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@%~} - Yes the boiler leaked (twice + hot weather). I'm also keen to have someone who knows what they're looking for checking it.
There's only one central light and no coving.
Unfortunately, though there is no one I can get to help me. Added to which my OH is pregnant so cannot do 100% of the childcare for more than a couple of hours at a time. If it's doable in a day by myself then I guess I could take a day off when my kid is at nursery. But it would also mean removing all the insulation in that section of the loft so that would add to it too I guess...
If anyone has any good real life tutorials then let me know.
hugo7-
If there's any way you can avoid that job I would do that. It's not a days work for 1 person without the experience and tools to hand. Even disposing of the old plasterboard is a pain these days as a lot of place won't take it or charge the earth.
If you hired a plasterboard lift you might be able to strip the old plasterboard out and re-board in a day depending on the room size but it's unlikely and you still need to tape the joints and skim it. Unless you are good at mixing plaster you will struggle mixing and skimming. Most plasterers are going to have someone mixing for them and they'll have the advantage of all the floats maybe even stilts or at least ladders and boards and the experience+strength to do it.
Airhead
Have you had a leak?
Plasterboard is easy to replace yourself (with a second pair of hands) as long as you haven’t got anything decorative like coving or loads of ceiling lights.
Skimming a ceiling shouldn’t be more than a day’s job.