I have a ground floor maisonette. The ceilings throughout have severe artex (the spiders up there use mountaineering equipment to climb over the dripping-paint-effect mountains). Also mounted on the ceiling are all the electric cables for the lights. It is unsightly.
The problem is I'm not sure exactly what the old ceiling is made out of. Looking at a hole in the kitchen ceiling where the light used to be, there seems to be about 45cm of what seems to be plaster, then wood (joist?). I have been told (hmmm) that there is concrete between the ceiling and the floor upstairs.
How do I find something reliable to fit battening to?
Do I need to take down any or all of the existing ceiling material first?
Will it be really really easy? (Forget that I asked that last question).
The problem is I'm not sure exactly what the old ceiling is made out of. Looking at a hole in the kitchen ceiling where the light used to be, there seems to be about 45cm of what seems to be plaster, then wood (joist?). I have been told (hmmm) that there is concrete between the ceiling and the floor upstairs.
How do I find something reliable to fit battening to?
Do I need to take down any or all of the existing ceiling material first?
Will it be really really easy? (Forget that I asked that last question).
