battoning out a ceiling

[thomo27]

Evening all

Im looking at putting in cladding for a false ceiling.
The dimensions of the room are 2180mm long by 1860 wide

The panels ive seen are 2500mm x 200mm so I need 9 panels


Ive unloaded a couple of pics to show the timber in the corner which determines my ceiling height and also the sloped ceiling to the external walls of the house

Id be looking to batton this out width ways but would appreciate some advice on spacing between battons and size etc..to the bottom of the wooden support in the corner of the bathroom from the ceiling height is 260mm

Cheers
Stephen

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• thomo27
• 12 Dec 2013
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• thomo27
• 12 Dec 2013
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[pinenot]

What does that protruding timber do? ...pinenot

 

[foxhole]

What does that protruding timber do? ...pinenot

Not just me confused then.

 

[thomo27]

Not sure mate but its part of the original build

 

[pinenot]

I would want to find out myself, it may be that it can be removed saving you half the bother, No?...pinenot

 

[gritmonkey]

That piece of timber looks like a hip rafter so don't be cutting it out!
You may have to just live with it if you can't get the head height on the lowered ceiling.

 

[wrightwoodwork]

If your roof is a hipped roof and that is the corner of the house it has to be be a hip rafter so don't cut. For your spacing don't go more than 600. If the cladding thickness is 9mm do no more than 450 and 12mm do 600 centers

 

[noseall]

Fix a timber batten all around the perimeter walls then fill in at 450mm centres.

Use say 75mm x 50mm timbers.

 

[pinenot]

If that is a hipped rafter coming through your bathroom, then you have problems. This would not pass a habitation certification, in my opinion, and if it has been altered it will not get by a survey, so don't try selling it like that.
As noseall says, batten around wall and fill in with ceiling joists, I would go 400 mm centres personally, works out a third of a metric sheet that way. But more important, what height floor to ceiling will that produce when complete? cause it looks like you'll lose part of the fan hood if you bring it down to the bottom of that angled timber! ...pinenot