Plaster Ceiling Screws

Offered for a selection of loads capacities suitable for home or work.

Plaster ceiling screws.

12 5mm plasterboard tapered edge. Encasement systems screws are located at 150mm centres. 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. Or possibly the screws are too long and cannot hold the plaster.

Visit us today for the widest range of screws products. For ceiling systems the screws are located at 230mm centres within the field of the board and 150mm centres at board ends. 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. How to plasterboard a new ceiling.

Plaster washers are about the size of a quarter and cost pennies. I have bits of plaster coming away from where the screws are in the plasterboard 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. Check out our range of plasterboard screws products at your local bunnings warehouse.

Very boring thread but i ve spent hours today washing down walls and ceiling. Once that s done carefully screw it into the lath not just plaster. 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. Secondly try not to screw them so far that they invert their shape.

A drywall screw goes through the washer and is driven into the wood lath behind the plaster. 50mm x 50mm sawn wood for noggings. Lengths of wood to help support plasterboard. A plaster washer is a thin metal disk that increases the size of the head of a drywall screw so that it doesn t pull through the plaster.

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. A couple of things to consider. Click collect in as little as a minute. We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect service.