which size plaster boards

[ianhutchinson]

Hi

I am re-plasterboarding my kitchen and lounge approx 7 x 7M, what is the best size board to use, go for the biggest?????

Thanks
Ian

 

[big-all]

dedpends on joist centres if the boards are metric and the spacings are metric[400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400] then it wont make much difference
easier to put up 1800x900 but more finnishing time

if you have metric boards and imperial spacings your cutting ever board on a joist

 

[Richard C]

Is it a ceiling or are you dry lining the walls? Biggest is always best IMO, especially on a large room.

 

[ianhutchinson]

It is a ceiling, I have been told to use 4x1 battens over the existing artex and plaster board.

Should the battens run in the same direction of the plasterboards.

Thanks

Ian

 

[Richard C]

It is a ceiling, I have been told to use 4x1 battens over the existing artex and plaster board.

Should the battens run in the same direction of the plasterboards.

Thanks

Ian

Why use additional battens, I can’t see any point in that! Depending on the pattern, just knock the high spots off & overboard using longer screws, obviously picking up on the existing joists; it’s all I’ve done! If you’re going to go to all the extra work of battening, you might as well rip the whole lot down & start again, it will certainly be a lot quicker!

 

[ianhutchinson]

I was told to batten because I am fitting spot lights in the ceiling, any advice???

 

[Richard C]

I was told to batten because I am fitting spot lights in the ceiling, any advice???

Ahh, that sort of makes a bit more sense; but are you saying you’re going to bring the ceiling level down by 4 inches to accommodate the spots? Still seems a bit OTT to me, my down lighters are fixed in between the joists as are most; just make sure they are well ventilated & not close to the joists or any cables up there. The joists are usually at least 6 inches deep (mine are 8 ) & so will give better ventillation than 4 inches!

 

[ianhutchinson]

Thanks Richard

My joists are also 8", will the spots go through two board thicknesses plus artex. My room is 5 x 6m is there a way to work out number of lights.

regards

ian

 

[Richard C]

Thanks Richard

My joists are also 8", will the spots go through two board thicknesses plus artex. My room is 5 x 6m is there a way to work out number of lights.

regards

ian

Hi Ian
You will probably have trouble with the light clips on a 2 board thickness. Given that you don’t really need to batten out (which is where you started), why don’t you just get the Artex ceiling re-skimmed? It’s perfectly feasible & an accomplished plasterer won’t have any problems with it at all. As for the number of down lights, that’s a big room & it really depends on what you want from the lighting. My kitchen is 6m x 4m & I have 9 down lights over the central area, which gives the overall brightness you want in a kitchen, but I also have low voltage, pelmet lighting which gives a much lower ‘mood’ level light & we tend to leave that on when not using the kitchen as it is also a walk through access to our conservatory.

Personally, I would split the lighting levels in the 2 areas. Have a higher density light level in the kitchen with pelmet/worktop mood level as I have; but in the lounge area, I would have a much lower level of ceiling lighting along with some wall lighting &/or free standing lamps; split the cieling ligthing over 2 switches so you can vary the brightness & have the wall lights switched separately; this will allow you to vary the lighting mood according to the effect you want to achieve.