help on ceiling overboarding please

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clivewire

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hi all, firstly im not a plasterer, how ever i am a electrician,

i need a question answered if possible,

my bedroom has a brushed swirl effect artex ceiling, which i dont want to take down or over skim, what i want to do is over board with a floating black board in the middle with a fibre optic star kit and led mood light surround blah blah ,

the question mainly is when i overboard do i need to put battens on the artex ceiling to support the new plaster board sheets, or is it ok to screw direct to the joists, i shall be just tape and joining with a few layers of quality paint, the existing artex is quite level and the groves are a match stick deep at worst

any advice please and thank you kindly in advance
 
clivewire said:
hi all, firstly im not a plasterer, how ever i am a electrician,

i need a question answered if possible,

my bedroom has a brushed swirl effect artex ceiling, which i dont want to take down or over skim, what i want to do is over board with a floating black board in the middle with a fibre optic star kit and led mood light surround blah blah ,

the question mainly is when i overboard do i need to put battens on the artex ceiling to support the new plaster board sheets, or is it ok to screw direct to the joists, i shall be just tape and joining with a few layers of quality paint, the existing artex is quite level and the groves are a match stick deep at worst

any advice please and thank you kindly in advance
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No need to put battens on.
 
ok great thanks for answering that,

next question is are 12.5 mm boards my best option, i do have 3 monkeys that are willing to help hold boards up while i fix them, so ill be using maximum size sheets, and fixing distance is every 25-30 cm ok along all the joists ?

thanks again
 
ding the boarding yourself mate if confident of doing a good job and pay a plasterere to skim it off.

tape and jointing done by anobody other than a pro will look horrendous and even then can still look shocking under certain light conditions etc.
 
when i said black board kind of ment something like this

Starcoustixâ„¢ Fiber-Optic Ceilings

not really sure of what material it will be yet, was thinking plaster board again thickest or strongest i can source, fixed on 4x2 frame again painted black, how ever i will still have to drill 300 random holes to fit the fibre optics and have a hollow frame to put the cables in for the led surround, any ideas ?

knowing me, it will turn out not quite as expected and come down and be a few hundred quid down the drain lol
 
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