New kitchen ceiling (Plasterboard) - Cost?

phill99

tradesman wrote: »

It's 'moneysaving' advice like this that really bothers me... " 9.5mm which is better suited to ceilings as its lighter". They don't make different thinknesses of plasterboard for fun...it's the minor detail of "FIRE REGULATIONS" :mad:. Go ahead and save 25p or whatever it is, I won't be. Most people I trust would recommend up to 25mm of board. Please people, for your own safety, if you need advice ask a competent tradesperson, not a clueless stranger.

And on the example quotes and prices people have paid in this thread, outrageous. Plasterers should be £120-140 a day, they're no more skilled than a carpenter and don't need the special qualifications of a sparky or gas fitter. And of course they do a ceiling in an hour, or a room in a day.. if you don't plaster quickly the plaster goes off..the only difference between a fast plasterer and a slow one is the length of their tea breaks or the amount of dawdling around between mixups.

But you are now talking sh1te. Of the highest order. 9.5MM plasterboard is what is used on 90% of ceilings in this country. Its easier to manhandle and fire regs are nothing to do with it. Only where BC etc require extra fire protection would you increase the thgickness of plasterboard and then you would double up 12.5mm plasterboard to give a fire resistance of 30mins.

owls

A kitchen wants 2 layers of pink fire line 12.5mm in total to meet an hour rating ideally, same as other any alterations such as steel girders
its only dyiers that use 9.5 for over boarding.