Hello All, first time hear and looking for DIY advise.

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ppeetteerr

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I have a 1960's ceiling in which has some joints opened.
I have scraped the painted ceiling paper off back to the finish plaster and found that they did not tape the joints.
As there has obviously been some movement over the years causing the joints to open I have screwed up where necessary and taped all open joints.
When scraping off the old paper the shiny surface of the finish plaster is gone.
I intend to get a professional plasterer in to give it a skim finish coat but wonder should I leave the plaster as is or should I give it a sealing coat with PVA first.
Any advise please.
 
ppeetteerr said:
I have a 1960's ceiling in which has some joints opened.
I have scraped the painted ceiling paper off back to the finish plaster and found that they did not tape the joints.
As there has obviously been some movement over the years causing the joints to open I have screwed up where necessary and taped all open joints.
When scraping off the old paper the shiny surface of the finish plaster is gone.
I intend to get a professional plasterer in to give it a skim finish coat but wonder should I leave the plaster as is or should I give it a sealing coat with PVA first.
Any advise please.
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i would overboard your ceiling as it was fitted with plaster lath sheets these are small 4 ft by 18 inches. rounded edges that were not scrimed and only 9mm thick. they will crack.
 
John j said:
confused mark wahlberg GIF
Yip plus scaping sucks
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ppeetteerr said:
I have a 1960's ceiling in which has some joints opened.
I have scraped the painted ceiling paper off back to the finish plaster and found that they did not tape the joints.
As there has obviously been some movement over the years causing the joints to open I have screwed up where necessary and taped all open joints.
When scraping off the old paper the shiny surface of the finish plaster is gone.
I intend to get a professional plasterer in to give it a skim finish coat but wonder should I leave the plaster as is or should I give it a sealing coat with PVA first.
Any advise please.
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Happy new hear!
 
ppeetteerr said:
I have a 1960's ceiling in which has some joints opened.
I have scraped the painted ceiling paper off back to the finish plaster and found that they did not tape the joints.
As there has obviously been some movement over the years causing the joints to open I have screwed up where necessary and taped all open joints.
When scraping off the old paper the shiny surface of the finish plaster is gone.
I intend to get a professional plasterer in to give it a skim finish coat but wonder should I leave the plaster as is or should I give it a sealing coat with PVA first.
Any advise please.
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Yes, my advice learn how to spell here properly or to use it in the correct context. Then learn how to spell advice
 
themucky1 said:
Yes, my advice learn how to spell here properly or to use it in the correct context. Then learn how to spell advice
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Really? Is that the proper way to answer a question? Very prickly and totally unnecessary. This is not a grammar forum and not everyone has your obvious superior English language knowledge.

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MakeItSmooth said:
Any professional plasterer will PVA the ceiling themselves, a couple of times, as a matter of routine.
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I pva a ceiling twice today. Still.chased my ass on the sneaky f**k**g thing. In end it was mint. .......until.i saw a hair line crack. Paint had come away under the coat of skim I had rekimmed. Luckily I got two more days there so I.ll patch it.
 
John j said:
I pva a ceiling twice today. Still.chased my ass on the sneaky f**k**g thing. In end it was mint. .......until.i saw a hair line crack. Paint had come away under the coat of skim I had rekimmed. Luckily I got two more days there so I.ll patch it.
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Yeah, when I said "a couple of times" I was just speaking generally, obviously, but I'm sorry to hear you've had a nightmare today :confused:
 
John j said:
I pva a ceiling twice today. Still.chased my ass on the sneaky f**k**g thing. In end it was mint. .......until.i saw a hair line crack. Paint had come away under the coat of skim I had rekimmed. Luckily I got two more days there so I.ll patch it.
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The whole lids probably f**k*d.
 
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