Fixing a light to plasterboard ceiling

cubegame

Good afternoon all.

I've got two light fittings to install to a plasterboard ceiling and I wanted opinions.

I've located a joist on one of the fittings to screw into and on the other I have fixed a piece of wood between two joists to go into.

However, what is the best way to get the woodscrew through the ceiling board (which has a skim of plaster on). Naturally I don't want to crack the ceiling.

There seem to be 3 options that come up when googling:-

- Driving the screw straight through into the wood.
- Punch a hole through plasterboard with nail or gouge.
- Drill a hole through the plasterboard.

What does everyone think?

EliteHeat

Just screw them in, afterwards you will wonder why you worried about it.

Ebe_Scrooge

You can just screw straight through the plasterboard, but for a neater finish it's best to drill a smallish pilot hole through first. You don't need to use too much pressure - hardly any at all, in fact. Then just screw through the hole and into the wood.