My bathroom is in a very old apt. building converted to condos. I demo'd everything but there's some warts that are small annoying fixes that the contractors aren't interested in. So I'm going to do it myself dammit!
First problem is this hole in the ceiling. Here is a pic:
[pic omitted temporarily because this is my first post]
Yes, that drain is actually the unit above and it's lead.
There are metal trusses spaced 24" apart and have ribbed lath wired to it and then a 3 coat plaster job.
The people who have looked at it have generally said to patch it the way it would have been patched 50 years ago. Unfortunately I have no such skills.
So my thought is to cut back to the metal trusses and make a square hold roughly 24" by however wide it needs to be to get away from the water damage. Then I was going to put 2-3 pieces of metal channel across the hole screwed into the trusses using self-tapping screws (the kind used for metal framing). Then I was going to test fit a piece of sheetrock using the kind of screws used to attach sheetrock / wallboard to metal framing. Then, I would add joint compound to the back so that when it's pressed up, it mushes into the remaining metal screen and also proves a spacer to line up the planes. After the joint compound dries, I can counter sink the screws better. Then it can be taped and such. I'll use some plaster weld along the way.
Does this sound sane?
First problem is this hole in the ceiling. Here is a pic:
[pic omitted temporarily because this is my first post]
Yes, that drain is actually the unit above and it's lead.
There are metal trusses spaced 24" apart and have ribbed lath wired to it and then a 3 coat plaster job.
The people who have looked at it have generally said to patch it the way it would have been patched 50 years ago. Unfortunately I have no such skills.
So my thought is to cut back to the metal trusses and make a square hold roughly 24" by however wide it needs to be to get away from the water damage. Then I was going to put 2-3 pieces of metal channel across the hole screwed into the trusses using self-tapping screws (the kind used for metal framing). Then I was going to test fit a piece of sheetrock using the kind of screws used to attach sheetrock / wallboard to metal framing. Then, I would add joint compound to the back so that when it's pressed up, it mushes into the remaining metal screen and also proves a spacer to line up the planes. After the joint compound dries, I can counter sink the screws better. Then it can be taped and such. I'll use some plaster weld along the way.
Does this sound sane?