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Title: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by wotamess on Oct 12^th, 2005, 12:52pm

...have to lower a bathroom ceiling by about 14".
Can anyone give guidance on the best/simplest way to go about this ie. materials etc.

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by HandyJon on Oct 12^th, 2005, 8:06pm

Put battens around walls at the right height, stick up some joists on the battans at the appropriate centers for the size of plasterboard you're going to use, screw plasterboard to joists, tape joints, skim, run bath, lie in bath and look up! jobs done! :D

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by JerryD on Oct 12^th, 2005, 9:21pm

The joist size (i.e. 47 x 100 etc) is dependent on the span of the room, what's the size of this room?

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by wotamess on Oct 13^th, 2005, 10:18am

..thanks Handyjon and Jerryd...but how are the new crosspieces (joists?) fixed to these battens...surely not resting on top...this would leave the battens showing!
The room size is approx 2m x 4m.

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by jasonB on Oct 13^th, 2005, 4:25pm

If thats the size of your ceiling then I would plug & screw 38x68 CLS along the two 4.0m walls. Then screw more CLS joists to the underside of the battens, you will need to counter bore the CLS or use long screws.

Or do it as above post , notching the joists to sit over the battens.

If you use tapered edge palsterboard you can tape & fill the joints to avoid skimming.

Jason

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by JerryD on Oct 13^th, 2005, 11:15pm

Or use these after fixing your timbers along the 4m sides. These hangers will carry the 2m joists.

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by wotamess on Oct 15^th, 2005, 12:03am

..hangers look the biz...thanks to you all.

???..wonder what CLS stands for?

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by JerryD on Oct 15^th, 2005, 1:06am

Canadian Lumber ~~Stock~~ Standard

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by jasonB on Oct 15^th, 2005, 7:56am

Actually it stands for Canadian Lumber STANDARD not stock.

Jason

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by JerryD on Oct 15^th, 2005, 9:33am

Just testing ya ;D

;)

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by jasonB on Oct 15^th, 2005, 7:11pm

I'll let you off as it was late at night, or did you get up that early to try and beat me to the answer ;)

Jason

Title: Re: lowering bathroom ceiling....
Post by JerryD on Oct 15^th, 2005, 8:04pm

I actually stay up all night on the forum, surrounded by Building/Plumbing/Electrical books, just in case of a query.

Doesn't everyone?

;D ;)