Lowering the ceiling in my kitchen (with picture!)

[robbieee]

Hey all,

Newbie here!

Looking at putting a suspended ceiling up but need a few answers. Looking at putting downlights in.

The room is 4m x 4m

Here is my Kitchen roof:

Going to loosely follow: http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/PLASTER_BOARDING_A_CEILING.htm

1. What happens if my joist spacing doesn't match the plasterboard?
2. As you can see from the picture my window goes right upto the existing ceiling. Any suggestions?
3. Can someone go through the blow-by-blow steps on how to install this suspended ceiling
4. How much do you think all this would cost (unplastered as i know a plasterer) to complete?
4. Is there anything i need to worry about? (i.e. building regs etc)
5. What size of timber should i use?
5. What thickness of plasterboard?

Thanks in advance!

Robbieee

 

[ColJack]

before we start answering, a question of our own..

Q. why are you putting a dropped ceiling in if it will then be lower than the windows? why not just rip the old one down and re-board onto the existing joists?

1. you're putting your own joists in, so put them in the right place..
find what size board you're comfortable with getting up onto the ceiling, and then space the joists to suit.. ( usually either 450 centers or 600 centers depending on if you're using 1200 boards or 900 boards.. )

2. nope.. none..

3. the website you linked to does that..

4. depends on how much you can get your timber and boards for.. your plasterer mate will probably get them cheaper than you..

5. no idea, I'm a sparky..

5( again ). 9.5mm is lightest, but may be more prone to bowing .. ask your plasterer mate..

oh and a dropped ceiling is a bad idea for downlights.. they need minimum clearance behind and arround them, so make sure you drop it by enough..

 

[cmother1]

Can't see your photo, but if your window goes right to the ceiling you'll need to build something like this:

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• cmother1
• 10 Oct 2009
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