As the house got a bit behind last term due to bad weather, Marty & Rich called for us to come in during the holidays.
Came in to work today as a result, so did a bit of ceiling gib & wall as well with Mike S & Rich.
Was pretty easy to cut the gib to length, basically used a craft knife to run along the length of the gib along a straight edge. Once done, the gib easily bends along this scored line, & a craft knife can then be used to cut the last remaining bit attached. When taking the measurement you can take off a 10mm amount to allow a gap at each end for adjustment. Also needed to take into account the location of wiring for lights, as holes needed to be cut out for them to drop through. To cut these holes, we used a gib saw.
When fixing it on to the ceiling, it ran along the ceiling battens so it can be attached at each point with the gib screws, and also every 200mm cr along the edge as well & through the middle. Glue was also placed through the middle where nails were not placed.
When laying out the gib, it was important that the SE gib was on the outside edge of the ceiling, with TE meeting each other in between.
For extra support to join the TE together cut bits of gib are placed with glue spanning the distance between the ceiling battens with 100mm fixed onto the existing ceiling gib & the other 100mm will overhang to be glued to the next bit of gib being attached next to it.
Was good to have a few people, as whilst some were holding it into position, the other was fixing it to the ceiling battens. Really makes the job go quicker.
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