On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:26:21 +0100 David in Normandy wrote :
I'm replacing a ceiling. There is only me and my wife to
lift and screw the sheets of plasterboard into place.
Can anyone recommend the best way for one person to lift
and hold the sheets (8 feet x 4 feet) in place while the
other person screws them to the joists?

The sheets are a bit heavy for one person to hold for any
length of time. Also I don't want them to buckle or break.

Is there a website somewhere with pictures of how lift and
hold them in place? Any suggestions or tips welcome.

When I had to do this many years back, I made a couple of wooden
"fingers" which I clamped to the joists at the appropriate place
(i.e. a plasterboard width from the current edge) then it was just a
case of lifting the sheet tucking the far edge in under the fingers
pushing the rest of the board up next to the already fixed sheet and
fixing it.

It's much easier to use 1800x900 sheets.


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Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk