Ceiling ? Need to redo ceilings in old villa

poppysinger2, Apr 25, 7:05pm
Is it possible to put ply up and then prep and paint ? Is that a thing ? In my last house we redid the ceilings with gib . This was expensive , and it was a wee house of only 60 m .

krames, Apr 25, 7:32pm
yes it is possible ,you could put hay bales up there if you chose to

annies3, Apr 25, 8:52pm
What are the ceilings clad with at the moment ?
One of the the rooms here had an old soft board ceiling, when we removed it a beautiful rimu T&G original ceiling was revealed.

poppysinger2, Apr 25, 9:50pm
The ceilings are either pinex or hardboard and held up with battens . Ugly and stained from former roof leaks . Roof now repaired . Not sure what is underneath at this stage !

cagivachick1, Apr 25, 9:59pm
the pinex or ply will probably be over the original ceiling, a lot of times it was done to "modernise" the old fashioned ceiling, you will need to pull the old stuff off and see whats there

annies3, Apr 26, 5:46am
Yes sounds promising, remove the ugly stuff and have a look before you decide.

hulloitsme, Nov 19, 6:44am
Open your roof space trapdoor, enter said roof space and look at ceiling from that side. This way you can see what's underneath the current ceiling lining.