Recommendations for ceiling material without needing plaster

[RogerS]

Hi chaps

Any suggestions for some sheet material that I can put on the ceiling and paint directly rather than have the hassle of plastering first?

Normal plasterboard is too matt and I have a sense that it would get a bit "fluffy" after painting.

Many thanks

 

[jasonB]

Taper edged plaster board, tape & fill the joints and just paint. Thats what most new builds are, no problem with fluffy surfaces. I use it a lot as my plastering is OK if you want the wattle & daub look :wink:

Jason

 

[Anonymous]

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[wizer]

yes my last house was taped and jointed throughout. I believe it's the system most used in North America. So Mike Holmes tells me..

 

[Loz_S]

... taped and jointed is the system used all over Europe as well. Almost no one plasters ceilings any more. If it is not a concrete system ceiling then it is plaster board with at most a 2 mm skim.

You will have no problems at all painting directly onto plasterboard. The only prep it needs is a light coat of diluted PVA.

 

[RogerS]

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You will have no problems at all painting directly onto plasterboard. The only prep it needs is a light coat of diluted PVA.

Try explaining that to Chief Designer aka SWMBO :lol:

She spent all yesterday with a right hump muttering about plasterer not being as good as the last one...blah de blah...all I could hear was her sandpapering the plaster down.....using coarse paper...I mean to say...just how wrong is that but oh no....soon as I tried to open my mouth...World War III....

Nowt wrong with the plastering as far as I could see. :?

 

[Loz_S]

...all I could hear was her sandpapering the plaster down.....using coarse paper...

:shock: I do hope you mean plaster and not plasterboard otherwise that might explain why you think the boards might get a bit "fluffy"! Either way not a good idea, the top layer of plaster is supposed to be polished smooth and hard. Although a good way to annoy a decorator is to over-polish the plaster, as the paint wont stick :lol: