Plasterboard advice

[markp1706]

new to the site and find that you guys and girls have a lot of advice t

offer and wonder if someone could give me some.

I have a cealing (landing area approx 9ft x 12 ft) which has plaste board that i would assume has been on for years. it has cracks in som places and little bits flacking off. i would like to attempt t plasterborad over the current as it would make life simple (and cleane with no dirt coming down). when plaster boarding do i use plaster boar nials into the joists or do i use adhesive, or would it be better t battern the area and attach the boards to the batterns. please forgiv my ignorance and all help offered is greatly apprciated

-- markp1706

[Lobster]

There's plenty in the archives of thos newsgroup on the pros and cons of replacing ceilings using the different methods you mention - try googling for it (but look for "ceiling" rather than "cealing" or you won't have much luck!)

You certainly can't use adhesive for boarding a ceiling; and these days most people use plasterboard screws (and an electric driver) rather than nails but you can use those if you want.

However, do you really need to do this? Is your existing ceiling definitely plasterboard and not lath-and-plaster? If so, and assuming you'd be skim-plastering your new ceiling anyway, I'm not sure what you'd be gaining by using new plasterboard when a combination of scraping/filling/using scrim tape on the existing ceiling would give perfectly OK results.

David

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Yep,if its not lattice plaster then just put scrim over the cracks and fill the flakey areas then skim over with new plaster.

[marvelus]

You should apply PVA with a roller before re-skimming a ceiling. With the old plaster flaking off I'd board over it though.