Pine ceiling

[Slidingdowntherainbow]

Pine clad ceilings - can pine cladding be added to plasterboarded and plastered ceilings or must it be applied directly to the rafters?

Are you in Scotland? I ask this as I've only ever seen them on scottish homes ..
Pine cladding is usually fairly light weight and can be applied directly to plasterboard. You might need something to to shore them up and an extra pair of hands.
I would suggest doing a dummy run first, and mark where each board sits incase the walls are not 100% straight. A light level will help you to mark the centre of your room.

Not in Scotland. We have a mid century home that has a pine ceiling but it’s been damaged so will need to replace. Not sure whether to plasterboard and plaster first to see if we like that more, then if not, clad in pine later…

Tongue and Groove cladding. I suspect it was put up to cover bad plaster on the original ceiling!

You don't need both plaster and tongue and groove, so choose which you want and rip out the old stuff and go for it. Beware a contractor might not take out the old stuff and just fit more cladding on top of the old cladding and old plaster. That would lower the ceiling and add a fair bit of unnecessary weight. If the cladding fixings missed the joists in the first layer, and the underlying plaster fails totally, the whole lot could fall down.

Luckily my husband is very handy so will be taking down the ceiling and replacing insulation himself (original from 1970s and has had water damage). Just not sure whether to clad again or not and wondering if we can keep our options open!