My Bad day with Garage ceiling.

[doug boardley]

Re: What a busy day!

:yikes: I didn't realise that was the ceiling, I thought it was an upside down pic of some ply he'd laid on the floor to protect it while he skimmed ceiling. Seriously!

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

ROUGH AS GUTS AWARD you cant let him leave that family or not get him back or at least pm his number to me :mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

Plaster board would have been fine unless the garage trusses are made of tissue paper! That ply probably isnt strong enough to hold the insulation whereas plasterboard would have been.

Thats a poor finish by any standards and by someone who clearly doesnt have a clue what he is doing


Whats that saying.. you can choose your friends but not your family

:yikes: I didn't realise that was the ceiling, I thought it was an upside down pic of some ply he'd laid on the floor to protect it while he skimmed ceiling. Seriously!

I feel understood....thanks... my voice has gone a bit funny squeeky in my head about it.... must be shock... Doug..:lol:. protect the floor :lol:, I wish, I spent most of yesterday hacking of blobs of finishing plaster of the floor, off items left on the other side of the garage, the drive, the patio, the garden gate, and sorting out my recylcled paper and plastic council bin here as all the rubbish was poured into it... I'm not a happy bunny, but ok, it has to be sorted, so, how do I sort it, rip it all out and use plasterboard or is my wooden slat supports idea from below ok...?

 

[jay]

Re: What a busy day!

id go the plasterboard route as ply will only bow ask some of the locals on here im sure they will help out if they can and i will garatee you will get a better finish

ps still waiting on pm

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

id go the plasterboard route as ply will only bow ask some of the locals on here im sure they will help out if they can and i will garatee you will get a better finish

ps still waiting on pm

ooh, I only just got what you meant..:smilewinkgrin:.. I can't give you his number :yikes: it will only get back to me one way or another... not good, trust me... and none of the TF guys on here are local enough, .... blaaaah....I have just been staring at it, but I can't do this on my own, lifting and fixing boards to ceilings

Howard is working most of the weekend and all next week, I got a dicky foot and I'm just so frustrated... the only way I can see where I don't have to pay extra is to use the remaining board left over to screw in again from underneath, double up so to speak, but even that will need 4 hands.... pfffff.....

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

Update... I posted the photos to step-daughter in law, she gave him hell, he is coming to fix it next week with some beading.... Howard happy, so better keep my head down and hope for the best.... wish me luck...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

Re: What a busy day!

:mad2: if I was local to you MG, I'd be round to sort out the plasterboarding:8:

 

[DHTiling]

Re: What a busy day!

good on you..

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Re: What a busy day!

let's hope he can do better this time G, cant you get something up on you-tube and say that you thought it would look like this and show him what you want this is mad to think you have to do thing's like this :ban:it should be right the first time good luck to you G

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

Oh, boy... husband says to me this morning, 'so you wanted plasterboard,' I say, "yes, a skimmed plasterboard ceiling, that's what I expected" "What, you want it skimming, too?" "Well yes, I say, it needs doing properly, we have a smart house, why bodge things up?" "ok, leave it with me, I'll talk to him tonight, but you better be prepared to justify your reasons.." Arrgh!!! Basically it means I'm going to be faced with a bolgey fellow on the phone or up here in person with the attitude that girly here doesn't know what she's talking about, and I need strong arguments and, ideally, a cheaper alternative that is maybe easier to fix up if he refuses point blank, I have the feeling hubby will want to stay out of it for his daughter's sake and it is my workshop after all... can I have some strong arguments from you guys please, apart from "that's the proper way to do it"?

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Re: What a busy day!

the next one you can use is - I'm the customer, and that's what I want it to look like.

or alternatively (if you're really hacked off) - no problem, I'll find someone else to do it for me :smilewinkgrin:

oh and here's a good one - if it were your house, how would you like the ceiling to look?

 

[jay]

Re: What a busy day!

well he obviously cant fix ply right so try plaster:lol:



no really its a far better choice as far as re sale insulation appearance and practical choice you can change the color to suit and it should make the area appear larger



(if done right )

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

well he obviously cant fix ply right so try plaster:lol:
I KNOOWW!!!

Ask me how worried I am?? Jeez... Hubby, who is working all week, says, you better wait with having it done until I'm around in the daytime, so I can see what he's doing... which would only be from next week, the grandbaby is due on August 5th, any day now... sooooo.... heck... and it's a 100 mile round trip for the nearly son-in-law...(Hull - Scarborough) and my little studio is full of the stuff from the garage, so can't use that either... can you feel my nervous breakdown coming on???

no really its a far better choice as far as re sale insulation appearance and practical choice you can change the color to suit and it should make the area appear larger

(if done right ) indeed

Thanks, Jay....

 

[user123]

Re: What a busy day!

the next one you can use is - I'm the customer, and that's what I want it to look like.

or alternatively (if you're really hacked off) - no problem, I'll find someone else to do it for me :smilewinkgrin: family...hmm... tricky....

oh and here's a good one - if it were your house, how would you like the ceiling to look? Ah, good question, don't think I'd like the answer...

I'm doing a lot of puffing up cheeks and letting out breath here... :lol:

 

[Mike]

Re: What a busy day!

as you're paying him he should do a good job even if you're related. no excuse for workmanship like that and you should tell him (politely of course) that he'll never be able to support his family with work like that! keep an eye on him plasterboarding, make sure there's plenty of noggins in the ceiling, joints are taped and he uses screws not nails for the boards. good luck

 

[jay]

Re: What a busy day!

forgot one better sound proofing qualities and as mentioned by mikefiest keep an eye on him

you could always say with the baby due anytime soon you have given the job to someone else:smilewinkgrin: