Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 2Jan 03, 2012 1:20 pm I'm not an expert but I imagine you will have to consider things like entry/access to rooms - that will also determine sheet size. I would think the less joins you have the better; cheaper/easier for the plasterer. I hope this is helpful and good luck. Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 3Jan 04, 2012 3:37 pm Quote: but I imagine you will have to consider things like entry/access to rooms - that will also determine sheet size. True. When my house was built a couple of noggins were removed so the larger sheets could be slid through another room. Like most things it all requires planning beforehand, rather than tear into it. I think with option B you would waste an awful lot of gyprock, and tend to ignore what your builder said. Builders take the easiest and quickest option (but not necessarily the cheapest) of not having to measure individual rooms then keep a list of where the sheets go etc. Why should they care if there is heaps of waste? You are paying for it. Arfur Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 4Jan 05, 2012 7:13 pm 6m sheets are a pain in the butt (big, heavy and awkward). Only buy 6m ones if you really need them. Measure and buy what you need. BUT make sure you write down how the sheets will be cut. If you don't you will forget and you'll end up with wastage. Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 5Jan 05, 2012 7:47 pm Thanks guys. I went ahead and ordered what I needed including some 4.8m sheets - I can now see why 6m sheets are painful. Slightly OT, but I have removed some old ornate cornices which I am replacing with 90mm Boral Sydney cove. The old cornices were a lot wider and therefore left about a 200mm gap in the ceiling plaster all way round the room. Can I use wall gyprock for these small strips, or should I get ceiling stuff? I figure the strips are only small and shouldn't be too heavy so I might be able to get away with it..? Cheers Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 6Jan 05, 2012 10:43 pm Do you mean to put a strip of gyprock from the plaster to the wall? If it's not the same material it will be difficult to join them. Even if it's gyprock to gyprock, that's quite a lot more joins. Remember each join needs to be set, sanded, set, again and sanded again to make sure it is smooth. Any imperfections are highlighted when painted. Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 7Jan 06, 2012 7:24 am travelbug Do you mean to put a strip of gyprock from the plaster to the wall? bingo! The image below sort of shows the insulation coming down where the cornice used to be. I realise it's a lot more joins, but I figure (guess) that patching it up and paying the plasterer for the additional joins will work out cheaper and easier than replacing the ceiling gyprock throughout the whole house. The old plasterboard is the horse hair stuff, but it's still 10mm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 8Jan 12, 2012 9:10 pm Gee, if it is the old horsehair stuff then I'd be sorely tempted to replace it. It would be about 60 years old then and I bet has more than a few cracks, sags and blemishes if you have a look up close. Even if the plasterer does a good job of the join of the old to the new , I still reckon you'd see it when it was painted. Especially if you are going to all that trouble of re-gyprocking the walls and new cornice as well . Stewie Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 9Jan 13, 2012 11:09 am We did most of ours with 6m sheets, a bit of wastage but you could work out where offcuts went. The one big mistake was using offcuts for one wall. I was the responsible person for jointing and finishing ... usually pretty good where it's just a long join. Where it was bitty bits ... urk ... looked and felt perfect. Until painted and full light on it. The joints stood out really well. Ended up doing a re-finish and painting all with matte paint which 'hid' the joints a bit. Never again will use bits for a wall. Re: Buying plasterboard - Fit to wall or buy large sheets 10Jan 13, 2012 12:33 pm Thanks for the responses all. I guess I will go ahead and redo the ceilings with new gyprock. Just need to decide now whether to go over the top, or replace the existing stuff. I guess over the top would work out easiest? Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 7937 What we have done in a few theatres ( including my own) is run 2 layers of 13mm gyprock, but sounds insulation especially for the bass is really tricky as a lot of that… 4 2569 Plasterboard Gyprock is very popular as a reveal liner these days. You need to provide a way of supporting it, we use a modified timber reveal or bracket. You will be… 1 4748 |