Advice Wanted, Kitchen Ceiling

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RyanBolton

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Hi all,

Brand new to the forum today.

My kitchen ceiling has been plastered (family member, long time ago) and you can see 2 distinctive cracked lines where the plasterboard joins and it's fairly uneven, to be honest with you. When the lights are on you can see how uneven the ceiling is.

What's the best course of action to have a nice smooth looking ceiling? I won't be doing myself as I'd prefer to leave plastering to the professionals.

Dimensions - 6000 x 3500 x 2350

- Does all the old plastering need taking down and join the plasterboard neater and re-plastered?
- Would it just require re-skimming and etc

Reason why I'm asking, is because I enjoy DIY and would like to know for future.

Thanks in advance,
Ryan
 
Quick answer in between sets here so I may have not read the question properly.

If it's very uneven you can either

A) rip it all down button off to achieve level and record and skim.

B) do as above but overboard instead of ripping down.

If it's been boarded before get the lot down as the weight will be a factor.

Plus it's easier to see what your doing if all you have is joists.

My advise would be ripping it down and start again.
 
reeves1985 said:
Quick answer in between sets here so I may have not read the question properly.

If it's very uneven you can either

A) rip it all down button off to achieve level and record and skim.

B) do as above but overboard instead of ripping down.

If it's been boarded before get the lot down as the weight will be a factor.

Plus it's easier to see what your doing if all you have is joists.

My advise would be ripping it down and start again.
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Hey,

Thanks for getting back to me. Ripping down does seem the most logical! Thank you for the advice.
 
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