Plasterboarding around a velux.

[olivermarshall]

HI all

I'm doing up the loft myself (not to regs, just as a dads/mums-room to escape the beasts). We have a velux that the builders put in just to give the loft some light and I've now reached this bit of the room and need to plaster board.

I won't be plastering, just boarding. I figure that's enough for this life.

Question is, do I board *in* to the recess around the window frame, or *upto* the recess in the frame?

You can see from this one that there is a groove running around the frame. Here the plasterboard is not in the groove.


Here the plasterboard is inserted in to the groove.


Which one is the right/best way?

Olly

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I did mine into the groove, but angled out to form a sort of bevel as it came away from the window, at top/bottom and sides, to allow more light spread. You would not be able to do that though, if it were tight up to the roof timber struts at either side.

 

[23vc]

Into the groove, as Madonna would say.
Watch for unequal angles on each side, depending on where the window is positioned relative to the rafters and trimmers. Use a bevel to measure angle and pack accordingly to make sure left is same as right, and top is same as bottom.
Same if you’ve got multiple windows in a row and you want them all to look the same.

 

[olivermarshall]

Thanks. Will give it a go. I'd be happy if it looks even half normal.

One day this loft will be finished and I won't know what to do with myself.