further to an earlier post about fitting halogen downlighters to an old lath & plaster ceiling I have decided to bite the bullet, pull it down & plasterboard it, have told the missus yet though! I have skimmed before with rather pleasing results & I have done ceilings. However this one is a lot higher than the ones I have done before, from stood on a box and probably larger in area. So I thought I would try to just dry line it but never attempted this before. Can a satisfactory finish be achieved first time out the blocks with this job? I will be using P/B laths as will be fitting on my own and find the sheets to hard to manage. Should I just get a plasterer in to whiz over the ceiling with a skim coat. Can I use the fibreglass sticky tape to line the joints or does it have to be the paper stuff. Also thought I might screw these boards into place as I have heard other people do, screw recommendations please... thanks for reading
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20 years ago