Ceiling fell down...

[Tony Dunne]

About a week ago I re boarded a ceiling with 9mm 8x4 sheets I used 3 inch wood screws to fix as I ran out of drywall. The heads are bigger on the wood screws than dry wall so just thought it was a bonus. I positioned the screws eaqualy in rows of 4 along the width. Approx 32 screws in each board. It's a large ceiling with about eight boards. I then taped the joints and gave it two coats of plaster using x4 bags. Today without any warning the lot came down leaving the screws in the ceiling..... Any thoughts please?

 

[TonyM]

Not enough screws. Should be 7 across the board width. Also, maybe the screws you did put in were put on too far so they didn’t hold.

 

[ChrispyUK]

Only use 1/2' on ceilings. Always have, but maybe wrong.

 

[Steve Brown]

About a week ago I re boarded a ceiling with 9mm 8x4 sheets I used 3 inch wood screws to fix as I ran out of drywall. The heads are bigger on the wood screws than dry wall so just thought it was a bonus. I positioned the screws eaqualy in rows of 4 along the width. Approx 32 screws in each board. It's a large ceiling with about eight boards. I then taped the joints and gave it two coats of plaster using x4 bags. Today without any warning the lot came down leaving the screws in the ceiling..... Any thoughts please?

I agree with above not enough screws also 8 x boards is approx 24m square so only 2.5 bags of skim.
Combination of not enough screws and to much weight.

 

[Stevieo]

Any thoughts please?

Poor old Tony.

Should have got a professional

 

[ChrispyUK]

Poor old Tony.

Should have got a professional

 

[Cockney]

I agree with above not enough screws also 8 x boards is approx 24m square so only 2.5 bags of skim.
Combination of not enough screws and to much weight.

You my friend have exposed yourself for being a one coat wonder boy! Lol

 

[zombie]

About a week ago I re boarded a ceiling with 9mm 8x4 sheets I used 3 inch wood screws to fix as I ran out of drywall. The heads are bigger on the wood screws than dry wall so just thought it was a bonus. I positioned the screws eaqualy in rows of 4 along the width. Approx 32 screws in each board. It's a large ceiling with about eight boards. I then taped the joints and gave it two coats of plaster using x4 bags. Today without any warning the lot came down leaving the screws in the ceiling..... Any thoughts please?

Bullshit!!!

 

[Lastlaff]

About a week ago I re boarded a ceiling with 9mm 8x4 sheets I used 3 inch wood screws to fix as I ran out of drywall. The heads are bigger on the wood screws than dry wall so just thought it was a bonus. I positioned the screws eaqualy in rows of 4 along the width. Approx 32 screws in each board. It's a large ceiling with about eight boards. I then taped the joints and gave it two coats of plaster using x4 bags. Today without any warning the lot came down leaving the screws in the ceiling..... Any thoughts please?

Pics or it never happened

 

[ChrispyUK]

Bullshit!!!

Broke the paper. Clumsy b*****d.

 

[John j]

Please please pretty please say you got it on video

 

[Vincey]

Great thread really shows that we do a serious job, folks should give us more credit some one could of died , imagine if it had landed on a small child or a baby

 

[zombie]

Great thread really shows that we do a serious job folks should give us more credit some one could of died , imagine if it had landed on a small child or a baby

It's not a serious job the blokes an absolute moron thats all!

 

[Steve Brown]

You my friend have exposed yourself for being a one coat wonder boy! Lol

1x 8/4 board =2.88m square x 8 = 23.04m square 1 bag of plaster @2mm thick 10m square do the maths

 

[Cockney]

1x 8/4 board =2.88m square x 8 = 23.04m square 1 bag of plaster @2mm thick 10m square do the maths

That’s you’re first coat, so what about the second Einstein.

 

[smoother09]

Did you definitely use plasterboard or was it plywood

 

[MIXERMAN]

No way that happened. Only if he used panel pins. And blue tack.

 

[Olican]

 

[essexandy]

Great thread really shows that we do a serious job, folks should give us more credit some one could of died , imagine if it had landed on a small child or a baby

I've just imagined it landing on that tapit c**t. Put a smile on my face it has.

 

[essexandy]

That’s you’re first coat, so what about the second Einstein.

2mm in total, not per coat you chancer. 10msq per bag, not including waste or filling out to beads/frames.

 

[Retired Spread]

 

[Stevieo]

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That reminds me of doing acid on my iwn

 

[Cockney]

2mm in total, not per coat you chancer. 10msq per bag, not including waste or filling out to beads/frames.

Read back, Who said anything about 2mm per coat short arse! If you’re covering an area of 10m2 then materials = 1 bag first coat, 1/2 bag second coat. Would you like me to teach you how to price jobs again? Fucks sake you’ve been on lockdown far too long mate! Lol

 

[zombie]

Read back, Who said anything about 2mm per coat short arse! If you’re covering an area of 10m2 then materials = 1 bag first coat, 1/2 bag second coat. Would you like me to teach you how to price jobs again? Fucks sake you’ve been on lockdown far too long mate! Lol

The only way you can make a bag go 10m2 for 2 coats is out of same mix as they compress imo.

 

[Tony Dunne]

Pics or it never happened

 

[Cockney]

The only way you can make a bag go 10m2 for 2 coats is out of same mix as they compress imo.

Exactly, you’re spot on mate!
ie / 1 coating.

 

[essexandy]

Read back, Who said anything about 2mm per coat short arse! If you’re covering an area of 10m2 then materials = 1 bag first coat, 1/2 bag second coat. Would you like me to teach you how to price jobs again? Fucks sake you’ve been on lockdown far too long mate! Lol

You're wrong you lanky streak of piss. 10m2 = 1 bag @2mm thick.
And two coats should be 2mm in total.

 

[Cockney]

You're wrong you lanky streak of piss. 10m2 = 1 bag @2mm thick.
And two coats should be 2mm in total.

Tut tut! Stop reading the back of bags of multi ffs lol.
Just think of all these years you’ve wasted.
Ok, if a lid is 10m2 how much gear will it take to cover when 2 coating??

 

[Monkey Boy]

Is there a roof on the house? We’ve had a lot of rain!
Only ever use 12.5mm boards except sometimes use thinner on window reveals. Size of screw does not matter it is about the purchase it gets. Anyway screws did not let you down. You don’t want to break the paper by screwing them in to much, just below flush. More screws the merrier imo all put in around about with the spacing of a mans hand span (ish). You can dab the screw heads with a dob of PVA to help bond if you want to prat about further

 

[Stewie03]

Did you put abit of lionel richie, dancing on the ceiling on when the f**k*r had come down

 

[essexandy]

Tut tut! Stop reading the back of bags of multi ffs lol.
Just think of all these years you’ve wasted.
Ok, if a lid is 10m2 how much gear will it take to cover when 2 coating??

One bag assuming not tapered edge board.

 

[The Hobo]

where did you get multi 4 bags in these troubled times

 

[superspread]

1x 8/4 board =2.88m square x 8 = 23.04m square 1 bag of plaster @2mm thick 10m square do the maths

X 2 coats

 

[Plastermind1]

Did you just randomly screw into thin air or the joists either way you have learned a lesson

 

[essexandy]

X 2 coats

2mm total.