Recently i just bought a house. The initial problem is that the current dome type plaster ceiling in the living room & dining room is only 9ft from floor. which means the fan is seriously low, about 7ft. Do you think it will cost alot for me to remove the existing plaster ceiling and replace with a L box type with pendaflour lights surrounding the inner box? Of course the purpose is to have a higher clearance.

The living room ceiling about 200sqft. Dining hall ceiling about 100 sqft.

yes possible if your speaker is small 1. but need to do some wiring works before plaster ceiling

hihi... saiga, i forgot redi, coz juz google and type plaster ceiling design.

anyone know about the cost to repair plaster ceiling. there was water leak from above toilet and 4 holes that I've opened on the ceiling. have retiling and put water proof at the toilet. now want to repair the ceiling. get a quote of RM 250 to cover those 4 holes (excluding painting). those 4 holes approx. 4 X 4 feet (the most). if new plaster ceiling is RM 3 per sq feet, RM250 consider expensive right?

hi sifu's,

i'm planning to install plaster ceiling on living hall. the total height is 9.8 feet. which down light should i choose to use? a 4 inch or 6 inch down light?
i wanted to go with square down lights.

thx..

my living room 16 x 16 , plan to do the L box as below photo. i juz plan put the downlight at the box and not at the middle izzit ok ?


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cutieling 16 x 16 quite big for your living hall, if just put the downlight at the box, just worry will too dark.

If the developer has installed the plaster ceiling, is it possible for the wireman to route additional wiring above it, says lighting and fan points?

Or must I whack the current plaster ceiling, and install new one after wiring works? Thanks!

You can ask the contractor that do plaster ceiling and see what is the best way to do it. Obviously you will need to tear down some of the exisiting plaster ceiling in order to put in wiring.

Planning to do plaster ceiling for my condo unit in Serdang area...Any recommendation?

1300sf

This post has been edited by xxxtrym_akabane: Sep 9 2010, 04:53 PM

i wonder how do people install projector mount hanging from the plaster ceiling. how to do it?

how about installing a curtain rail on the plaster ceiling? i wanna divide my L shape living room (living room that merge with dining area) into 2 seperate areas.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Sep 10 2010, 09:41 PM

Just like how the ceiling fan is being installed onto the plaster ceiling.
For the projector, there would be the mounting bracket in place of the hook.

As for curtain rail, it would depends on the type of curtain that you intend to hang. Basically you will need to have something for the rail to fasten onto. If you inform your plaster ceiling contractor, giving him the exact position of the rail, he will be able to do that.

This post has been edited by kelvyn: Sep 12 2010, 06:24 AM

Anything that need to be install onto the plaster ceiling will need some support to be install before the actual item can be hang to it.

so how is the ceiling fan installed to the ceiling?

before install the plaster, the contractor will build hook on the ceiling.

hi,
may i know how long it takes to get plaster ceiling works done for only 1 floor of D/S hse? How long can the tenant move in after the work are done?

depend how big is your place. once done can move in immediately.

they will quote i t lumpsum amount coz too little job to done. this is normal in this industry there is minimum amount apply or else done the work then collect RM 48 + 2 tips = RM 50 from the owner? anyone will do this kind of job? i think foreign worker also dun one do. trust me it does worth that amount.

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Added on September 21, 2010, 9:19 pmanyone also can, it depend on the type of your downlights design. 9.8ft is quite high if you lowered 7-8 inches should not have any problem to occupy the 6 inch high downlights. lastly it depend to the design of the lights.

This post has been edited by cwhong: Sep 21 2010, 09:26 PM

yes, some portion of your plaster board have to tear down (as long as hand can go to do the work) and ask plaster guys to patches it up if any other plastering work. just be reminded keep the pieces of that plaster that the wireman tear down, will keep the work more easier. coz just asl the painter guys to seal for you and this will save more (if they willing, most probably with some small charges to make them happy) or else you will get an extra bills for the plaster board service just to patch up the opening.

sky, kelvyn, sonerin, Skylinestar - they have to add wood plank / plywood right on top of the place of that particular thing to be installed. of course if you said install punching bag can or not or are they using the same method? no it's different coz too heavy cannot sustain the weight mah same like the ceiling fan. so how ahh? they have to install a longer hook to the ceiling before they are going to close the plaster board so the position have to ba presicely. so this can explain all ur queries. no other meaning just share some info that i know.