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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:28 pm
by rimexboy
Hi gents its the weekend so ive got time to do some work on my house,
i need to put another ceiling up in my kitchen but the joists are not level and are quite a bit out in some places they are about 25mm...
whats the best way of sorting this so i dont need half a tonne of plastering done to make it look good...
thanks simon
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:07 am
by seanandruby
Maybe find the lowest point and rip some timbers down into long wedge shape, tack them on, then go through the plaster board and wedges with long plasterboard screws.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:41 am
by lutonlagerlout
have done this before by counter battening at 90 deg and using glazing glazing packers to straighten things up
btw used 2 by 2 sawn
LLL
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:07 pm
by rimexboy
thanks guys i had a go at this today i got some 4x2 and put a laser level up and then screwed the 4x2 to the old joists level.... and i also managed to get one sheet of plaster board up to lol...
thanks have a good weekend all
simon
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
8 by 4 or 6 by 3?
:;):
LLL
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:35 pm
by rimexboy
not with you tony sorry i used 4x2 as sister Joists to hold my plasterboard ceiling...
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:09 pm
by London Stone Paving
The clues in the wink 
Me thinks Luton is taking the peesh
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i meant the size of the 1 sheet you got up simon
tackers on site get around £2 per metre for tacking
LLL :;):
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:17 pm
by rimexboy
ha ha only a 8 x 4 and a couple of light holes too lol
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:48 pm
by lutonlagerlout
thats £5.76 banked then :;):
this time next year ......
LLL
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:13 am
by rimexboy
i said to the mrs that the kitchen would be done like the rest of the house by 2012 so im running out of time now lol....
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:57 pm
by London Stone Paving
I was supposed to do some plaster boarding myself at the weekend but I discovered a rotten wall plate. Replaced that then on to the plaster boarding, then discovered a couple of rotten floor beams. Replaced them and in the end managed to get a piece in. Unfortunately mine was only a 6x3.
Teach me to buy an old house, every time I do something I discover something else that needs doing. I'll be skint in no time at this rate
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:52 pm
by rimexboy
oh thats the joys of doing your own stuff you find something wrong or rotten and have the chance of putting it right , at a fraction of the cost,
well im back to work tomorrow for a rest, ceiling up lights in and skimmed and all walls electrics in too, just letting it dry out now, its only taken a week to do and we only have the old sink still in place.... diy... all the way here im afraid...
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:15 pm
by London Stone Paving
I am very selective about what I do. I dont mind doing prep work for the trades but I wont attempt anything unless I know I can get the finish right. I'll be starting work on the patio this weekend, should be able to manage that.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:30 pm
by lutonlagerlout
before and afters please steve 
LLL