Hello!
Beginner here at byggahus and with renovating, so I hope the question is in the right place.
I am renovating the laundry room in the basement of our house from 1940. I have now come to the ceiling which at the top is boards and then under that reeds, chicken wire, and plaster. When I pulled down some old electrical wires that were on the ceiling, some plaster and especially some paint came off since the wires were painted over. In order to now be able to spackle and repaint the ceiling, I need to remove all the loose paint, and the only way to do that is centimeter by centimeter with a small putty knife, as that way I don't damage the plaster underneath. And for every piece of paint I pick off, there's a little more that's loose.
However, the feeling I have now is that in the end, it will lead to me having to pick all the paint off the ceiling, which will take an enormous amount of time. So I'm looking for another way to get a good ceiling. What I thought then was to tear down everything and then drywall directly onto the board ceiling. The problem I then got was that I had a mason here who plastered the walls and some of it is up to the ceiling, so if I tear down the ceiling, I risk tearing down a lot of the plaster the mason just put there. I want to avoid that.
So what I'm thinking as a solution to the problem is to simply put drywall directly on the plaster, then without studs to minimize the loss in ceiling height, which right now without laid tiles is about 2.12m.
Is it a bad idea in one or more ways? Could it pose any kind of problem, moisture or otherwise, with drywall in the basement for example? Is there something else smart I can do without having to stand and pick off plastic paint bit by bit?
If it can work, is there something I should think about to make it as good as possible?
Thankful for all input!
//Göran
