Lobster wrote:
robgraham wrote:
On 13 Dec, 11:55, Clive wrote:
Thanks people.

It's coming down (when I have someone lined up to skim the plaster
boards).

Lovely jubbly.

Clive

Take it down - why ? It will create a serious mess and I mean serious
- and you will also have to get rid of the muck. If you are putting
up 2 x 2 battens for the 'screwed on' plasterboard, they will hold the
original plasterwork in place perfectly well - just user longer screws
into the ceiling joists. Taking off the plaster is an unnecessary
operation.

Agreed - I've done a very similar project in my own bathroom without ill
effect.

The *only* possible justification for ripping it down would be to add
insulation as has been suggested

What about if there are rotten timbers behind it?

Or potential roof problems?

Or mice?

Or just about anything that could happen after a 100 years!

The WHOLE POINT of taking it all down is that you reduce the
uncertainties to zero.

And you can do the job properly to a standard and bring it up to scratch.

Sure you can cover it in woodchip and sell the house and hope it stays
up a few years.

Cowboy bodging is common enough...

HOWEVER you may find that you don't know where the tinmbers are, and
trying to whack up more board ends up with it falling down, and then you
wish you had done it properly to start with.




and having done it both ways in my
house I'm not convinced the massive extra aggro would be worthwhile.

Its LESS aggro.

Bear in mind that if the old ceiling is left, the new room will be
better insulated than before due to the extra layer of ceiling and air
trapped between the two layers.

Sure. But not nearly as good as a few inches of celotex whacked up..

David