Strapping A Ceiling For Drywall

If the ceiling has a floor above the odds that the drywall will eventually crack and come away from the ceiling is.

Strapping a ceiling for drywall. 1 use a drywall t square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. If not insert ceiling drywall screws at the rate of one every 6 inches on the seams and one every 8 inches in the plane. Attaching the drywall my understanding is that installing strapping originated from the need to create a flat surface for attaching the ceiling to the uneven hand hewn timbers once used as structural framing members.

Attaching the drywall to the ceiling 1. Make sure you cripple in your furring on perpendicular joints every 10ft for fireblocking concealed spaces. Using your t brace or a friend to assist you raise the first sheet.

Apply adhesive to the joists where the first sheet of drywall will go. Start in the corning and raise the first sheet. 2 mark onto the drywall the location of any lights or vents in the ceiling.

Without strapping you d be attempting to nail the drywall joints on only half. Every screw must hit a ceiling joist. Carpenters shimmed the strapping down to the lowest point in the room and then attached the finish material.

The strapping is for furring and span reduction to better support finishes. If you are using very dry 1x3s for the strapping it would be wise to pre drill through the strapping to avoid splitting. If you miss remove the screw and.

The standard method of hanging ceiling drywall is to position the panels perpendicular to the joists which will also be perpendicular to the furring strips. Because the strips act as the frame to hold the panels use drywall screws that are an inch longer than the thickness of the panels. On 24 center trusses the drywall has to be 5 8 you can place the strapping at 16oc and use 1 2 drywall.