We upgraded to have soundcheck plaster & batts to our theatre room but at lock-up noticed they haven't put soundcheck plaster on the ceiling! Upon looking at our tender we notice it says 'to walls' - there is no mention of 'ceiling'......so they haven't done it!!! Can you believe it!
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Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 2Oct 15, 2007 5:00 pm My builder only installed the soundcheck plaster in the walls, and the heavy sound batts in the 2 interior walls. Nothing in the ceiling.
Didn't bother me too much at the time, but if I knew then what I know now (that my son's bedroom is partially above my theatre) I would have asked for at least the batts between the ceiling and the partial floor above. The plaster I possibly still wouldn't have bothered with as I was more interested in something a little denser to mount my in-wall speakers into at the time. What's above the ceiling of your theatre?  28 Aug 2007 42 Junior Member Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 3Oct 19, 2007 10:19 am Its a single story house so nothing is above the room. I'm annoyed though because we paid $1,000 for sound check plaster and acoustic batts and assumed this would have included the ceiling in the room. Obviously we were wrong. Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 4Oct 19, 2007 4:44 pm Jac,
Never assume anything with builders...never! Get everything in writing all the time. Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 5Nov 21, 2007 9:25 pm Soundchek only spans 450mm - ceiling joists/ trusses are spaced at 600mm.
Using soundchek on the ceiling requires extra ceiling joists/trimmers to suit which means more dollars than the price difference of the gyprock. Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 6Nov 21, 2007 9:31 pm Duke?
What the? Soundchek plaster sheets are the same size as a standard sheet! Makes no difference at all Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 7Nov 21, 2007 9:47 pm I know the sheet sizes - I'm talking about the span between studs/ceiling joists etc 
The sheets you use on the ceiling are different to the sheets you use on the wall. Normal wallboard sheets will only span 450mm when used on a ceiling - a different type of sheet is used for the ceiling. Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 8Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm Then they just cut the joins to the underside of the truss...
My studs are 600mm apart my trusses are 600mm apart. The only difference I see with the sheets is that both edges were bevelled on the ceiling sheets... Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 9Nov 21, 2007 10:07 pm Its got nothing to do with the joins or sheet sizes Matt !!- its the ability of the board to span the 600mm distance between the bottom of the trusses - Soundchek will not span that. That is why thay didn't use it on the ceilings. Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 10Nov 21, 2007 10:18 pm Ahh I see...
Because of the extra weight you need more points to hold it up alt and level! I am with you now!  Re: No soundcheck on ceiling..... 11Nov 22, 2007 7:29 pm Not exactly more points, the board is denser and therefore will not sag in between the 600mmm span. Before 10mm ceiling gyprock was bought onto the market, all ceilings were sheeted in 13mm gyprock.
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