Ceiling Repairs in Balcatta
Balcatta is one of the suburbs that defined post-war Perth building: solid brick-and-tile homes from the 1960s and 1970s, many built by the Italian tradesmen who settled here, with plasterglass ceilings and decorative cornice throughout. It also has one of the larger light industrial areas north of the river. We repair ceilings in both.
Ceilings in Balcatta homes
The residential streets of Balcatta are remarkably consistent. Double brick, tiled roof, often with a front verandah under the main roof, built between about 1960 and 1978. Inside, the ceilings are plasterglass fixed to jarrah or pine joists, with cornice that is frequently more decorative than you find in the suburbs built a decade later. Front lounges often have a stepped or patterned profile, and some have ceiling roses.
These homes were built well, and many are still owned by the families who built them or have been bought by people who value the solid construction. But the ceilings are original, and original plasterglass ceilings are now fifty to sixty years old. The hessian strapping has rotted, the adhesive has dried, and the ceilings are sagging and cracking in a pattern we see over and over in this suburb.
The industrial area between Erindale Road and Wanneroo Road is a different kind of work: warehouses, workshops, showrooms and offices with suspended grid ceilings, plasterboard office fit-outs and the occasional old fibrous plaster ceiling in a converted building. Water damage from box gutters and roof sheets is the usual reason we get the call.
Common ceiling problems in Balcatta
Sagging plasterglass ceilings in the family home
The strapping has gone and the ceiling is hanging on a few remaining points. The sag is visible in afternoon light and the cornice line has opened. We re-fix from the roof space with fixings at every joist and new strapping, then re-set the cracks and cornice.
Decorative cornice and ceiling roses
Balcatta front rooms often have cornice profiles and roses that are worth keeping. When the ceiling drops, the cornice cracks at the mitres and can break. We repair and re-set in place where possible, and match the profile for any lengths that have to be replaced.
Verandah and extension ceilings
Front verandahs under the main roof and rear extensions built in the 1980s often have ceilings of a different material to the house, sometimes fibre-cement, sometimes early plasterboard. These fail differently and we repair each the right way.
Water damage in industrial units
Box gutters overflow in heavy rain and roof sheets lift in wind, and the suspended ceiling or plasterboard office below takes the water. We replace stained tiles, re-fix sagging grid and rebuild plasterboard sections once the roof is sorted.
For the Balcatta industrial area we repair and replace ceilings in offices, showrooms and warehouse mezzanines, and can work outside trading hours so the business keeps running. Suspended grid, plasterboard and older fibrous plaster are all within scope.
Ceiling services we bring to Balcatta
Sagging Ceiling Repair
Dropped plaster ceilings re-fixed and pulled back flat
Most requested herePlasterglass & Plaster Ceiling Repairs
Fibrous plaster ceilings in older Perth homes re-fixed, patched or replaced
Most requested hereCornice & Decorative Plaster Repair
Cornice, ceiling roses and ornate plaster repaired and matched
Most requested hereCeiling Replacement
Old or ruined ceilings taken down and replaced with new plasterboard
Get a quote in Balcatta
Tell us what the ceiling is doing and where you are. We will call you back to talk it through and arrange a time to look at it.
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Balcatta ceiling questions
Our Balcatta home was built in 1968 and the ceilings have never been touched. Is that normal?
Can you save the ceiling rose and patterned cornice in the lounge?
Do you repair ceilings in the Balcatta industrial units?
Is the plaster in a 1960s ceiling safe to work on?
Ceiling trouble in Balcatta?
Describe it over the phone and we will tell you whether it needs looking at this week or can wait. Perth-wide, Monday to Friday.