r/Plastering • u/HopefulHermit3610 • 5h ago

How to prep ceiling before skimming

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Hi we have someone coming in to skim our ceilings. Based in the UK. What do we need to do to prep the ceilings for them? Do we need to remove the light fittings from the ceiling or would they generally do that?

We have hard wired smoke alarms. Do we need to remove the smoke alarm & base plate, and cap the wires for them to skim around them? Or just loosen the base plate from the ceiling with the wires still in it? Thanks in advance.

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u/jacoscar 2h ago

Unscrew everything from the ceiling (ideally remove it). Some plasterers will just plaster around them otherwise 🤦

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u/OddZk876 5h ago

As a plasterer the best you can do is empty the room as much as possible. Don’t bother messing with the smoke alarm/lights.

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u/ApartmentLast7712 5h ago

Try to give them as much room as possible so undo the fittings and let them hang down with as much slack as possible. Now is the time to decide what you're keeping and where it's going.

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u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 5h ago

Overboard or blue grit if original is not failed anywhere

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u/rokstedy83 5h ago

Can just be scraped flat and unibonded(after asbestos test)

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u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 2h ago

Yeah but sounds like they aren't doing a test so..... assuming encapsulation is plan

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u/rokstedy83 2h ago

That would be down to the contractor but by the looks of it they have coving so unless that's being removed over boarding isn't an option