Ceiling Renovations in Perth

In most cases, yes, provided the structure underneath is sound and the texture is not too heavy to level.

Smoothing is a staged job rather than a quick skim: the texture is knocked back, the surface built up across coats and sanded flat, with drying time between each one.

On a pre-1990 ceiling the texture gets tested for asbestos before anything is disturbed. That is not optional and it changes the sequence rather than ruling the job out.

Plenty of older ceilings are structurally fine and just look tired. If a refresh will genuinely do, that is what we will recommend.

The decision gets made from inside the roof cavity, not from the room below, because whether the sheet is still bonded to the joists is the thing that decides it.

The line we will not cross is refreshing a ceiling that was never going to look right afterwards. You would end up paying twice and being unhappy at both stages.

Yes. On managed renovations we come in as a subcontractor and work to the builder's or project manager's programme.

Ceiling work sits in the middle of a renovation rather than at either end, so the sequencing matters: sparky first to make the lights and fans safe, then the ceiling, then the painter.

We use our own crew or trades we have worked with for years, booked in that order so nobody is left waiting on anybody.

Yes, and a renovation is the sensible time to do it, because the setup and the mess only happen once.

New or updated cornice changes the feel of a room more than people expect for the cost, particularly swapping a heavy older profile for square set or a shadow line.

Downlights and fittings are the electrician's work and we coordinate with them, because the lighting layout and the ceiling detail have to be decided together rather than one after the other.

A lot, and we would rather say so now. Drop sheets go down before anything comes off, we sweep, we cart the waste away and we wipe the walls down.

What we do not do is scrub out your house afterwards. That is a job in itself and there will be some cleaning left for you.

You also need to clear the room yourself before we arrive, and after new cornice there is jointing mud along the wall line that never fully comes off, so the walls will want repainting too.

Yes. The ceiling is left smooth and paint-ready so your painter can go straight over it.

Painting is quoted separately rather than hidden inside the ceiling price, and we can bring a painter in if you would rather it was handled as one job.

Give the plaster its drying time before painting. Going over it too early is what causes flashing and patchy sheen once the light hits it.