We decided that we didn't want a cathedral ceiling in our new bedroom, as it would take too much heating up, and leave too many beams showing for spiders too hide behind.
To achieve this, we had to put in a false ceiling. I had done this before, in the cellar, but this would be much trickier, as I had to fit the joists as well. Neither of the beams that I had to work from were level, or square for that matter, so it was not possible to get the joists in nice straight lines, like you would find in a typical UK loft.
To get a level ceiling below that, I then used steel rails, suspended on adjustable brackets., with a lot re-adjusting afterwards to ensure that the rails were all horizontal , and in the same plain.
The lower part of the roof was more straight forward, although it was harder to get the rails in on flat plain because the slope meant that you couldn't use a spirit level.
Tina then fitted all of the insulation on top of the rails, a horrible job unless you like finding loads of glass wool fibres down your top and in your hair.
To fit the plasterboard, we were fortunate to be able to borrow 'Mr Orange', a board lift that belonged to our builder friend Mr H. This is a fantastic machine that means to you only have to lift a sheet 5 foot up in the air onto the top of the lift, and then you can crank it right up to the ceiling.
This then allows you to secure the board at you leisure, rather than trying desperately to find a railing to screw into while Tina holds one end of the board, and the other end rests on my head.
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