Ceiling Finish

[The Nett]

Hi all,

Good advice wecome,

Just ready to start tiling our bathroom but would like to get the smoothest finish possible on the ceiling avoiding any plasterbord joint movement and those fine line cracks, is lining the ceiling an option?

all advice very gratefully recieved.

Thanks

 

[swanman]

Thats what i would do

Re board the ceiling then get it skimmed

 

[kilty55]

whats currently the ceiling make up?

 

[EverDon Tiling]

re board and skim as swanman says.

 

[White Room]

Reboard and use paper tape joints with easi fill...

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Good advice above imo.

 

[EverDon Tiling]

Reboard and use paper tape joints with easi fill...

i did a bathroom ceiling using this method a few months back and it was a really good finish.

 

[widler]

Reboard and use paper tape joints with easi fill...

scrim and skim would just be as good and quicker, no sanding down after.
no paper tape or easy fill will stop a ceiling cracking if its gonna move

 

[White Room]

Actually it does, the paper tape will allow a certain amount of movement where as plaster is very brittle and more enclined to crack.

Just to add British Gypsum also started to recommend paper tape for scrimming ceiling and walls to allow for less cracking with the usual standard scrim joint.

 

[mattle40]

Iv always wanted to give this method a try, something I could do so extra money for me rather than getting another trade in...
This is the primary method in Canada and u.s and their standards are better than ours IMO

 

[widler]

fair enough mate,but if a ceiling has that much movement in it to crack,no amount of paper is gonna stop it.
ive seen many of dry lined taped joints crack,just as ive seen many a skimmed joint crack,if they gonna move,they gonna crack

 

[White Room]

There must be a lot of movement to crack a paper tape, used to do the artexing when it was popular and rarely had any cracking but when it did there was some serious movement..

 

[widler]

Ive seen many drylined house, and many cracks, it may be stronger than scrim but it still cracks.
To b honest i hate taping with a vengeance, i think its crap,nothing can beat a fully plastered wall( done right)


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