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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2022 23:14:04 GMT 1
Any tips on what to do it's already been crepied   The ceiling is covered in soot from a leaking fireplace and crappy wood burner  |
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Post by flober on Sept 7, 2022 23:32:14 GMT 1
Take it out and put in a wood burner
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Post by Aardvark on Sept 8, 2022 9:38:25 GMT 1
Scrub it up and stick a pot of artificial flowers in it. Let the buyer spend the cash.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2022 10:11:45 GMT 1
Any ideas on how to make a 50s guy look better. Sept 8, 2022 9:38:25 GMT 1 Aardvark said:
Scrub it up and stick a pot of artificial flowers in it. Let the buyer spend the cash.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2022 10:29:25 GMT 1
Take it out and put in a wood burner Half out now and wot a bodge.   |
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Post by lurcher on Sept 8, 2022 11:32:11 GMT 1
Thanks for making an interesting visit to the forum so far. Where’s all that lovely wallpaper gone? What will you be using those boxes of clip “things” on? Are they for floor, wall or ceiling?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:10 GMT 1
The old ceilings were just 10mil plasterboard and covered in soot we had an estate agent to have a look at the house as we normally just do traditional work but as this house was a new build in the 80s it's getting an up to date look. The agent said plastic so thats what it got. Plasterboard would have taken us days to do to get a nice finish. The plastic cladding looks good and we did the two rooms which is now one room almost 50sqm in under four hours finished.    |
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Post by pcpa on Sept 8, 2022 13:09:32 GMT 1
Plastic ain't up to date and is horrible on a ceiling but far preferable to the browned and twisted lambris that was hanging by a thread on several of my rooms.
There is also no doubting the time saving and that it looks clean and liveable with (poor English) ie doesn't give a cringe feeling and is undoubtedly the right solution for moving on the fixer-upper.
Nobody is going to walk away because of it or pay you less money because of it, nor would they pay you any more for having plasterboarded, taped, jointed and painted.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2022 13:49:14 GMT 1
It is not a matter of someone will not walk away.
Trying to get the most out of this property and as the agent just sold one similar to this one for silly money I will take her advice but thanks for your advice.
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Post by pcpa on Sept 8, 2022 15:02:58 GMT 1
Both the agent and I are of the same opinion, I don't give advice when someone asks if I feel they are likely to throw it in my face.
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Post by Aardvark on Sept 8, 2022 16:13:18 GMT 1
I am in favour of using the plastic stuff. It doesn't need finishing after its up. Cleans easily if needed. You don't end up seeing hundreds of rusty nails like the wooden saunas I have seen. It is often hollow section so it adds a small element of insulation effect. It is lighter than plasterboard which I can no longer lift and doesn't need a plaster skim coat which I can't do to save my life.
Bravo!
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Post by pcpa on Sept 8, 2022 16:48:04 GMT 1
My sous-sol had polystyrene tiles stuck to the plasterboard, the bricos were full of them when I first came here, I doubt that I will be able to buy any now to replace the ones that melted when I was soldering plumbing joints.
I have proved that they are fireproof though!
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Post by Aardvark on Sept 9, 2022 10:03:49 GMT 1
I was in the trade when the UK authorities woke up to the facts about fire and polystyrene tiles. We were shown a video of a ceiling catching fire and saw the flaming liquid plastic droplets showering down. Thankfully we couldn't smell the toxic aroma as well. Even after supposed flameproofing additives were being used our sales dropped like a stone.
Then the fashionable replacement arrived. Artex! Which contained asbestos.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2022 19:40:05 GMT 1
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Post by pcpa on Sept 9, 2022 20:07:06 GMT 1
That is the best improvement possible!
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