Well I work in construction and wouldn’t hesitate in removing the ceiling doing all the cabling, mains and comms and replace and decorate.i certainly wouldn’t have trunking on the outside of the building when three days of grief would get it perfect. Not being rude but 6 p’s applies here.

Jonathan

PS typically two hours to remove existing ceiling, four to replace, three hours to skim, three hours to paint.

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