Strapping A Ceiling

Installation is about 5x more difficult.

Strapping a ceiling. New jersey never uses strapping and every building is safe and sound. Electricians can use the 3 4 inch. If you are using very dry 1x3s for the strapping it would be wise to pre drill through the strapping to avoid splitting.

I actually got something done this weekend. Adding rigidity to the floors. There are several good reasons.

With the metal stud method as long as your original joists are 16 on center you can skip the strapping all together. Strapping is not there to tie anything together or strengthen anything together. If what your saying was true every single house and addition would be using strapping.

3 set drywall sheet onto the drywall lift then crank it up to the ceiling. If the ceiling has a floor above the odds that the drywall will eventually crack and come away from the ceiling is. With two by material you often have to block in small sections of lumber to work around the obstructions in the ceiling then you have to add the strapping after you ve furred down the joists.

My understanding is that installing strapping originated from the need to create a flat surface. Use the same procedure to attach this half piece of drywall as you used on the first row of drywall. The subfloor ties the ceiling together.

1 1 4 penetration into the wood hence with 3 4 strapping a minimum of 2 long screws. Measure and mark the cut line at the vertical midpoint of the drywall sheet and use a utility knife to cut through the. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling.