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Plasterboarding a wall
rick wrote:
On 7/23/2016 4:35 PM, Tim+ wrote: I've spent a couple of days removing manky old lath and plaster, rewiring and replumbing. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gw64fjiz7v...2013.jpeg?dl=1 My daughter was going to get a man in to plasterboard the wall and build a new door frame for a new back door but having gone this far I'd like to see it through myself. I've not plasterboarded myself but can't see that it's gonna be too hard, particularly if it gets a plaster coat on top. Given that a) I might be working alone and b) the ceiling is 9ft high, would I be best using 6x3ft sheets of PB? Would I stagger the joins across wall using a 6 + 3 ft piece followed by 3 + 6 ft piece? For a kitchen/dining room (well away from sink & countertops) what thickness and type of PB should I use? Tim I'd stick to 8x4 and split them if need be for your handling to 4x4 For a wall use 12mm and for ceiling 9.5mm Stagger all joints. Well I've just discovered that I CAN get 6x3 ft boards in the boot of a jag so that consideration will probably trump all others. ;-) Tim -- Trolls AND TROLL FEEDERS all go in my kill file |
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Plasterboarding a wall
On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 10:46:19 AM UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 24/07/2016 16:37, Tim+ wrote: John Rumm wrote: On 24/07/2016 10:03, Robin wrote: On 23/07/2016 21:56, John Rumm wrote: Given that a) I might be working alone and b) the ceiling is 9ft high, would I be best using 6x3ft sheets of PB? They are easier to handle, but there is not much in it to be fair. I managed about 50 sheets of 8x4 mostly by myself when I did my loft at the last place. FSVO "not much". 12.5mm Gyproc: 8x4 is 24 kg 6x3 is 14 kg Though I admit that for us weedy, doddering titches without arms like orang-utans there's http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand+Tools/d10/Clamps/sd10/Roughneck+Plasterboard+Carrier/p60073 Yup those are good for toting boards of any type about. If you need to PB a ceiling, then make one of: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Dead_man_prop Not sure about "offering a board up" to a 9ft high ceiling on my own. Once you are working on a ceiling you can't reach from the floor, the actual height does not make that much difference (within reason!) I found.. It helps to have a platform of some form to work from (a hop up, box, create etc, or a couple of scaffold boards supported on something appropriate). Basically if you can get a board balanced above your head briefly, then its quite easy to get the prop under it and let it take the weight. Then its just a case of positioning it, before pulling the prop in a bit tighter (the "spring" you get from the bendyness of the prop makes this very easy - you can choose how hard it pushes up). This looks more like my kind of toy. ;-) https://www.manomano.co.uk/plasterin...IqcRoC3QXw_wcB Tis very pretty, and I am sure it will do a splendid job. I have one of these (got it off ebay for slightly cheaper a few years ago) and frankly it's awesome. I couldn't imagine plasterboarding a ceiling without it. I use 8x4 sheets (because they're easy with the machine) and there's then fewer to put up. When I don't need it it collapses down reasonably small and gets stored in a shed. I have a big property I'm working my way through, so it makes sense - I wouldn't bother for just one room though - would just get some help for the few sheets required. Some other poster suggested there might be a problem with the bit that holds the sheet being fixed in relation to the feet so it can be hard to reach some locations. I can't actually remember if the hoist freely rotates with respect to the feet - but I've never had a problem getting the sheets right up to the wall. I'm not denying that a wood prop can do the job - but I do struggle to see how it could be anything like as easy fitting a 4x8 sheet on your own with a wood prop as with the hoist. To be fair I was sceptical about the wood prop when a builder mate of mine suggested it. I was surprised how well it actually worked. Also on the bright sire it only cost a couple of quid, and I got to use it for something else when I was done with it. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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