new ceilings - plasterboard

[b21playa]

Hi all

need some advice, refurbing a semi and a lot of the ceilings need repairing so i thought i'd rip off all the plaster and laths and replace with plasterboard and get it skimmed for a better finish.

the problem is i dont know whether to get 9.5mm or 12.5mm boards

what is recommended?

 

[dougalhouse]

Use 12.5mm boards

 

[Deluks]

Use 12.5mm boards

..and be sure to use screws, not nails as some people have been known to do

 

[b21playa]

cheers all.

 

[b21playa]

whats the price of 2400 x 1200 these days?

 

[noseall]

about a fiver.

oh and by the way, anyone who has nailed their ceilings and not screwed, run out and get some screws quick, cause earths gravity is increasing to such an extent that plasterboards will weigh a couple of tonnes, and only screws will keep them up!