Plaster Roof Battens

10mm wet area plasterboard.

Plaster roof battens.

The question often arises should a plasterboard ceiling in a home be fixed directly to the underside of the roof trusses or floor joists or should it be battened. Btw i have the same roof made in 1947 using the best available wood so its crap and have done the same thing in all my rooms. Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only. 13mm 16mm fire check.

Ceiling batten spacing is selected to suit plasterboard manufacturer s requirements. Fasten the ceiling batten at every support using a 10x16mm hex head self drilling screw minimum fixing size through each flange as shown below. The battens need to be as close to 400mm apart as possible allowing for the fact that you need the end of a plaster lath to fall on the centre of a batten so the next board can share the same batten. Nail up batten metal 4 8m h16mm x w38mm.

Attaching the plasterboard fasten the plasterboard to the ceiling batten according to the plasterboard manufacturer s specifications refer to figure 4 for an example. The australian standard as nzs2589 provides the requirements for the application and finishing of gypsum linings in residential and commercial applications and therefore is an. We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect service. Nail up batten metal 6m h16mm x w38mm.

Plasterboard comes in two thicknesses and we recommend you use the 12 5mm thickness for this job. Check out our range of ceiling battens products at your local bunnings warehouse. Metal nail up batten. Added 19x42 mm battens and plasterboard underneath.

Catalog metal products battens. Adding more battens mine are at 400 centres pulled the sagging fibrous plaster back into line. Metal nail up batten online shop closed. Tiles based on the foot traffic requirements of as3623 the maximum span for stramit 0 48 roof batten is 900mm and stramit 0 55 roof batten is 1200mm.

Visit us today for the widest range of steel products. Furring channel metal 6m 16mm x 38mm. 10mm wet area plasterboard. Fasten the ceiling batten at every support using a 10x16mm hex head self drilling screw minimum fixing size through each flange as shown in figure 3.