Just out of curiosity, how do you perform demo in a second floor bathroom over a finished plastered room. The shower was tiled with a mudset on the walls and floor. It is difficult to get anything done without banging and using hammer drills. So how do you all prevent from cracking plaster in the rest of the house in areas that are not in the construction zone?
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You don't. You price in the repair and painting of ceiling below "if needed".
Other than that, get the chipper at a low angle. I suppose you could cut the floor but, in the end, the ceiling is either going to crack or it's not pretty much whatever you do.
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We took out four inch cement bath floor above a plaster ceiling last summer. It didnt crack at all and once we found out the cement was four inches we werent too careful.
Thanks for the reply, Your answers are what I was thinking