We bought a house built in 1846. In one room, the ceiling has suffered immensely from a previous, serious roof leak. In said room, almost all the plaster skim coats over the lath and keys are missing, broken, falling down, etc. The room is quite large at 18×18. We have never worked with plaster before and it's a large area that we do not want to learn on.
What options are out there for fixing this?
What we have considered thus far:
- Drywall..but I think it would cost a small fortune as it's a big room with 12 foot ceilings. We would have to hire someone to do this for us. Plus..I'm not sure if it would anchor properly to the lath.
- Re-plastering. Again, we'd have to hire someone as we have no experience with such a large area of plaster work.
- Clean out the keys and install furrowing strips (tightly together).
- Clean out the keys and install shiplap or something similar.
- Ceiling tiles..but again..with the lath and keys exposed..it's not a truly flat surface. We would also have to clean out the keys here. Not sure if this is a good idea.
- Bead board with furrowing strips at all seams.
Any suggestions (and hopefully DIY and reasonable in price) would be great!
Best Answer
I would: