Dropped ceiling repair
Dropped plasterboard ceilings can be dangerous and unsightly and without the proper equipment it is not a good idea to try your hand at fixing them. Recently at this house in Castle Hill I was called to see if I could do anything with the ceiling in their double garage, the plasterboard sheet had given way and was resting on the top of one of the roller doors, the cornice had dropped with the ceiling section so everything was all still in one piece... for now anyway! The first thing I did was to get up on the roof and once there I removed a tile and had a look inside the roof cavity. After brushing away some of the dust, I applied a generous amount of construction adhesive to the underside of the rafters where they were exposed from the ceiling separating from them. After putting the roof tile back in place (I also noticed quite a few cracked roof tiles and fixed them while I was up there), I climbed down off the roof and, taking my ladder with me, went ...