Plasterboard a ceiling

[rdlbooth]

Hi, I'm going to plasterboard a ceiling in a room that has a chimneybreast with an alcove either side of it, is it best to cut the plasterboards to fit round the chimney into the alcoves or to just put full sheets across it and infill the alcoves with separate pieces?

Thanks
Les

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Depends which way the joists are running.
I would always try to keep the bonded edge of the plaster board cut free, until you board up to the walls.
Remember to keep your boards staggered.
http://www.zurich.co.uk/NR/rdonlyre...DE0F7CFBC0/0/PlasterboardCeiling107782A02.pdf

 

[rdlbooth]

Hi, The joists run parallel with the chimney breast

Thanks

Depends which way the joists are running.
I would always try to keep the bonded edge of the plaster board cut free, until you board up to the walls.
Remember to keep your boards staggered.
http://www.zurich.co.uk/NR/rdonlyre...C0/0/PlasterboardCeiling107782A02.pdf[/QUOTE]

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Hi, The joists run parallel with the chimney breast

Personally try to limit the joints to the minimum practicably possible.
So I would form the board, so it was cut to accommodate that.
By running parallel do you mean, the joist run in to the recess vertically or horizontally?
If horizontally, is there a joist that allows to fix a board, in front of recess and along the front of the chimney breast? A picture would help to give you your best solutions. But there are no written rules for this, just logical processes.