Plasterboard Ceiling Repair

Sand away any loose paint and drywall.

Plasterboard ceiling repair.

Yes you can repair your ceiling cut out back to nearest ceiling joists if you cant get half way on joist screw a length of timber to side of existing to pick up board edge. What old house owner doesn t have a cracking or sagging plaster ceiling in need of repair somewhere. Drive screws into both sides of the stud the nail is in. To reattach the sagging plaster to the lath drive the washer with a power screwdriver or drill so that it penetrates the wood lath wall studs or ceiling joists.

Apply mesh tape over the crack. Major repairs cost 400 to 1 200 to fix sagging water damage or to replace the ceiling. Flaking and cracking plaster are relatively minor repair items but when the plaster starts to sag or belly out from a wall or ceiling it indicates deeper problems. Follow these easy tips along with the video to make quick work of repairing your ceiling from cracks nail pops or large holes.

Minor ceiling repairs cost 200 to 500 to fix holes or cracks. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a plaster ceiling. Use trowel to spread joint compound onto ceiling covering the repaired area. Spread joint compound over the tape and smooth it out.

Plaster is heavy and it needs a solid well anchored base to support its weight. Make sure you get right thickness board use plaster board scews tape all joints pva edges of existing board and a two coat plaster finish good spread should be able to. Using plaster magic prevents having to skim the entire ceiling because it uses a very effective adhesive to reattach the plaster to the lathe meaning no permanent plaster washers. Plaster or drywall ceiling repair costs 50 to 100 per square foot or between 300 and 1 200 on average.

To avoid cracking the plaster and creating an even bigger repair job don t pull the plaster tight to the lath in a single motion. Besides the normal wear and tear of living plaster and lath ceilings are at the mercy of gravity and they can take only so many water leaks and structural movements before they pull away from the framing.