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No, I'm not messing with you, I'll take your advice and go at 300 centres. I went on this forum to listen to your advice and will use it. The only calculation I made was how much 2 x 1 I needed (I'll need more). It is 25 mm deep, so I wasn't too concerned about the ends of the screws being...

[ I hope your not being serious Assuming your gunning the the timber to the cieling at 1 inch depth, that won't give you enough timber for standard 40mm screws on 12.5mm so I assume your sticking with 9.5. A mistake IMO but your choice. __________________ Richard Cquote] I've got some...

actually, going to make 400 centres, 300 is overkill I think

in answer to Richard C, Its a 1950 block so ceilings are concrete, Im nail gunning 2x1 to the ceiling with gripfill and will run them at 300 intervals. When the gripfill goes off I will put a few screw and rawl plugs in through the batons into the concrete for safety. The ceiling is only 1700...

This forum was too entertaining, I had to join to seek advice and add if possible. I understand that this discussion is historic, but, people may learn something from reading old and new posts even if the original start of the thread is out of date. Having worked out my ceiling plan, it looks...