Local Painters who'll paint Vermiculite ceilings?

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troll-sniffer said :

I did my own and it took a while and cost a lot but well worth it.

Most competent painters will be able to do a spray job, however I used a roller with long pile, and bought special paint from a mob in Sydney. I think they were called Durobond. I used 22 litres for the lounge/dining and kitchen.

Expect to fork out maybe $3000-$4000 for a painter to do the job, or spend $1000 on the paint to do it yourself.

troll-sniffer said :

I did my own and it took a while and cost a lot but well worth it.

Most competent painters will be able to do a spray job, however I used a roller with long pile, and bought special paint from a mob in Sydney. I think they were called Durobond. I used 22 litres for the lounge/dining and kitchen.

Expect to fork out maybe $3000-$4000 for a painter to do the job, or spend $1000 on the paint to do it yourself.

Yes, Durobond Paints have released their NEW Vermiculite Re-Coat Paint (improved formula)…
durobond.com.au – 02 9453 0231

Go to http://www.mypainter.com.au or http://www.vermiculiteceiling.com.au and check the steps they tack to paint these ceilings

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Talk to Karl.

We recently had Karl paint our home, very good price and beautiful work, also a kind man. Im sure he could help.

AA Man is spot on.fit new steel studs hard up to the ceiling,and screw some 10mm gyprock to it,this will also give you a cavity in which to run elec cables or copper pipes thrugh it without having to run surface mounted services.no building inspector is going to pick you up on that,their flat out trying to read the tape measure anyway!

Either put Gyprock straight onto it or fit a new 50mm false cieling – there are several types available some with good insulation qualities.

No one is going to notice or worry or check that the cileing is 2.35m instaed of 2.4m.

It like an inch thick and looked like someone had skinned a feral sheep then glued a strip to a Gladwrap tube. And it worked an absolute treat.

That had me cracking up laughing.

We plastered the one in our apartment before we rented it out. Only added about 1-2mm to the height of the ceiling and it is now completely smooth and was a breeze to paint white.

We chose to do it because vermiculite can actually trap smells and we didn’t think that was the best thing in a rental property.

I happen to think the vermiculite is actually a wonderful ceiling material especially when done right. It has fantastic acoustic properties so that the interiors of these old-fashioned units are invariably much more peaceful for the occupants than they otherwise would be. In addition the material is totally fireproof, so a fire in a unit that doesn’t spread to floorboards could conceivable go out without the need for outside intervention.

Some of the units around were given a dull grey coating, whereas others close by had a much whiter and brighter version, which is nearly as white as the painted one ended up.

As for the suggestion to scrape it off… what would you do with the rough bottom of the ceiling slab left behind? Render it? You’d be back where you started.

Moody I know what you mean, maybe I should ask my brother, he is a painter!