks to good to be true - is it?
Cheers Dave (dusty) R