Dropped ceiling repair
Dropped plasterboard ceilings can be dangerous and unsightly and without the proper equipment it is not a good idea to try your hand at fixing them.
Recently at this house in Castle Hill I was called to see if I could do anything with the ceiling in their double garage, the plasterboard sheet had given way and was resting on the top of one of the roller doors, the cornice had dropped with the ceiling section so everything was all still in one piece... for now anyway!
The first thing I did was to get up on the roof and once there I removed a tile and had a look inside the roof cavity.
After brushing away some of the dust, I applied a generous amount of construction adhesive to the underside of the rafters where they were exposed from the ceiling separating from them.
After putting the roof tile back in place (I also noticed quite a few cracked roof tiles and fixed them while I was up there), I climbed down off the roof and, taking my ladder with me, went inside the garage to start setting up my acro prop to support the dropped section.
Using a long wide plank to spread the load, I proceeded to jack up the gyprock sheet winding the acro up until the ceiling made contact with the rafters again which in turn pressed the glue I had applied inside the roof onto the two surfaces.
I put a good quantity of screws through the ceiling and into the rafters with my trusty drill, being careful to screw them in just enough for the heads to be flush with the surface of the plasterboard without pushing through too much.
I also put a series of wall plugs with screws through the cornice over the roller door into the brick walls for added support!
I applied gyprock finish coat to all of my screw heads and used it to repair a bit of damage caused by the contact with the roller door and then I had a bit of flashing to make for the chimney so I left my acro in place to give the glue time to dry and went to make my flashing.
About an hour later I was finished with the chimney and ready to remove the support I had set up for the job.
From all outward appearances the damage looks to have been caused by too large a plasterboard sheet being used with not enough nails to hold the weight.
I will be back to sand and paint the patches.
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The first thing I did was to get up on the roof and once there I removed a tile and had a look inside the roof cavity.
After brushing away some of the dust, I applied a generous amount of construction adhesive to the underside of the rafters where they were exposed from the ceiling separating from them.
After putting the roof tile back in place (I also noticed quite a few cracked roof tiles and fixed them while I was up there), I climbed down off the roof and, taking my ladder with me, went inside the garage to start setting up my acro prop to support the dropped section.
Using a long wide plank to spread the load, I proceeded to jack up the gyprock sheet winding the acro up until the ceiling made contact with the rafters again which in turn pressed the glue I had applied inside the roof onto the two surfaces.
I put a good quantity of screws through the ceiling and into the rafters with my trusty drill, being careful to screw them in just enough for the heads to be flush with the surface of the plasterboard without pushing through too much.
I also put a series of wall plugs with screws through the cornice over the roller door into the brick walls for added support!
I applied gyprock finish coat to all of my screw heads and used it to repair a bit of damage caused by the contact with the roller door and then I had a bit of flashing to make for the chimney so I left my acro in place to give the glue time to dry and went to make my flashing.
About an hour later I was finished with the chimney and ready to remove the support I had set up for the job.
From all outward appearances the damage looks to have been caused by too large a plasterboard sheet being used with not enough nails to hold the weight.
I will be back to sand and paint the patches.
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