NeedforSwede2 wrote:
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Next weeks task, plasterboarding a ceiling. Any tips I should be aware
of, never done any plasterboarding at all.

Use plasterboard screws instead of nails, provided of course you have an
electric driver.

Find all the joists and mark their positions on each wall, then mark a line
with a pencil on the existing ceiling (this is assuming you are plating over
something)

Make sure that boards meet on a joist, you can't leave flapping p-board.

Take off the ceiling rose (light fitting) and tape up the cables, then when
you get to that part, just cut a hole about an inch where the cables are and
feed them through, if you are skimming the ceiling, leave the fitting off
and plaster to the cables, trying to skim around ceiling roses is a PITA.

If you miss the joists with any nails or screws, remove them immediately, if
you don't, you'll forget and they will show through when plastered.

Use 6X3 plasterboards or 4X3, don't attempt to use 8X4's, and whichever you
use, make sure someone is with you when you put them up.


HTH