Plaster Ceiling Screws

50mm x 50mm sawn wood for noggings.

Plaster ceiling screws.

Click collect in as little as a minute. Plaster washers are about the size of a quarter and cost pennies. Visit us today for the widest range of screws products. A drywall screw goes through the washer and is driven into the wood lath behind the plaster.

Very boring thread but i ve spent hours today washing down walls and ceiling. We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect service. Offered for a selection of loads capacities suitable for home or work. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only.

For ceiling systems the screws are located at 230mm centres within the field of the board and 150mm centres at board ends. Secondly try not to screw them so far that they invert their shape. You thread the drywall screw through a plaster washer and then drive it through the plaster and into the ceiling joists wall studs or wood lath. Carefully scribe or drill enough to remove the final plaster coat assuming wall ceiling plaster is 80 years old so that this disk ends up flush with the finished surface.

12 5mm plasterboard tapered edge. How to plasterboard a new ceiling. However these general guidelines may vary depending upon the system being used and so reference must be made to our british gypsum site book for further information. Once that s done carefully screw it into the lath not just plaster.

A couple of things to consider. Or possibly the screws are too long and cannot hold the plaster. Lengths of wood to help support plasterboard. Plaster work is easy to repair even for the novice with the a few simple tools materials and charles street supply s exclusive plaster washers.

Plasterboarding a new ceiling is much easier with two people one to support the plasterboard and one to screw into place but it can be done by one person with the help of some lengths of wood. I have bits of plaster coming away from where the screws are in the plasterboard ceiling. Check out our range of plasterboard screws products at your local bunnings warehouse. I ve got a powder filler i was going to use for small holes but it says to cover screws with oil based paint first to prevent rusting.