DIYbanter - View Single Post - My ceiling needs some tlc

wrote:

Hmmm. Actually I'd suggest plasterboarding over and skimming. You're
not going to lose much height in the room (!) and it's much less
mess-making. IMHO, YMMV etc...

Nasty, dirty bodge. The PB will never sit properly over the deformed,
non-flat lath and plaster. Taking down l+p is no fun, but it's the right
way.

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Grunff