lowering a ceiling in the kitchen ..looking for some advice

[ceratex]

The plastering on my kitchen ceiling is all over the place and it slopes in placecs so i thought the best solution other that taking the ceiling down was to put in a false ceiling
I was thinking about using tongue and groove cladding
Was going to screw batons into the joists but not sure how to locate the joists throught the ceiling i tried to use a stud/cable finder but it was no good so took it back
I was told 16" center but is that 16" from the wall to the center of the 1st joist ?
The house was built in 1900 original ceiling
Size of kitchen: 167" x 122 1\2"
Is tongue and groove cladding the best way to aproach this ?
Cheers
Paul

 

[joe-90]

Well put the post in the plastering forum then. That's what it is there for.

 

[cotswoldbuilders]

Have a tap with a hammer, you should near enough find the timbers by sound difference.
Use a bradawl and tap it into the board to find each outer edge of joists, then mark the centres.
Do this on both sides of room, string a chalk line across, marking all joists centres.
It doesnt matter about the holes, as you are covering up.
Screw 50mm x 25mm timbers along the central lines.
You now have something you can see and fix to, if paneling is your choice then go for it.
In my opinion I would plasterboard and skim.

 

[huddsspread]

it would be easier and quicker to screw straight to the ceiling. But if you lower it you can insulate and put in down lighters etc.

 

[roughcaster]

Once you've found the original joists, i'd screw new battens "across" the ceiling. That way, you can straighten and level the ceiling ready for either plasterboard or wood linings.y