Advice on plasterboard ceiling layout

[Alpharius15]

Hi there,

My partner and I are in the process of plasterboarding all of our ceilings, we have a small room (2770mm by 2430mm) but we are unsure of the best plasterboard configuration. Our plasterboards are 2400mm by 1200mm. The distance between the left wall and the middle of the first joist is 75mm, from the middle of one joist to the next is 460mm, the middle of the last joist to the wall is 360mm.

If we lay our plasterboards side by side, perpendicular to the joists we will have a 30mm gap at the end, is this something we can work with and fill in with expanding foam? Or what is the best way to go about this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Michael

 

[zombie]

Ffs

 

[TonyM]

Rip 300mm off board 1&2 so they are 900mm wide. That way you won’t be fixing a flimsy 30mm rip at the end.

 

[ChrispyUK]

Hi there,

My partner and I are in the process of plasterboarding all of our ceilings, we have a small room (2770mm by 2430mm) but we are unsure of the best plasterboard configuration. Our plasterboards are 2400mm by 1200mm. The distance between the left wall and the middle of the first joist is 75mm, from the middle of one joist to the next is 460mm, the middle of the last joist to the wall is 360mm.

If we lay our plasterboards side by side, perpendicular to the joists we will have a 30mm gap at the end, is this something we can work with and fill in with expanding foam? Or what is the best way to go about this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Michael

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Just cut the boards to suit the joists and stagger the joins.

Foams for bodgers.

 

[Cockney]

 

[paulf]

Just cut the boards to suit the joists and stagger the joins.

Foams for bodgers

www.CHD.com/bodger/products/foam
That's what sets you apart from other would-be entrepreneurs, a hand in every pocket.
A true prophet of profits.

 

[McPlaster]

Michael, not a tricky job, cut boards to fit halfway on rafters, take into account the size of your off cut for use on the next row, basic economics, you might have to start in the middle of the first line of boards over rafters to make this work, are you an engineer by any chance?

 

[ChrispyUK]

www.CHD.com/bodger/products/foam
That's what sets you apart from other would-be entrepreneurs, a hand in every pocket.
A true prophet of profits.

Reverse psychology Pauly

 

[paulf]

Reverse psychology Pauly

What ever it is,that human pot hole @essexandy
Reversed himself right out of the profits.
He was Mr Excalibur Scrim, the saucey Christmas card with the Scrim covering his dignity would have been an instant hit on TPF.

 

[ChrispyUK]

What ever it is,that human pot hole @essexandy
Reversed himself right out of the profits.
He was Mr Excalibur Scrim, the saucey Christmas card with the Scrim covering his dignity would have been an instant hit on TPF.

Exactly. Potential International playboy and no cracks showing.

 

[paulf]

Exactly. Potential International playboy and no cracks showing.

What can you do, once you realise that Mr Excalibur Scrim has one ambition that the back of his van smells like dead fish in a heatwave, you've got to let go.

 

[Monkey Boy]

31mm coving

 

[paulf]

31mm coving

32 mm coving

 

[000]

Time you’ve fuxed about over thinking
It’s Boarded & skimmed in the morning
. THE END .

 

[essexandy]

What ever it is,that human pot hole @essexandy
Reversed himself right out of the profits.
He was Mr Excalibur Scrim, the saucey Christmas card with the Scrim covering his dignity would have been an instant hit on TPF.

Dignity! I'm a plasterer and I'm from Essex, you think I have dignity?

edit: maybe still more dignity than a pair of old bassists.

 

[paulf]

Dignity! I'm a plasterer and I'm from Essex, you think I have dignity?

edit: maybe still more dignity than a pair of old bassists.

I'm not a bassist, but @ChrispyUK is.
Bassists are like gypo's fight one fight them all.