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Butterfly

how you install a suspended ceiling when you have long sheets of plaster ? do you attach the metal structure to the sheets of plaster first ? and then raise the ceiling ?

surely you will not drill holes every 30cm to hold the metal structure ? how they do it ?

melvbot

Im looking forward to this one.

S Landreth

Scaffolding

jandajoy

Clever.

S Landreth

Butterfly

yeah he is drilling, but apparently not in Thailand

DrAndy

must be those imported anti-gravity boards then BF, very expensive

skidley

Check out some of the older threads on house construction.

1. Frame out the ceiling with T bars
2. Screw the plaster board to the T bars with the correct screws
3. Tape all joints with plastering tape
4. Screed over with all joints and screws with plaster and sand smooth

Done!

But its a pain in the arse job to get looking right if its not what you do for a living

dirtydog

Gerbil

^ can't be that hard if a woman is doing it....

crippen

I watched them do mine,and they use self-drilling screws through the plaster board into the metal strips. The roof tiles are also fastened on with similar screws. These are available from the local builders yard.

blackgang

Best is to go to a Home Mart and ask if they sell the supplies, they will say yes, then tell them where you live and want the work done, and to send a crew and the materials and you will be back later to pay them when the job is finished.

See how simple it is to do things here.

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Butterfly

I have those exact same T bars for my service trap, I didn't see in the video what tool they use to cut them, it seems very easy to cut, but when I do it not so easy, the hacksaw seems to be too strong for those, they bend easily and I have nothing to hold them

my ceiling is in long sheets, the T bars are hidden, that's what I meant by how they are doing it. There is no trace of drills or any tape on the surface. Surely it's not a Thai unique expertise

Butterfly

that's the only explanation I see, since they seem to have "nailed" the ceiling to the screws in the metal structure.

Shouldn't there be a patent for that ?

Butterfly

what do you mean correct ? aren't they all correct ?

If that's what they did, then they did a fantastic job because it's completely invisible as the structure is spaced 30cm for each bar and I can see the screw on the other side but not on the ceiling. But I doubt that, as holes that were patched and fixed can be seen when you look close enough.

NickA

^I'm pretty sure that's what they do.

Butterfly

^ I don't see any other explanation, but we can only hope this is maybe a hidden Thai way to do it

blackgang

The correct screws are 1/2 inch Drywall screws, the Aluminum is cut with scissors, and the screw holes flled the and seams are taped and and sanded.
The same screws are used thruout the whole job, on the aluminum as well as with the sheetrock.

Marmite the Dog

Magic screws, eh? I thought they used self tapping screws.

blackgang

I have a box of self drilling ones that I bought to use when I insulated my smoker.