So we are doing the entire upstairs, and have had new ceilings put in every room but one.
For various reasons, this remaining room is being done separate to the others, and over the last few days we have had a number of different quotes.
Apparently, the whole thing needs to come down, and, seeing as it is currently a ‘plaster and lath’ ceiling, it will be messy as ____. As a result, the quotes coming in have been in the £650 range (the room is 2.6m x 3.5m), and the plasterers have been making a really big deal out of how much of a pain it will be to do.
But late this afternoon, a guy came in, took one look, and said he would just identify where the joists are, and screw new plasterboard over the old ceiling, and plaster over, for a total of £180.
Is this too good to be true? Does the technique work? Or is this a cowboy builder trying to make a few quid off the unsuspecting?