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DaveyLC
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5th Dec 14 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by Nismo
All depends which way the joists go and where you want your down lights to go, you may find the joists go the way the lights go and then you only have to use rods to pull/push th enables along.

Another option as Toby mentioned is use 1" batten and put a new ceiling in.

crap google image but you get the idea.



[Edited on 29-07-2014 by Nismo]


WOW that is a master bodge
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
Im not wanting to keep the coving. I was wondering about dropping the ceiling below the existing coving so I dont have to remove it


You'd lose 100mm odd of head height.. Granted it would improve heat retention but its a mega bodge surely its easier and cheaper to remove the old coving than splashing out on plaster board, timber and labour to lower the celling?

[Edited on 05-12-2014 by DaveyLC]
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
All depends which way the joists go and where you want your down lights to go, you may find the joists go the way the lights go and then you only have to use rods to pull/push th enables along.

Another option as Toby mentioned is use 1" batten and put a new ceiling in.

crap google image but you get the idea.

[img]http://www.jp-plastering.co.uk/new%20ceiling/ceiling2.jpg[/im]

[Edited on 29-07-2014 by Nismo]


WOW that is a master bodge


Not really. Fairly common practice to lat and board a ceiling
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Although I wouldn't do it in key house in just pull the original boards down
IvIarkgraham
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no need to drop the ceiling now anyway. the coving is being removed by the plasterer when he comes nex week

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