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Dry Lining Shower ceiling

  • 06-06-2014 2:52pm
    #1
    pjq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭


    I have a small shower room 2m50 x 1m30 approx. The ceiling has black mould , especially in winter, near the outside wall as insulation is thin due to sharp angle of roof. As I can't easily make improvements under the roof I have a handy-man who will dry line the ceiling from the inside with 5cm insulating slab. He said one slab will do the job and suggested getting a plasterer to skim the new ceiling.
    Question, Can I save on the plasterer and use pollyfilla to cover the screws and a paint that will cover any blemishes?
    Pjq


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  • #2
    doolox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭doolox


    ...unless you happen to be good at painting/decorating and have a good eye and hand, plastering is very tricky and best left to the "experts". Wet trades do not allow you to trade skill /accuracy for time, the stuff dries too quickly to allow one off plasterers to do anything like a good enough job.

    While trades men are dear the results are more than good enough to make up for the cost etc. Trying to do wet trades, cement, plastering, rendering of walls etc is a very big call for the casual handyman.

    Ceilings, working against gravity at an awkward height, only compounds the problems.


  • #3
    Rainwaterman
    Site Banned Posts: 62 ✭✭Rainwaterman


    Black mold is usually due to lack or ventilation and fresh air.
    Plastering over black mold wont solve the problem thats allready there.


  • #4
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    pjq wrote: »
    I have a small shower room 2m50 x 1m30 approx. The ceiling has black mould , especially in winter, near the outside wall as insulation is thin due to sharp angle of roof. As I can't easily make improvements under the roof I have a handy-man who will dry line the ceiling from the inside with 5cm insulating slab. He said one slab will do the job and suggested getting a plasterer to skim the new ceiling.
    Question, Can I save on the plasterer and use pollyfilla to cover the screws and a paint that will cover any blemishes?
    Pjq

    Not really. If you don't skim it the moisture from the steam will soak into the board. The skim acts as a barrier.
    Also I would expect this to completely solve the problem. It will help though


  • #5
    pjq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭pjq


    After 1st Winter
    Thanks for the Advice, Perfect ceiling at the end of winter . Plasterer did a perfect job and paint is perfectly white still.


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